Wednesday, March 16, 2016

[Edison-PTSA] EDISON PTSA ANNOUNCEMENTS - Wed March 16, 2016

 

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.

 

Yearbook order forms  have been sent home.  If you have not already sent the order back to school, you should plan to take care of that while you are at Edison for parent/teacher conferences.  The cost of the yearbook is $25 and checks can be made to Edison Middle School. See Ms. Delmedico in the main office if you have questions.

Parent/Teacher Conferences are Thursday evening and Friday morning.  Be sure to bring your Book Drive donations and your yearbook orders.  PTSA will provide a luncheon for teachers and staff on Thursday afternoon.  No additional food donations are needed this time but mark your calendars for Teacher Appreciation Week, May 2-6. 

Edison Book Drive:  WE NEED BOOKS! PLEASE HELP US BUILD OUR CLASSROOM LIBRARIES WITH HIGH INTEREST TEXTS!!! 5,000 BOOKS is our GOAL. Two ways to donate:

1)  Students can bring book donations to their team's AVID teacher:

          Adventurers - Mrs. Wolz

          Voyagers - Mr. Freeman

          Galaxies - Ms. Whitfield

          Constellations - Mr. Hutchison

          Explorers - Ms. McDonnell

          Navigators- Mr. Holden

2)  Bring them to parent teacher conferences! Bring a couple or a box-full to your conference and your teacher will make sure it gets to where it needs to go.

What kind of books?  4 - 9th grade reading levels, chapter and graphic novels, fiction, poetry, and non-fiction books are all welcome! Questions? Email Mrs. Wolz at wolzje@champaignschools.org

Unit 4 Facility Planning: the public is invited to attend Tier II Committee meetings of the Special Committee of Facilities.  The charge of the Tier Two Committee is to review recommendations from Tier One, and based on this information provide recommendations to the Board of Education in the following areas: location of facilities, collaborations/partnerships with other public entities in the Champaign Unit #4 District, and finance/referendum schedule.  You can find a meeting schedule and more information here http://facilityplanning.champaignschools.org/

Save the World with Engineering: middle school girls and their parents are invited to an engineering workshop on Saturday April 16, noon to 5 pm at Loomis Lab.  Details are on the attached flyer or at http://societyofwomenengineers.illinois.edu/upcoming-events

Drop-off reminder: Remember that cell phone use in a school zone is against the law.  Please do not park your car on Prairie Street during drop-off time and check your mail.  When you do this you make drop-off unsafe for our children because everyone else must drive around you.

Edison Clubs: a list of Edison clubs is attached.

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

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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