Edison PTSA Announcements: [Edison-PTSA] EDISON PTSA ANNOUNCEMENTS

Monday, November 21, 2011

Edison Middle School PTSA Announcements

306 West Green Street

Champaign, IL 61820-5099

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

November 21

School Out for Thanksgiving: There will be no school on November 24^th, Thursday or November 25^th, Friday.

Madrigal Dinner: Champaign Central High School will host its 31st Annual Madrigal Dinner on December 3 and 4. Please join us for an evening of festive music, wassail, dinner, kings, queens, boar's heads, jesters, lords and ladies, and other trappings of pre-Enlightenment Europe. Tickets must be reserved by November 30. Please visit www.maroons.org for more information and to purchase tickets online. The attached flyer provides additional detail as well as contact information for making dinner reservations by telephone or email.

November 16

Phone Calls: The automated phone calls that the district sends about charges owed took all the student balances, negative and positive, turned them all to negative and called all parents. Please ignore the phone call(s). The district is working on repairing the problem. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Study: Edison offers a couple of different options for students who need extra help. Listed below are some study groups and clubs to help students.

Read Attack – Wednesdays for all grade levels from 2:45-3:45pm.

Mr. Holden – 6^th

Ms. Kerestes – 7^th

Ms. Watson – 8^th

Math Attack –

Ms. Whitfield -6^thGrade and Galaxies Team – Thursdays

Ms. Decker – 8^th Grade and Constellations Team – Tuesdays

Computer Based Math and Reading Assistance

Ms. Jacob – Computer Lab – Tuesdays and Thursdays

Homework Club – Every Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday w/ Ms. Stanke in Room 122.

Community Events:

Parade of Lights: Champaign's Parade of Lights will be Saturday November 26^th starting at 6pm. Check out the website for more info http://www.champaigncenter.com/parade-of-lights#!__parade-of-lights

STUDY PARTICIPANTS NEEDED for project on use of social network sites in families. Seeking families with adolescent child (13-17) with at least one parent using Facebook, MySpace, or Twitter. Reward: $20 per family. Time (1.5h total): 1 interview, 1 focus group. Contact: Ira Sharaievska: sharaye1@illinois.edu

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Edison PTSA Announcements