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.
Come join us for Fall Open House on Monday, September 21, from 6:30-8:00. This is a great opportunity for you to learn more about Edison, meet teachers, and see some of the wonderful extra-curricular activities we have to offer. Spiritwear orders will be available for pickup, bling shirts for sale, and the Kona Ice truck will be outside selling treats (a portion of the sales will be donated to Edison PTSA).
Jazz Band Parent Meeting will be Thursday Sept 24, 7 pm in the band room.
Picture Day will be October 1; watch your backpacks and binders for more information. (Retakes will be November 10)
Mark your calendars for the first school dance of the year on Friday October 2, 6-8 pm. Details coming soon!
Cooking Contest: UNCLE BEN'S® is excited to partner with PTAs across the country to help spread the word about this year's Ben's Beginners™ Cooking Contest, a movement to inspire healthy beginnings by getting families cooking and eating together. This year, five grand prize-winning families will each be awarded $15,000—and their kids' school will receive $30,000 cafeteria makeovers!
It's easy and fun to enter the contest. Families simply create a short video that shows parents and kids cooking a rice dish and upload it to UncleBens.com. The contest ends on October 12, 2015. For more info and to download materials, visit UncleBens.com.
Drop Off and Pick Up Reminders: Do not drop off on Green Street. Prairie Street (west of the school) is one way going north during drop-off and pick-up times. To keep kids and vehicles safe, cars coming from the west (turning left onto Prairie) may pull over on the left side of Prairie, and cars coming from the east (turning right onto Prairie) pull over on the right side of Prairie. Please pull forward as far as you can because there are a lot of cars waiting behind you, often as far back as the Green St/State St intersection. Do try to wait for the car in front of you to pull away (instead of trying to pass) as there will be a lot of kids trying to get to the blacktop. Also, please do not park on Prairie Street during drop off because this clogs traffic flow and creates an unsafe environment for our kids.
Choir: Does your student sound awesome singing along to the radio in the car? The Edison Choir meets on Tuesdays and Thursdays until 4pm. The choir is open to anyone who likes singing. You don't need any experience to join us. We're going to have some great times this year! Parents, if you have questions please contact Mr. Dare at dareje@champaignschools.org
Builders' Club will begin meeting after school on Wednesdays, starting September 9 in Mrs Easton's room (above the main office). If you love building, or if you want some experience using tools, join us! No experience necessary. This year we will work on a couple little projects, then we'll join Garden Club out at a local farm to assemble a chicken coop and build hoop houses for the winter. Electricity demos and at least 2 fieldtrips are planned for the winter and spring. Get the Remind app, for text reminders for meetings: Text: @34a2ac To: 81010
In association with the AV Club, Mr. Holden produces a yearly video year book. Throughout the year, if you have pictures of dances, sports events, team activities, field trips, club activities or classroom projects that you would like to share, please email them to Mr. Holden. holdenal@champaignschools.org
Edison has its very own CHOOSE KINDNESS chapter. This group will be doing a lot of projects this year to promote a positive and KIND school environment. Consider joining as KINDNESS IS THE NEW COOL.
Lunch Reminder: Students are NOT ALLOWED to order lunch and have it delivered to the school. If a parent wants to bring lunch to their student (Mcdonalds, pizza, etc) they have to stay with the child and eat with them in the cafeteria.
Champaign Public Library change in hours: if you plan to have your child spend time at the Champaign Public Library after school, please note their change in hours. The library will close at 6 pm on Thursdays and Fridays. You can find library information here: http://www.champaign.org/
Edison Middle School is on Twitter! Follow Edison Middle School @EdisonComets.
The PE department is collecting Box Tops: please send in to Mrs. Wells or ask any home room teacher to put in Mrs. Wells' mailbox.
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