Edison Middle School PTSA Announcements
306 West Green Street
Champaign, IL 61820-5099
Phone: (217) 351-3771 Fax: (217) 355-2564
February 16
- Support Edison Band: This Thursday, February 16th, Meatheads at 1305 S. Neil Street (the old Blockbuster) will give 10% of your purchase to the Edison Band Program. Take the attached flyer, or an electronic copy of the form on your phone, to present, and 10% of your order goes back to the band! Please let friends and family in Champaign know about this offer too.
- LEAP/Dyslexia: LEAP is pleased to be offering a second showing of the HBO Documentary "Journey Into Dyslexia" February 16th from 6–8 pm at the Urbana Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall. See attached PDF for more info.
- Wrestling: Congratulations to the following wresters who placed at the Mahomet Invite on Tues., Feb. 14
Dylan McBride - 4th Place Rio Beals - 1st Place Stanley Sotomayor - 2nd Place John Miller - 2nd Place Jalynn Evans - 4th Place Jeremiah Risinger - 1st Place Julien Turner - 2nd Place Darnell Fleming - 1st Place
February 15
- Congrats to Mr. Uppinghouse and Mr. Howard: Monday night the Board of Education confirmed Mr. Justin Uppinghouse as principal of Edison Middle School, where he has been serving as Interim Principal. Uppinghouse has been at Edison since August of 2009, having most recently served as Assistant Principal. Also at Edison, Mr. Tony Howard has been named assistant principal at Edison Middle School. Howard has been at Edison since 2006, and was previously a teacher there and has been serving as interim assistant principal. Great leadership at Edison!
- PTSA Meeting: The next PTSA meeting will be Tuesday February 21st at 7 pm in the Edison Library. Informal gathering time is 6:45pm and all are welcome to attend.
February 14
- Music Release Party: This Wednesday the Art, Drama and Music Departments will be holding a Musical Release Party after school! This party will feature revealing the title of the Spring Musical, giving out important audition information, and parent forms to take home. Once the information portion is done – we will be watching the musical on video. Your parents are invited to join or pick you up when the party is concluded at 5:30 pm. Any questions, please see Ms. Tock.
- Yearbook Pictures: Pictures needed for the yearbook! The school yearbook needs candid pictures from cross-country, baseball, basketball, volleyball, and wrestling. Please send digital pictures to Mrs. Easton. eastonka@champaignschools.org or drop off a picture disk in the main office. *We are asking for photos throughout the month of February!
February 13
- Convocation is Fri., Feb. 17: All 6BBB, 7BBB, 8BBB, VB, 7GBB. 8GBB and WR are asked to wear t-shirt/hoodie from their sport. We will be recognizing on stage:
7GBB
8GBB
6BBB
7BBB
8BBB
All 7GBB, 8GBB, 6BBB, 7BBB and 8BBB players are to sit in the middle section of the auditorium.
VB and WR are to sit with their classes.
We will have our WR and VB teams stand for recognition. They will be recognized on stage at the next convocation.
- Athletics for the Week:
Boy's Basketball:
Congratulations to Coach Johnson and our 8th grade boys basketball team as they ended their season with a record of 18 - 8.
Congratulations to our wrestling team: They placed 9th at the Chatham Invite
Individuals medals:
Braedon Clopton (Edison) – 4th place
Anthony Davis (Edison) - 4th place
John Miller (Edison) - 6th place
Darnell Flemming (Franklin) - 1st place
Trystyn Schoonove (Jefferson) - 1st place
Events for this week:
Mon., Feb. 13 -- VB vs South View, 4:15 pm
Tues., Feb. 14 -- Wrestling at Mahomet, 4:30 pm (bus leaves at 3:30 pm)
Wed., Feb. 15 -- VB vs St. Matt's, 4:15 pm
Thurs., Feb. 16 -- VB at Jefferson, 4:15 pm (bus leaves at 3:30)
Sat., Feb. 18 - Wrestling meet at Bloomington Evans was cancelled by their coach
Wed., Feb. 22 -- VB vs North Ridge, 4:15 pm (last home game)
Sat., Feb. 25 - Wrestling regionals at Mattoon Middle School (time to be announced)
7th grade volleyball regionals can begin Sat., Feb. 25 (we have to wait to see what day we actually play)
8th grade volleyball regionals can begin Sat., March 3 (we have to wait to see what day we actually play)
February 10
- National Junior Honor Society: Applications for the Edison chapter of the National Junior Honor Society are now available on the see attachment or in the main office. Applications are due to Mr. Cain by March 2, 2012. If there are any questions please contact Mr. Cain at cainza@champaignschools.org or 351-3771.
- International Day Volunteers: Letters have gone home and we need volunteers for this event! We especially need someone who is well versed with using chopsticks and is able to show others how to use them too. To volunteer. Please e-mail pinskecr@champaignschools.org if you can help.
- International Day: Edison is excited to announce there will be an International Day on March 15th from 8am-11am. Edison is a very diverse school and wants to celebrate different cultures from around the world. This is a great event for the school and we hope students can donate items and participate in this special event. See attached letter for more info. If you have questions please e-mail Crystal Pinske at pinskecr@champaignschools.org
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