News Archive - March 2008
March 25 Board meeting synopsis
[posted 3/26/08 - 4/1/08]
Find out what happened at the March 25, 2008 Board of Education meeting by reading the March 25 synopsis.
The District 116 School Board of Education is made up of seven elected members. Board meetings are held the first and third Tuesday of each month. (There are no board meetings scheduled in July.) The public is welcome to attend.
March 2008 Online Newsletter
[posted 3/5/08 - 4/1/08]
Stay up-to-date with current events in District 116 with the "Urbana School District Monthly" online electronic newsletter.
The March 2008 issue features a message from Superintendent Dr. Preston Williams, a "Golden Apple Award" nomination for a Thomas Paine teacher, the District calendar, Leal Service Club article and other events.
Parents! Be Sure to Update Your Contact Information
[posted 3/6/08 - 4/1/08]
In light of the severe cold and flu season this winter, District 116 is asking you to confirm you have updated contact information on file at your child's school. Be sure the school has all your phone numbers and other contact information in case we need to get in touch with you. Call your child's school to update your contact information.
Washington Early Childhood: (217) 384-3616
King Elementary: (217) 384-3675
Leal Elementary: (217) 384-3618
Prairie Elementary: (217) 384-3628
Thomas Paine Elementary: (217) 384-3602
Wiley Elementary: (217) 384-3671
Yankee Ridge Elementary: (217) 384-3607
Urbana Middle School: (217) 384-3685
Urbanan High School: (217) 384-3505
March 4 Board meeting synopsis
[posted 3/5/08 - 3/26/08]
Find out what happened at the March 4, 2008 Board of Education meeting by reading the March 4 synopsis.
The District 116 School Board of Education is made up of seven elected members. Board meetings are held the first and third Tuesday of each month. (There are no board meetings scheduled in July.) The public is welcome to attend.
Spring Break - NO SCHOOL March 17-21
[posted 3/14/08 - 3/24/08]
There will be no school Monday, March 17 - Friday, March 21 for Spring Break.
Health Center Offers Physicals March 18
[posted 3/11/08 - 3/24/08]
Exams Offered to District 116 Eighth-Graders
Eighth-grade students and parents can take care of the mandatory physical for ninth grade this coming spring break. The Urbana School Health Center (USHC) is offering physicals for eighth-graders March 18, 2008, from 8 a.m. - 4 p.m., by appointment only. Doctors at the Health Center will also review the student's immunization record. The Health Center's dentist will also be on hand to provide dental exams. This service on March 18 is for all Urbana School District #116 eighth-graders and costs $20 for all patients who do not have a medical card.
"We thought it would be a good idea (to hold) a one-day clinic to help eliminate some of the last minute rush right before school starts next fall. If parents wait until the last minute, it will be more difficult to get an appointment in a timely fashion. By offering (exams March 18), we can begin getting students in early for their physicals so that students can be ready for their first day of High School," says Heidi Britton, Director of the Urbana School Health Center. She adds, "All physicals given on that day will be good for both (the student's) ninth-grade school and sports physical as long as all paperwork is completed by the parent before their child's appointment time." Britton stresses that NOW is the time to complete the fall-sports physicals before practice begins in the fall.
Britton says the Student Health Center, located on the Urbana High School Campus, is a one-stop health source. "USHC consists of a seamless professional medical, dental and mental health team from local agencies. Medical professionals from Frances Nelson Health Center will be administrating the school physicals, dental professionals from the Champaign-Urbana Public Health District will be administering the dental exams, and mental health professionals from the Mental Health Center of Champaign County will be available by referral," Britton explains.
Parents can make an appointment for their child by calling the Student Health Center at 239-4220.
ISAT Tests March 3-14
[posted 3/3/08 - 3/18/08]
Parents, be sure to get your child ready to take the Illinois Standards Achievement Test (ISAT).
During March 3-14, 2008, students in Grades 3-8 will take the ISAT.
Visit www.usd116.org/home/isat.html for test taking tips!
Join "Read Across America" this Sat., March 8
[posted 3/4/08 - 3/11/08]
All aspiring readers are invited to Lincoln Square Village this weekend for the annual "Read Across America" event, sponsored by the National Education Association.
Urbana Adult Education and the Urbana Education Association are helping sponsor a local celebration of "Read Across America" at Lincoln Square Village this Saturday, March 8, from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
The event features celebrity readers, celebrity greeters (including District 116 Superintendent Dr. Preston Williams), and 25 booths set up throughout the mall that will provide a literacy activity for students and adults. The first 1000 children at the event will receive a free book bag and book.
Read Across America Celebrity Readers
10:15 Chancellor Herman (UI Chancellor) If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
10:30 Susan Herman Rainbow Fish
10:45 Carl Caldwell (WILL-TV station manager) Jack and the Beanstalk
11:00 Ed Kieser (WILL meteorologist) In the Small, Small Pond
11:15 Roger Cooper (WILL-FM announcer and host)
11:30 Kevin Kelly (WILL-FM announcer and host) Hello Cat, You Need a Hat
11:45 Kate Kuper (local artist/dancer) Bimwili and Zimwi
12:00 Judy Fraser (WCIA weather caster) Horton Hatches an Egg
12:15 Alison Davis Wood (WILL-TV producer/Prairie Fire host) Mouse Paint
12:30 Representative Naomi Jakobsson Government
12:45 Senator Mike Frerichs Duck for President
1:00 Ruth Ann Evans (Parkland College Dean) Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?
1:15 Lynn Randolph (story teller) Pretty Penny
1:30 Dan Keding (story teller)
Those looking for more information about the Urbana School District's participation in and support of "Read Across America" please contact Sheri Langendorf at 384-3530.