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CHAMPAIGN UNIT 4 SCHOOLS
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Welcome to Champaign Unit #4 Schools
Arthur Culver, Superintendent
 Champaign Unit 4 School District believes in Excellence for All. I invite you to visit our campuses and observe this mission being demonstrated in every classroom through quality teaching and learning. Each campus reflects the rich diversity of the students and families we serve. From the moment you enter the door of a Champaign Unit 4 campus or office, you will be treated with “courtesy, dignity, respect, and professionalism.” These principles guide all interactions between and among staff, students, parents, and the community.
Teachers, support staff, parents, and the community work hand in hand as we educate tomorrow’s leaders. We must embrace every student who comes through our doors to ensure he or she achieves educational success. All of us are dedicated to providing the children of our district with a
high quality education in a safe environment. Join us in our efforts to develop successful students and citizens of character. Whether you are a parent, a student, a community member, prospective employee or volunteer, you are needed and welcome in the Champaign schools. Visit our schools, ask questions, and gather information to see first hand why Champaign Unit 4 Schools continue to be schools of choice.
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Arthur R. Culver
Superintendent
District Calendar and News
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Champaign Unit #4 schools is initiating a long range planning
process. Great Schools, Together is a community driven initiative
to develop content and alternatives to establish Champaign's schools
as the region premier public school system. Click on
this link to find out more and become involved!
May Forum
Flyer
The next community
forums are as follows:
Tuesday, May 13th
Working Group Meeting, 7:00 - 9:00, Location TBA
Sunday, May 18th
Afternoon Community Forum—2 to 4 p.m., Barkstall Elementary
Buildings - What Does Your School Need? This is your time to come
out with your wish list!
 WILL
is supporting the community and the Great Schools, Together
Initiative by creating a video library of how our community feels
about our schools.
WILL’s website
is up and running.
To add your voice to the voices of the community captured by WILL
come early or stay late at one of the Forums and sign up to be
videotaped by WILL. You can also contact
Kimberlie at WILL.
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Report from Demographers
Per the Board,
the District contracted with Jerry McKibben and Matt Cropper from
McKibben Demographics/Cropper GIS to perform a ten year demographic
study of Unit 4. View the
executive summary
and the full results of the
study. (PDF) |
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Introducing the
Champaign Unit 4 Gold Card Club
Seniors age 55+, living in the Unit 4 District, are invited to
participate:
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Learn more about your public schools
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Receive your Gold Card, entitling you to attend local school
sporting events, concerts, and plays for free
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Hear more about volunteer opportunities in the schools.
For
more information, please contact
Lauren Smith, 351-3722 |
Champaign Schools Home to
2 Golden Apple Award
Winners. Golden Apple Central Illinois – a new program of the
Golden Apple Foundation, the organization that hands out the awards
in the Chicago area – announced 10 winners in the 18-county region
it covers. More than 600 teachers in the region were nominated.
Congratulations to:
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Shameem Rakha, sixth-through-eighth-grade reading teacher,
Franklin Middle School
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Hillary Sawyer, fifth-grade reading teacher, Washington
Elementary School
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Next School Board Meetings
May 12th, 2008 at 7:00
PM
Agenda
This meeting is at Mellon
Administrative Center
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Upcoming District
Calendar:
May 7 (all students) and May 16 (regular calendar only) - Early Dismissal, School Improvement Day
End of Year School Schedule |
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Unit 4 schools have earned nine 2007 Illinois State Board of
Education Honor Roll Awards. All Spotlight Schools made
Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP), have at least...Read
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Read more from the Superintendent's
Report on ISAT Scores from To The Point Newsletter, as he
begins: "There is much to celebrate in
Unit 4 Schools, and there continue to be enough challenges to
inspire passionate educators and community members." |
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2008-2009 Registration
Champaign Early Childhood
Center
Preschool Screening – August 4-6, 2008
Registration:
August 11, 2008 ~ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
August 12, 2008 ~ 12:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Middle School Registration
August 6, 2008 ~ 8:00 am – 8:00 pm
Late Registration:
August 11, 2008 ~ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Columbia Center Registration
Fall Registration:
August 4-6, 2008 ~
8:00 am – 12:00 pm & 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm |
2008-2009 Registration
Elementary School
Registration
Barkstall/Kenwood (Balanced Calendar)
May 7, 2008 ~ 2:00 pm – 7:00 pm
All Other Elementary Schools (Traditional Calendar)
August 6, 2008 ~ 12:00 pm – 6:00 pm
High School Registration
Freshmen:
August 4, 2008 ~ 12:00 pm – 6:00 pm
All Grades:
August 5 & 6, 2008 ~ 8:00 am – 2:00 pm
Late Registration:
August 11 & 12, 2008 ~ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
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District and School Report Cards
are
available for viewing. Both English and Spanish versions are
available from the 2006-2007 school year. |
Human Resources
is looking for
Cross Categorical Teachers and
Certified Substitutes. Contact the District at 351-3800
for more information. |
Campus News and
Events
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Champaign Unit 4 schools have earned nine
2007 Illinois State Board of Education Honor Roll Awards.
Carrie Busey,
Dr. Howard,
Garden Hills,
Kenwood,
Stratton,
Washington,
Westview, and
Franklin Middle School have earned the prestigious Spotlight
School Award. All Spotlight Schools made Adequate Yearly
Progress (AYP), have at least half of their students from
low-income families, and have at least 60 percent of all
students passing state achievement tests in reading and math.
