Friday, November 13, 2015

[Edison-PTSA] EDISON PTSA ANNOUNCEMENTS - Fri Nov 13, 2015

 

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.

 

PTSA Meeting: The next Edison PTSA meeting will be Monday November 16, 6 pm in the Edison library.  An agenda is attached.  See you there!

ACT Aspire: 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students will be taking the ACT Aspire next Tuesday, November 17 and Wednesday, November 18. All students will take five tests, English, Reading, Writing, Math, and Science, which will be split up among the two days. The testing session will go from 7:55-10:30 on both days. Students will attend all of their regularly scheduled classes both days, but each class will be shortened to about 25 minutes. For more information about ACT Aspire visit http://www.discoveractaspire.org.

Thanks for the Box Tops collected so far this year!  We will receive a check for $260 for the Box Tops we have collected and now it's time to start again.  Mrs. Wells is collecting them for new PE equipment. You may send them into her or give them to any teacher to put in her mailbox. Thanks for the support!!

The November PBIS Incentive is Thankful Treats! As a PBIS Team we thought it would be meaningful for the students to receive a homemade dessert with their Thanksgiving lunch on Tuesday November 24th if they earned a positive referral. We are asking for parent and teacher volunteers to help bake (or buy) for the incentive. If you would be willing to make 2 dozen cookies, 1 pie, 2 dozen cupcakes, 1 pan of brownies or 1 cake please email Claire Reiling at reilincl@champaignschools.org. Include your name, the type of treat and how many. For example, I would be willing to make 2 pumpkin pies. All treats need to be delivered at school by Monday November 23rd. Thanks for your help and support of PBIS (Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports) at Edison! 

ILMEA: Congratulations to our Edison band students who participated in the ILMEA Jazz Festival this weekend!  Kathryn Currey, Matthew Currey, Adele Miller, Anjali Murphy, Micah Patton, Lily Skiles, Anna Wachter, and Ben Young.  The following students will represent Edison at ILMEA Junior/Senior Festival on Nov 21: Daniel Bernstein, Matthew Currey, Kathryn Currey, Hewitt Friedman, Micah Patton, and Anne Schmidt.

The Unit 4 Board of Education has launched a blog: Board Corner, where you can get information on current district issues, upcoming board meetings, and board member insights.  You can visit this site at http://u4boardcorner.blogspot.com and can also sign up for email notifications when a new post is available so you don't miss an update. Contact Kathy Richards (blog editor) if you have questions or suggestions: richarka@champaignschools.org.

Students, Parents & Staff: want to help create the EMS 2015-2016 Video Yearbook? Please send your school-appropriate pictures and videos to: cometyearbook2016@gmail.com

List of Clubs: a list of all Edison after-school clubs and activities will be available soon, but in the meantime, you can find some club meeting times/days on the building calendar here: http://www2.champaignschools.org/schools/misc/view.php?id=20&misc=3

Email announcements of the past can be found on the Edison Middle School website here: http://www2.champaignschools.org/schools/news/?id=20

 

 

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