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.
Mark Your Calendars: 8th grade promotion will be held on Monday, May 23 at 9:00 am. More information regarding tickets will be given at a later date.
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.
Band Patrons Meeting will be Monday April 4, 7 pm in the band room.
Girl Radio, Inc! Camp: Girl Radio is a youth-led media project where girls between the ages of 9 and 13 years old are given the training and tools to carry out their own community radio show, covering topics and issues related to their own lives in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois and to their experiences as girls--covering topics from body image to self-esteem and what it means to be a girl. The girls will receive training in radio and media production, citizen journalism, sound byte creation, and interviewing over the course of the two-day camp. Recordings will be developed into episodes of a radio show.
The radio program will air weekly on WRFU 104.5, a low-power radio station that serves Champaign County based in the Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center. The program will also be available for online streaming through Soundcloud online and available for download on iTunes. Register here!
Sat. April 2nd, 2016 | Women's Resources Center
10am-4:30pm | 703 S. Wright St. 2nd Fl. Champaign
Sun. April 3rd, 2016 | Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center
1pm-4:30pm | 202 S. Broadway Ave. Urbana
The cost of the camp is $50, but sliding scale rates apply. Low-income cost is $30 and families self-identify as low-income if they are in need. Sibling rates also apply and are detailed in our registration form. No one will be turned away for lack of funds.
For more information about Girl Radio, Inc!, please visit: www.facebook.com/girlradioinc
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
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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