Edison Middle School PTSA Announcements
306 West Green Street
Champaign, IL 61820-5099
Phone: (217) 351-3771 Fax: (217) 355-2564
April 18
- Science Olympiad: Last Saturday, April 14, the Edison Science Olympiad Team went to the State competition at the University of Illinois and competed against 45 of the top teams in Illinios. There were medals awarded to the top five contestants in each of twenty-three events.
Here is a list of the Edison students who won medals:
Corbin Phillips medalled in 3 events
Jiwon Jeong medalled in 2 events
Julian Pomatto medalled in 2 events
Aashika Ashok won 1 medal
Jennifer Hong won 1 medal
Emily Gibson won 1 medal
Brian Jung won 1 medal
and finally, Kelisha Koradiya and Nidhi Dholaria won 1st place in the event, Compute This,- a 1st place at State!
Coach Kuppler wishes to thank all the parents and volunteer coaches who helped these great students excel, once again, at State.
April 17
- School Board: Congrats to newest school board member, Ileana Saveley. The board voted Monday night to fill the vacancy left by Greg Novak. For more info see the News-Gazette article
- Community Events: Under community events get some info about Jazz Fest at Central High School
April 12
- CU Scholars: Attention 8th Grade students High School is just a few month away. If you have not signed up to be a part of CUScholars yet there is still time. See your counselor today for an enrollment form, then take it home, get it signed and bring it back to your counselor!
http://cuschoolsfoundation.org/
- Baby Pictures for 8th grade students: It is that time of year. We are now collecting baby pictures from 8th grade students. The pictures will be displayed in the display cases across from the auditorium starting in May. The pictures will be up for all of the end of year activities and will be returned to 8th grade students and parents after Promotion. Please, write the student name on the back of the picture. Mr. Guzman will be collecting baby pictures for Explorer students and Mr. Becker will be collecting baby pictures for Navigator students.
April 10
- College For Kids: Good news! The 2012 CFK Brochure is now available on our website! www.parkland.edu/collegeforkids Please note that registration begins MAY 1. You can register online, in person, or by mail. Instructions are included in the brochure and also available on our website. Find us on Facebook for additional information about the program and classes: College for Kids Parkland College. www.facebook.com/cfkpc Questions? Give us a call at 217-353-2055 or email collegeforkids@parkland.edu. We look forward to seeing you and your CFK students this summer!
- 8th Grade Calendar of Events: Attached is a calendar of events for 8th graders.
Athletics:
- BBB camp: Current 6th and 7th graders who are interested in trying out for the boys basketball team are encouraged to attend the summer camp Coach Johnson is holding the week of June 18 through June 22. The 6th and 7th graders will attend from 8:00 am until 10:00 am then the 8th graders will attend from 10:00 until noon. Fee is $50 per camper ($25 discount for 2 campers from same household). Registration form (attached) and fee are due MAY 20!! The registration form/fee can be sent to Ms. Borchardt in room 122. Please do not take to the office.
- Banquets: Dates for the wrestling banquet and the banquet for our baseball, girls basketball, boys basketball and volleyball teams will be announced soon.
- Intramurals: Info about intramurals for Hip Hop dance, bowling, BBB, GBB and VB will be announced soon.
- 2012 - 2013 Athletic Dates; Attached is the flier containing dates of when tryouts/practices may begin and when current physicals, Completed Champaign Unit 4 form and copy of insurance/medical card are due. Physical form and Champaign Unit 4 form are attached. Remember sports physicals are good for one year only!
- 8th Grade Promotion: 8th grade promotion will be Friday at 9 am on May 25th It will be held in the school auditorium. Each student's family gets 2 tickets for this event. If you are going to need more than that you can call the discipline office to be put on a waiting list for more tickets. Letters are being sent home to parents for those students who may ineligible to attend promotion.
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Community Events:
Jazz Fest:
43rd Annual Jazz Fest
Champaign Central High School
Friday April 27 and Saturday April 28
Combes Gym
Champaign Central High School
First band begins at 5:30 PM
Come on out for for a relaxing family-friendly evening (or two) at Champaign Central's annual Jazz Fest. You'll hear great music from more than 10 local middle and high schools big bands and enjoy dinner, dessert, or snacks from our Jazz Café. Big bands from all three Champaign middle schools will play, as will those from Central, Centennial, and Urbana High School. See our website (www.maroons.org) for performance times. It's a great opportunity to introduce younger students to jazz music! You can arrive at any time, and stay as long as you'd like.
Friday evening will feature guest artist Todd Kelly, an outstanding jazz trumpet player and Director of Jazz Ensembles at Bradley University. Tim Pitchford, a trombonist and Director of Jazz at Illinois Wesleyan University, will be the guest artist performing on Saturday evening. The Parkland Big Band is also featured on Saturday's line up.
Admission at the door is $5 per person, $3 for 5th grade and younger; family maximum of $20.
- Saftey and Abuse Prevention: Keep Our Kids Safe Child Abuse Prevention for Parents & Children Thursday, April 5, 2012 7:00 -- 9:00 p.m. indi go Artist Co-Op 9 E University Avenue, Champaign, IL 61820 Donations at the door appreciated Keep Our Kids Safe is just one of several events RACES is sponsoring during April, which is both Child Abuse Prevention month and Sexual Assault Awareness month. For more information on all our April Events, visit our web site at www.cu-races.org, or contact us at admin@cu-races.org or 217/344-6298.
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