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.
Early Dismissal, No School: school will dismiss at 2:10 pm this Thursday and Friday (December 18 & 19) and will resume on Tuesday January 6. Enjoy the winter break!
Monical's Community Day for Edison Bands is Tuesday January 6, just right for celebrating the restart of school! Present the Monical's form when paying, it is located here: http://www.monicals.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/EdisonBandPatrons010615.pdf (form is also attached) This fundraiser is valid at Mattis and Kirby in Champaign, and Philo Rd in Urbana.
Attention 8th grade students and parents/guardians of 8th grade students: 9th grade transition night will be held on January 14 at 6:00 pm in the auditorium (not Jan 12 as the announcements yesterday indicated). During this time Greg Johnson, Principal of Centennial and Joe Williams, Principal of Central will discuss what the transition from 8th to 9th grade will be like including grading policies, high school course selection, programs for 9th grade students and more. If you have any questions please contact Angie Schoonover at 351-3771.
Edison PTSA recently awarded 15 mini-grants to teachers and staff for classroom needs, extracurricular club activities, and learning software! If you'd like to help PTSA develop additional fundraising events, come to the January PTSA meeting: Monday January 12, 6 pm in the Edison Library.
Save The Date! The Edison Middle School Winter Dance will be Friday, January 30th from 6-8 p.m. Theme: "Totally Tubular" Neon Dance Party. Cost: $2 per person
Join us for a night of 80's music, games, and trivia. Pizza and snacks will be available for purchase. More details regarding the dance and volunteer opportunities to follow. Please contact Nena at nenastetson@yahoo.com for more information or to express your interest in volunteering.
Mark Your Calendars: Edison Jazz Bands will hold the annual Java & Jazz event on Friday February 13 at Faith United Methodist Church. Just desserts and coffee/tea, etc; this will allow the price to drop significantly - everyone welcome!
Extracurricular Clubs: attached is the official list of Edison student clubs and extracurricular activities, including sponsor contact information.
Spiritwear late orders/replacements pickup: If you had a replacement item, a missing item or a new order, please pick up in the office after school.
PTA Reflections: Edison submissions to the PTA-sponsored annual themed arts competition "The World would be a better Place if. . ." are:
Literature Category
Grace Rispoli "Think about what you Say" -- Teacher Easton
Leah Courtney "Stay You" -- Teacher Easton
Michaela Patton "Learn" --Teacher Easton
Vanessa Lopez "Unexpected" -- Easton
Sara Caroline Dickerson "Outside Myself"-- Easton
Visual Arts
Emily Anne Anderson: "Making the World Better"
Mayahuel Gutiérrez Malik: biographical quilt about a Mexican Activist
Sia DeyKoontz: "Let Your Love Fly", "The Tree", and "The Flower"
Photography
Sia DeyKoontz: "Look High and Low", "We Have to be the Example", "Winter's Melted...Winter's Fallen", "Everyone Needs that Calm Place", "Fairy Tale", "Self-Portrait", "Reflection of Winter", "Reflection of Winter II", "Tales within the Shadow"
College Gear Fridays: Students, wear your Avid or college gear on Friday. Every Friday!
Building Council –What do we do? We don't discuss district issues, personnel or curricular matters, or discipline problems, but we do brainstorm ways to improve and enrich our school environment, and make things run more smoothly for Edison students and staff. We would like to recruit more parents to building council meetings. Consider attending a meeting (held in Mrs. Borchardt's room):
January 8 – 3 – 4pm
February 12 – 7am – 7:45am
March 12 – 3-4pm
April 9 – 3 – 4pm
May 7 – 3 - 4pm
Social Probation: Please talk to your students about social probation, which is exclusion from participation in and/or attendance at an extracurricular school-sanctioned activity like ball games, concerts and dances. A student will be placed on social probation if/when:
•He/she has not served the assigned detentions minutes
•He/she is failing one or more classes
•Administration places him/her on social probation.
County Market Max Dollars for Education: if you're a County Market shopper and wish to designate Edison as your Max card school, sign up at www.myCountyMarket.com or at the customer service desk at any store. Our school code is 14088.
The Edison Choir meets in the Rm. 110 from 2:50 - 4:00 pm on Tuesdays and until 4:30 on Thursdays. Everyone is welcome; come out to enjoy singing together and bring a friend!
Student Council meets in Mrs. Altenbaumer's room, 234 from 2:45-3:30. We meet on the first and third Wednesday of each month. All students are welcome to join. If you missed the first meeting, talk to Mrs. Altenbaumer or Mr. Freeman, our two Co-Sponsors. You can join anytime during the year. Come make a difference in your school.
Friend us on facebook: search for Edison PTSA and send a friend request so our updates will appear in your news feed.
Friday Night Basketball will be held at Vineyard Church from 7p-9p. Vineyard is located at 1500 N Lincoln at the corner of Lincoln and Bradley in Urbana. Basketball is open to ages 13-17. Text or call 217-299-0013.
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