Monday, November 30, 2015

[Edison-PTSA] EDISON PTSA ANNOUNCEMENTS - Mon Nov 30, 2015

 

Edison Middle School PTSA Announcements

306 West Green Street

Champaign, IL 61820-5099

Phone: (217) 351-3771  Fax: (217) 355-2564

 

Edison's Mission

It is our mission at Edison Middle School to work collaboratively to place the focus on the academic, social, and emotional needs of each individual student first and ensure that ALL students are prepared for post-secondary education.


PTSA Tissue Drive: cold and allergy season is here and Edison classrooms are woefully short on boxes of tissues, so let's restock the school!  The Tissue (facial tissue, that is) Drive is now through Friday Dec 4. There are large collection boxes for each grade level in the main office: 6th grade (Ms. Schoonover's office), 7th grade (Mr. Blood's office) and 8th grade (Ms. Lane-Rose's office).  Also: free admission to Wednesday's boys basketball game to any student who brings a new box of tissues!

Upcoming Concerts: mark your calendars for this week's Jazz Band concert (Thursday Dec 3, 7 pm) and next week's December Band Concert (Friday Dec 11, 7 pm).

Spring Musical: Edison's Fine Arts department will be presenting The Lion King Jr. for the Spring Musical. More than any other show before, we are in need of parental help. This is a play full of spectacle so we need help with costumes, props, puppet making, set and many other production areas. We are asking help from any parent who might be willing to volunteer their time and talent, regardless if your child is the play or not.  If you would like to help in any way contact Lisa Richter, richterli@champaignschools.org or Jeff Dare, dareje@champaignschools.org

Scholastic Bowl: Do your students like trivia?  Do they know a lot of random facts?  If so, Scholastic Bowl is for them.  Try-outs will be Nov. 30 and Dec. 1 after school in Mr. Cain's Room (128).  Questions, please see Mr. Cain or Ms. Rotramel.  

PTSA meeting minutes from Monday are attached.   

Thanks for the Box Tops collected so far this year!  We will receive a check for $260 for the Box Tops we have collected and now it's time to start again.  Mrs. Wells is collecting them for new PE equipment. You may send them into her or give them to any teacher to put in her mailbox. Thanks for the support!!

The Unit 4 Board of Education has launched a blog: Board Corner, where you can get information on current district issues, upcoming board meetings, and board member insights.  You can visit this site at http://u4boardcorner.blogspot.com and can also sign up for email notifications when a new post is available so you don't miss an update. Contact Kathy Richards (blog editor) if you have questions or suggestions: richarka@champaignschools.org.

Students, Parents & Staff: want to help create the EMS 2015-2016 Video Yearbook? Please send your school-appropriate pictures and videos to: cometyearbook2016@gmail.com

Email announcements of the past can be found on the Edison Middle School website here: http://www2.champaignschools.org/schools/news/?id=20

 

 

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