Edison Middle School PTSA Announcements
306 West Green Street
Champaign, IL 61820-5099
Phone: (217) 351-3771 Fax: (217) 355-2564
Edison's Mission
It is our mission at Edison Middle School to work collaboratively to place the focus on the academic, social, and emotional needs of each individual student first and ensure that ALL students are prepared for post-secondary education.
February 14
- Boys and Girls Club Valentine's Dance: Friday December 15th the Don Moyer Boys and Girls Club will be hosting a dance from 7-10pm. Please see attached flyer for more info.
- International Day: Edison's International Day will be March 14th, 8-11:00 a.m. Last year was a great success and we'd like to make that happen again. We need adult helpers to be in the classrooms–we need parent helpers to host an activity for that day. Please contact Ms. Pinske via email and she can give more details. Her email address is pinskecr@champaignschools.org.
- E-Week Hosts John Brenkus: The University of Illinois Engineering Council National Engineers' Week Committee will be hosting John Brenkus, host of ESPN's Sport Science, on Friday, February 15th. Brenkus will be speaking in the 2nd floor Illini Union Ballroom at 8PM. The event is open to the entire public and admission is free of charge. If you have any questions, feel free to contact the E-Week External Events Chair, Samantha Tone, at tone2@illinois.edu.
- LEAP (Linking Educators and Parents):
TOPIC: "Seeing the Sense in Spelling"
PRESENTER: Gina Cooke
PROVIDER: LEAP (Linking Educators and Parents) a dyslexia study group, serving east central Illinois
TIME: Tuesday, February 26, 2013, 6:30 to 8:00 PM
LOCATION: Urbana Free Library Auditorium, 200W. Green St. in Urbana
REGISTRATION: Free! Please register by return email to mfkay@sbcglobal.net or call 217-367-0398
CREDITS: CPDU credits are available for teachers through ROE#9 (Please include your name and school when you request CPDUs.)
February 11
- PTA Council Mental Health Forum: The next PTA Council Meeting will be February 21st at the Mellon Building at 7–8:30pm. Attached is a flyer with more info.
- AskUnit4: The first #AskUnit4 Twitter chat will take place on Friday, February 15, 2013 from 2-4 pm on Twitter. The first hour will be dedicated to questions about the Future Facilities Process where participants will have the opportunity to ask questions and provide feedback. Participants will also be encouraged to take an online questionnaire to offer their input on the District's school facilities options. The second hour will be solely a Q&A opportunity for all those participating to ask questions to Champaign Unit 4.
- Box Tops: Pull those General Mills Box Tops off the refrigerator and out of that drawer, clip them up and send them in to Edison to turn them into $$. Students can turn Box Tops in to any of their teachers, and they will be collected to send in to General Mills. Box Tops need to be in to teachers by February 22nd to be turned into dollars for this school year.
- NJHS: Applications for the Edison chapter of the National Junior Honor Society are now available on the Edison web-site and in the main office. Applications are due to Mr. Cain by March 1, 2013. Current National Junior Honor Society members do not need to complete the applications for this year, but should contact Mr. Cain about their 2012 community service hours. If there are any questions please contact Mr. Cain at cainza@champaignschools.org or 351-3771.
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