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.
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PTSA update: Congratulations to our PTSA officers for 2015-2016: Gretchen Pein (Pres), Jen Carson (VP), Karyn Miller (Secretary) and Jill Daly (Treasurer). We still need a Teacher Appreciation coordinator for next year as well as a vice-president who will take over as president the following year. These are great ways to get involved in your child's middle school experience and meet other parents! Contact Gretchen Pein at gretchenpein@gmail.com if you have questions. Minutes from the May PTSA meeting are attached.
Chaperones needed for the 8th grade dance tonight (Thursday May 28), 7 – 9 pm. We'll need about 8 people to help serve refreshments and monitor hallways and the gym. Please contact Mrs. Altenbaumer if you can help altenbsh@champaignschools.org
Last day of school is Tuesday June 2. School will dismiss at 2:10 on both Monday June 1 and Tuesday June 2.
8th grade boys interested in soccer: Going to Central? See attached flyer for information on summer soccer practices that begin June 8. Headed to Centennial? Pick up a flyer about summer camp (June 29th - July 31) from any 8th grade teacher, PE teachers or Ms. Borchardt.
8th graders: In order for you to participate in the end of the year activities you must not receive more than one level 1 infraction, any DR's and/or be suspended between May 13 until May 29. You must also have taken care of any lost class books and/or library books.
8th graders planning to attend the 8th grade dance must have their school ID so make sure you have your ID.
8th Grade Promotion has been set for 9 am on May 29. A letter regarding tickets was recently sent home with your student; please refer to that for ticket information. The 8th grade teachers went over expectations with the 8th grade class recently. Here are a few of the expectations. If you have any questions please email or call Jackie.
1. Students must be in attendance for promotion practice on Thurs., May 28 from 1:15 until 2:40 pm
2. Permit to leave school early on Friday, May 29 must be turned in to Ms. Borchardt
3. Dress for the day:
· Girls: nice dress, skirt, capri's, dress pants, shorts etc. - no prom dresses. Long dresses could cause problems with the stairs since students will be going up and down stairs. If the dress is strapless or has spaghetti straps then a sweater or jacket will need to be worn (school rules still apply)
· boys: dress pants, shirt and tie, dress shirt, polo shirt, shorts
4. The day of promotion we ask family members to not bring flowers due to other guest possibly having allergies plus the students will have nowhere to put them during the promotion ceremony, no balloons since they block the view of others and no limo's dropping off or picking up at Edison.
5. Doors to enter day of: door #12 on State Street (we can us the library parking lot) or door #1 inside fenced in playground. Once in the building you will be asked for your ticket.
6. Doors will be open for admittance at 8:30 am
7. Please hold your applause till the staff member has finished reading his/her list of students. This way ALL parents can hear their child's name being read.
More for future Centennial students: Due to a band concert being moved to the gym on Thursday, open gym for girls will be cancelled. Centennial open gym will resume next Thursday the 28th from 3:30-5pm. Middle School 8th grade girls who will be attending Centennial next year are welcome to come.
Any young lady interested in attending volleyball camp at St. Thomas Moore coached by our very own Coach Bergman can pick up a flier on the athletic bulletin board - teachers the flier is attached for you to make copies as well.
Champaign Central High School is hosting boys basketball open gyms on May 27th and 28th from 7:30-9:30PM. An informational meeting for June boys basketball practices will be held at 6:30PM on Wednesday, May 27th @ 6:30PM in the library at Central.
Both the boys and girls Cross Country teams at Centennial will have a short information meeting for athletes and potential athletes on Thursday, May 28th at 3:45 p.m., meet by the athletic office. Please plan to attend, we will discuss summer training. Parents are welcome!!! Contact Coach Buss for info koterbla@champaignschools.org
Any young lady interested in attending basketball camp at the U of I can pick up a flier from the athletic bulletin board.
Any current 6th and 7th grader interested in baseball, cross country and girls basketball you must have the following 4 pieces of paperwork turned in to Ms. Borchardt by July 10 for Baseball and Cross Country then July 17 for Girls Basketball.
1. current physical - physicals you turned in last year are expired so you will need a new one.
2. completed Champaign Unit 4 form
3. Complete waiver
4. copy of your insurance or medical card
Baseball tryouts will be held at Zahnd Pak on Monday, Aug. 3 and Tues., Aug. 4 - attendance at both days of tryouts is required. Stop by the athletic bulletin board to pick up a flier which tells you what time you need to be at tryouts. Parent meeting will be Tues., Aug. 4 at 5:30 pm at Edison in the cafeteria.
Cross Country runners - your season begins Monday, Aug. 3 - you are required to begin practicing with the team at this time. Parent meeting will be at 5:30 pm at Edison in the cafeteria. If you are interested in the summer cross country running program you can pick up a flier on the athletic bulletin board outside room 122.
Girls Basketball - tryouts will be held Monday, Aug. 31 and Tuesday, Sept. 1 - attendance at both days of tryouts is required. Exact times for the teams will be announced when school begins in the fall.
8th Grade Calendar of Events: a schedule of events specific to 8th graders is attached.
Box Tops for Education: Mrs. Wells is still collecting Box Tops for the school. Please send yours to Mrs. Wells or give them to any teacher to put in her mailbox.
Edison PTSA 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, contact Gretchen Pein at gretchenpein@gmail.com
College Gear Fridays: Students, wear your Avid or college gear on Friday. Every Friday!
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.
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