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2018-2019 Recent News Archive
Academic Night and Book Fair
Join us for Academic Night Thursday 2/21/2019 5-7 p.m.
Book Fair Open!
Yearbooks...Yearbooks...Yearbooks
Pre-order your yearbooks now at the pre-order price of $18.00! The only way to guarantee you receive a yearbook is to pre-order.Choose one of the options below:1. Online at www.balfour.com 2. Mail - mail it in using the enclosed form and envelope you should have received. 3. Phone - call 1-800-944-5930If you have additional questions or would like to order another way, please contact Amanda Hilt (ahilt@up140.org).Order deadline is December 19th, 2018 for all pre-orders.
Saluki Touch-a-Truck Event
This community-based event allows kids of all ages a hands-on experience with big vehicles. This is an interactive event, and children and adults will be able to touch and enter vehicles.A parent of guardian must accompany minors.
Unity Point Goes to HARVARD!
CAMBRIDGE, MASS. — The Illinois Education Association (IEA), Partnership for Resilience (PFR) and Resilient Southern Illinois (RSI) shared critical trauma-sensitive field research at the convening of By All Means 2.0, an initiative from Harvard’s Education Redesign Lab. Representatives from Illinois joined national experts, Harvard faculty and civic leaders at a two-day retreat at Harvard’s Graduate School of Education to jointly address the correlation between socioeconomic status and education outcomes.
Resilient Southern Illinois launches program to help Students
"CARBONDALE – The Illinois Education Association (IEA) and Partnership for Resilience (PFR) are teaming up through Resilient Southern Illinois (RSI) to put support in place for students dealing with childhood trauma. RSI is partnering with 17 school districts throughout 16 Southern Illinois counties. Through RSI teachers and other school staff will for the first time be given resources to better assist students dealing with trauma, so those students can better manage their emotions and ultimately succeed in school."