Superintendent's Message

Dear Students, Families and Friends,

I would like to take this opportunity to thank the voters of Champaign County and especially the voters within the City of Urbana who voted in favor of the 1% Sales Tax for Facilities for Public Schools. The list of individuals who worked tirelessly for this referendum’s passage is way too long for this brief article, but please accept my deepest thanks on behalf of the children of Champaign County.

I would also like to take this opportunity to introduce our community to two new school board members for Urbana School District #116 - Ms. Peggy Patten and Ms. Elaine Gehrmann. I look forward to working with both of these board members for the betterment of our district. Mr. Mark Netter and Ms. Cope Cumpston retired from the school board after giving tremendous service and time to this community in their roles as school board members.

We are also gearing up for an incredibly busy summer for our maintenance department as we continue our efforts to upgrade and refresh our elementary buildings. This summer the focus will be squarely on Prairie Elementary School as we refurbish about two thirds of the building. We will also remodel the libraries at Thomas Paine Elementary School and Wiley Elementary School. There will also be extensive work on installing energy efficient lighting and working on other building improvement measures throughout the district. We have a very ambitious summer planned for the district, and we ask for your patience and understanding as we continue to upgrade our facilities.

Dr. Preston Williams
Superintendent

Exchange Club of Urbana Recognized UHS Students

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Alum Honored by Foundation
Former Olympian, TV-Commentator, and Urbana School District Alum, Nancy Thies Marshall was recently honored by the Champaign-Urbana Schools Foundation.

District Looks to Make Urbana Middle School More Energy Efficient
District 116 will look at ways to improve energy efficiency after an energy audit from U of I consultants.

Wild, Wild Wiley After School Event
Wiley students learned line dancing, the lasso, bucking bronco riding, and other fun wild west-themed activities at an after school event hosted by U of I's Recreation, Sport and Tourism Class.

31st Annual Young Authors Celebration Recognizes Great Writers
Forty-six students, in grades K-Gr. 8, were recognized for their writing and learned more about the writing process.

Actress Jennie Garth visits Urbana Adult Education
During a recent visit actress Jennie Garth stopped by Urbana Adult Education which was founded by and named after her father, John M. Garth.

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Announcements

May - June Calendar

Fri., May 15
Half-Day Inservice - Early Dismissal Elementary: 12:45 p.m.; UMS: 1:15 p.m. UHS: 12:34 p.m.

Mon., May 25
Memorial Day - NO SCHOOL

Mon., June 8
Last Official School Day (88 attendance days)

Entire 2008-09 calendar

Entire 2009-10 calendar