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May 16th, 2012
Congratulations to our newest Students of the Month. Students of the Month for March, April, and May were recognized at our Tiger Pride Breakfast and were joined by parents, friends, and UMS Staff. Thanks to the C-U Optimists Club for their generous support of this program. For more details, click of the following: Q4 Program
April 30th, 2012
On April 26, UMS hosted its annual Family Curriculum Night for families of incoming sixth grade students. If you missed the event, documents that were shared are available here.
Parent Power Point Presentation-English
Parent Power Point Presentation-SPANISH
Frequently Asked Questions-English
Frequently Asked Questions-SPANISH
April 26th, 2012
Greetings UMS Parents:
During the 2010-2011 school year, Urbana District 116′s school and community created a comprehensive strategic plan that identified Parent Engagement as a key component in the success of our students. The Center for Active Family Engagement (CAFÉ) is working with Urbana School District #116 to improve family engagement practices. Your involvement is a very important piece in your child’s school success.
Research has found that schools need to be the first to reach out to parents and invite them to participate in their children¹s education. We are currently conducting a Family Friendly Assessment and greatly need your help to provide a complete picture of your child¹s school environment.
Please take a couple of minutes to complete the survey through the link below. If the link doesn’t work, please copy and paste the URL into a web browser.
https://www.research.net/s/USD116MSParent
Your information remains anonymous, but your contribution helps to make our schools stronger in parent/family practices. We will also be sending out a paper copy of the survey to a random sample of parents in the district; please only complete the survey once. If you have students in more than one USD116 school, please do fill out a survey for each school. That will help us provide the best feedback to the individual buildings.
Thank you for your time and input.
April 24th, 2012
If you are an Urbana Middle School eighth grader who demonstrates consistent positive character, scholarship, leadership, and service, consider applying for the annual 8thGrade Principal’s Award. Application forms are available in the main office or here (Prin Award Nomination). All completed applications are due by Monday, May 7.
April 22nd, 2012
Following the approval and success of the middle school baseball team, the School Board voted 7-0 to start a middle school girls softball program in Fall of the 2012-13 school year. The program will be open to all 6th, 7th and 8th grade girls.
Softball season will officially begin with tryouts on July 25th and run until the state series beginning on September 7th. The team plans to play a total of 6 home games and 6 away games—the team will have to play at least 3 games to qualify for the state series.
Coach Bradley Lovett and UMS PE teacher, Vickie Politzer, have graciously volunteered to coach without pay until the program is up and running. Coach Lovett has also raised $2500 through fundraising efforts with the high school softball program that will be donated to starting the UMS program. With the funds raised by Coach Lovett and the charging of a participation fee, there is enough money to cover the program’s expenses for a year and fund the students on free and reduced lunch that will be unable to pay the participation fee.
The goal of this new program is to provide UMS students with yet another opportunity to do be engaged in activities outside of the school day. The addition of softball brings the total number of UMS sports teams competing in IESA to seven—softball, baseball, cross country, boys’ basketball, girls’ basketball, girls’ volleyball, and track.
April 19th, 2012
Join us for the UMS Broadway On Vine production of Oklahoma!
http://www.usd116.org/index.php/2012/04/urbana-middle-school-presents-oklahoma/
April 10th, 2012
Please plan to attend the UMS PTSA (Parent Teacher Student Association) April meeting!
When: Wednesday, April 18, 2012 7:00 p.m.
Place: Urbana Middle School, Room 1520
Lenny De Forge will facilitate a talk onThe Value of PTA (click here for attachment Value of PTA Postcard). Hear about the history and value of PTA, differences between PTA and PTO, advocacy, membership and the Urbana PTA Council!
We’ll also hold our elections for the 2012-2013 school year. Nominated for officer positions are: President, Mary Kate Arend; Vice President, Angela King; Treasurer, Dorothy Gable; Secretary, Carol Lichtensteiger. Nominations will also be taken from the floor.
Incoming 6th grade parents are invited to join us to meet current UMS parents. Refreshments will be served. You do not have to be a PTSA member to attend meetings. Questions: Please contact Dorothy Gable at dorothy.p.gable@gmail.com .
April 5th, 2012
Starting Monday, April 9 Urbana Middle School will begin the transition process for our incoming sixth graders. During the first week, the principal visits each of the elementary schools to meet the fifth grade students. During the next week, each fifth grade student visits UMS for a tour of the building. On April 26 from 7:00-8:30 p.m., families are invited to come into UMS to receive an overview of the academic and extracurricular programs offered here. The culminating transition event is Sixth Grade Transition Day on August 15 from 8:30-11:00 a.m. For full details, please click here (6th Grade Transition) to see the letter that was sent home to all parents of current fifth graders.
March 26th, 2012
Please consider supporting the UMS PTSA on April 3 at Monical’s Pizza. On “Community Day” Monical’s will donate 20% of your bill back to UMS. Click on the following for more information: UrbanaMSPTSA Flier
March 16th, 2012
This week UMS students visited Booker T. Washington Elementary School in Unit 4 for a 
collaborative project. The project, based on Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) principles, involved the UMS students leading kindergarteners through several science projects. For the News-Gazette article on this event, click here. (http://bit.ly/yIo6W0)