Stratton has earned an Honor Roll award since the beginning of
the program. Carrie Busey and Kenwood are earning their fourth
consecutive Spotlight Awards. Dr. Howard, Garden Hills,
Washington and Westview are repeat winners from last year.
Franklin is one of only 37 middle schools in the state to earn
Spotlight Awards. In addition,
Franklin has earned an Academic Improvement Award, which is
an honor for schools that have made substantial gains in
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Jefferson's Scholastic Bowl won their sectional tournament
Monday night
by beating 3 teams who were all regional champions.
They are now one
of the top 16 teams in the state out of the 348 schools that
participated in regional and sectional tournaments. The 18-1
Jaguars
are coached by Jen White and Cara Gutzmer, and are now headed to
their first state tournament in the school's history. The
Jaguars are led by 8th graders Samuel Hall and Chris Olson, as
well as 7th grader Max Sigalov. Other participants include
8th graders Cassie Phelps, Audrey White, and Bret Quigley, 7th
graders Kami Lafoon, Tara Ibrahim, Rebecca Salo, Vivian Bui,
Rebecca Ferrer Shalini Smith, Chris Gillespie, and Sanjana Anil,
and 6th graders Evan McDermott, Courtney Davis, and Daniel Lian. The
Scholastic Bowl team competes on a 5 person team answering
trivia questions in the areas of Science, Math, Language Arts,
Health and Fitness, Pop Culture, Fine Arts, and Social Science.
The
team started practicing in December and participated in matches
from February
through
April. |
IESA Scholastic Bowl |
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Dr. Howard Elementary School
Receives $1,000 grant from Wal-Mart
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Wendy Starwalt, Physical Education teacher
at Dr. Howard was presented with a $1,000 check on April 14th
from Champaign Wal-Mart Supercenter. The funds will be used for
Health and Wellness programming throughout the school.
Wal-Mart Supercenter manager Jim Pearson,
who made the presentation said, “Our associates were excited to
make this donation to such a worthwhile cause. The money will
be utilized for programs in the local community that we are glad
to support. This is just a small part of WalMart’s ongoing
commitment to the communities in which we operate.”
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Central High School
Jazz Band has been invited to attend the
13th Annual
Essentially Ellington
Competiton and Festival at the Lincoln Center in New York.
Central's Jazz Band is only one of
15 finalists selected to
participate. Congratulations on the achievement.
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Bottenfield raises money for Relay for Life in honor of Deb
Woodworth
Bottenfield students, staff, and families are raising money for
The American Cancer Society's Relay for Life in honor of our
late custodian, Deb Woodworth. We have several efforts underway,
including a Silent Auction, a Coins for Cancer drive, and a
group of teams for the Relay for Life at the Centennial High
School Track on May 17, 2008 from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m.
Read more...
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Edison Middle School Technology and Best Buy
$10,000 Award. The Edison Middle School
students in the computer lab after school are making
"sprites," images they'll use to play a computer
game. They'll learn how to program the images to
move them around in a virtual room they build.
It's not homework. The members of an after-school
computer club are learning to use Game Maker
software because it's fun. But it also builds their
computer skills and knowledge, says Laurie Jacob,
the instructional technology specialist at Edison.
Read more from News Gazette article... |
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Edison Bands Going to
Superstate...Congratulations
to the 7th and 8th Grade Concert Band as
we have just been informed that they have been accepted to
perform at the University of Illinois Superstate Concert Band
Festival—one of the most prestigious festivals in the Midwest.
62 schools sent in audition CDs and Edison was one of seven
middle schools accepted across the state. This is Edison’s
second year in a row getting invited! |
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Andrew Newman, on behalf of the
Central High School Bleacher Bums and Babes, presented a check
for $200 to Patty Cisneros, the Head Coach of the University of
Illinois' Women's' Wheelchair Basketball Team, to help support
Coaches vs. Cancer. The
bums and babes are a group of Central students organized to
support the boys' basketball team. The group raised the money
through t-shirt sales and selected Coaches vs. Cancer as the
group they wanted to support in light of two recent losses our
Central family has endured in the recent years. |
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Last updated
Friday, May 09, 2008
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