Edison Middle School PTSA Announcements
306 West Green Street
Champaign, IL 61820-5099
Phone: (217) 351-3771 Fax: (217) 355-2564
September 1
- 8th Grade Field Trip: The 8th grade team building event is still on for this Friday. We will be going according to the revised schedule. Students will have plenty of water provided free by Hardy's Reindeer Ranch. Students will be instructed to take it easy and still have fun. Chaperones and Teachers will closely monitor students.
August 31
- IMPORTANT EARLY DISMISSAL THURSDAY AND FRIDAY: Due to the projected high heat index, Edison, Franklin, and Jefferson Middle Schools and Central High Schools will dismiss early Thursday and Friday, September 1 and 2. The dismissal times are as follows: Jefferson will dismiss at 12:50 PM. Edison will dismiss at 12:55 PM. Central will dismiss at 1:05 PM and Franklin will dismiss at 1:10 PM.Transportation schedules will be adjusted to the early dismissal times. Currently, all eleven elementary schools and Centennial High School have air conditioning and will not dismiss early. The Unit 4 Board of Education has authorized a review of the middle school facilities and Central High School to determine the best option for air conditioning those buildings. In the meantime, in order to ensure the safety of all students, Edison, Franklin, Jefferson and Central will dismiss early on Thursday and Friday according to the District's Heat Action Plan.
- Student Council: The first Student Council meeting will be Wednesday, September 7th after school in Mrs. Altenbaumer's room, room 234. We will finish around 3:15. Student Council participates in community service activities, recycling, school store, selling Edison water bottles, selling candy grams, organizing the 8th grade dance and we do lots more. Student Council is open to all 6th, 7th and 8th graders. Everyone is welcome. If you have any questions, please contact Mrs. Altenbaumer or Mr. Guzman.
- Meeting Rescheduled: The Girls Basketball parent meeting for Thursday (today) will be rescheduled
August 30
- Importan Message About Weather: We are watching the weather closely this week and anticipate some extreme temperatures by the end of this week. Please be aware, that although none of us can predict the weather, there is a possibility that our Heat Related Closing Procedures may be put into place at some point this week. Those decisions are made in the morning and parents are notified as soon as possible via School Messenger email and phone calls. We share this information today only in an advisory capacity so that you can be familiar with our policy and plan ahead. No decisions have been made at this time and each day will be considered on a day by day basis.
Thank you,
Orlando Thomas
Director of Achievement and Pupil Services
August 29
- Athletic Info for 8/29–9/2
GBB= Girls Basketball
BB= Boys Baseball
XC= Cross Country
BBB=Boys Basketball
Thursday, Sept. 1
* BB DH vs Jefferson at Zahnd Park, 4pm (JV will play first then V)
* GBB parent meeting at 5:30 pm in the cafeteria
Friday, Sept. 2
XC at Chrisman, 4pm (Team needs to leave class at 2:00 pm)
- BBB Tryouts: Tryouts will begin on Monday, Oct. 17. Watch for the fliers around school so you will know what time your tryout is. Any 6th, 7th and 8th grade boy interested in trying out the 7th and 8th grade IESA teams must have all their required paperwork (current physical, completed Champaign Unit 4 form and a copy of their insurance card/medical card) turned in to Ms. Borchardt by Friday, Sept. 30.
- Superintendent Search: Champaign Unit 4 Schools will hold a community forum on Monday, September 12, 2011 at 7 PM at Centennial High School regarding the search for a new Superintendent. The community forum will be led by the search firm, School Exec Connect. The Junior League of Champaign-Urbana is assisting with the event. See attched PDF for more info and the link to the survey.
- 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.
Community Events
Champaign Public Library: Subject: FIRST Lego League (FLL) Kickoff event at Champaign Public Library. Illini Robotics is holding an FLL (FIRST Lego Leauge) Kickoff event for the 2011 FLL Food Factor season in Robeson rooms A and B at the Champaign Public Library on Sept 11, 2011 from 1:00 - 4:00 PM. In addition to FLL, this event will also be used to share information regarding exciting FIRST robotics opportunuties for FLL graduates and other high school students interested in competing in the FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) and / or FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) tournaments.
We will have this year's FLL Food Factor mat and mission models on display for teams who have not yet registered or received their Field setup kits. In addition, We will have information for 9-14 year old students who are interested in participating in FLL but who presently do not have a team on which to compete. We are hoping to help facilitate the formation of new rookie teams from the growing number of kids who would like to particpate in FLL. To assist these rookie teams, we are in the process of recruiting University students to help mentor these teams. For those unfamiliar with FLL, more information can be found here:
http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/fll
For our high school aged students (14-18), we will have information on joining FTC and FRC teams. The FTC competition consists of teams of up to 10 students and takes place in the fall. The FRC competition takes place in the spring and consists of teams of up to 50 students, so we are looking to recruit students from all the various high schools to compete on a single team. More information for these competitions can be found at
http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/ftc
http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/frc
About FIRST
http://www.usfirst.org/aboutus/vision
About Illini Robotics
Illini Robotics is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization formed in 2011 to:
Support FLL / FRC / FTC Lego robotics teams.
Engender interest in science and engineering especially in robotics.
Participate in events to raise profile of robotics.
Host a regional FLL tournament.
For more information, visit us at http://www.illinirobotics.org/ or send us an e-mail at illinirobotics@gmail.com
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