Edison Middle School PTSA Announcements
306 West Green Street
Champaign, IL 61820-5099
Phone: (217) 351-3771 Fax: (217) 355-2564
August 22
- Early Dismissal: Monday August 22nd dismissal time is 10:55 for Edison students.
- Welcome: Attached to this e-mail are welcome letters from Justin Uppinghouse (principal), Tony Howard (vice-principal), and Julie Wallace (assistant principal).
- PTSA Officers 2011-2012:
President: Cosette Faulk
Vice-President: Angie Patton
Secretary: Jesse Guzman
Treasurer: Tina Wood
- Important Dates Calendar: Attached to this e-mail are important dates. They include the school calendar for days off, early dismissal, PTSA meetings, school dances and etc., Please make sure to check it out!
- Baseball: The Varisty record is 3 - 1 while our JV team is undefeated with a record of 3 - 0. Way to go Comets!
- Cross Country: Sat. Aug. 27 Edison XC will host their invitational. We have 20 schools planning to attend which means we will have about 500 runners! This is a fantastic event so if you are free come on out to Robeson Park. All 70 of our XC runners will be running. The first race begins at 9am.
- Athletic Info 8/20-8/27:
BB = Baseball (DH = double header)
XC = Cross Country
Sat., Aug. 20
DH BB game at Zahnd vs Chiddix, 10am
XC at St. Matt's, 9am (returning runners only)
Mon., Aug. 22
DH BB vs Heyworth at Zahnd, 4pm
Tues., Aug. 23
DH BB vs Mahomet at Spalding
Wed., Aug. 24
NOTHING
Thurs., Aug. 25
XC at Winterview Park at 4:15 (Runners will be dismissed from class at 2:00 pm)
Fri., Aug. 26
DH BB at Zahnd vs Rantoul, 4pm
Sat., Aug. 27
DH BB at Zahnd vs SV, 10 am
Edison XC Invitational at Robeson Park 9am
Coaches:
We are very fortunate to have extremely dedicated coaches for all our tathletic teams. I will send out a list of the entire coaching staff in the near distant future but for now here are our coaches for Baseball, Cross Country and Girls Basketball. Girls basketball tryouts start Aug. 29. If the girls ask about tryout info there are pink sheets all over the building with the info.
Cross Country Head Coach: Julie Mills
Cross Country Asst. Coach: Conan Jurkowski
Baseball Varsity Coach: Joel Beesely
Baseball JV Coach: Mark Pataky
7th grade Girls Basketball: Meg Bettenhausen
8th grade Girls Basketball: Kelly Koller
- Athletic Schedules: Attached to this e-mail are schedules for Cross Country, Girls Basketball, Boys Basketball, Volleyball, and Wrestling.
- Golf "Fore" the Band: The Edison Band program will be hosting it's 1st ever golf outing on Saturday, September 17th at the U of I golf course. Shotgun start at 8am, $75 per person includes greens fee and cart, range balls, prizes and lunch. Hole sponsorships are available at $100 each. Golf in the morning and watch Illini football in evening! Entry/sponsorship form is attached. Questions? contact Jo Lynne Clauson at joclauson@comcast.net or 359-8099.
- Spirit Wear Orders: There is still time to order the Edison spirit wear that was sold at registration. The order form is attached; just send the completed form with your payment in an envelope marked "attention PTSA" to the office with your payment by August 26th, and the order will be distributed to your child around the middle of September. Contact Jo Lynne Clauson with any questions at joclauson@comcast.net
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