Please scroll down to see  pictures of events at Unity West.

Fine Arts Festival Set Up
Ms. Hanners is looking for volunteers to help with setting up the displays for the Unity West Fine Arts Festival.  Set up will take place on May 9th, 11th, and 14th after school.  Please contact Ms. Hanners by calling the school or emailing her (hannersk@unity.k12.il.us) if you can help.

Fun Day Volunteer Sign-up
We are still in need of volunteers to help with Fun Day on May 22nd.  Please sign up by going to www.signupschedule.com/aanders2 and choosing a time slot.  Thank you for all of your help.

Fine Arts Festival
The Unity West Fine Arts Festival is coming on Tuesday, May 15th.  The even will take place all throughout Unity West from 6-8pm.  Click here for all of the information.

Fun Day
Save the date, May 22nd, for the Unity West Fun Day.  More information will be available soon.  Please look for volunteer sign ups coming after the talent show. Volunteers and donations of candy, cakes (for the Cake Walk), and cash are needed to make Fun Day a success.  Please email Cheryl Tonkinson (tonks2@illinois.edu) or Angella Anderson (aanders2@illinois.edu) if you can help.

Box Tops for Smartboards
We are currently collecting Box Tops for Education with the money going towards buying Smartboards for Unity West.  You can find out  more about how many box tops it takes to buy a Smartboard by clicking here.  Click here to get a copy of the collection sheet.


Awesome After School Art
Every Monday your child can attend Awesome After School Art from 2:45-4:00.  All Unity West students are welcome to join Ms. Hanners for this awesome time!  Click here for more information.

CommUNITY
During the month of March, students showed how they care for each other by doing various activities revolving around ISAT testing.  Students will be raising money for West Woods during the month of April.  On April 20th, students who bring in a donation may wear a hat.

Unity West classroom kindergarten champions  compete in the PBIS December Bubblegum Blowing Celebration.


Unity West Third Graders pose with Dr. Linda Morford of the Illini After 5 Rotary Club.  The Rotary Club gave personal dictionaires to every third grader in Champaign County!


Unity West Third Graders sing, "Hooray for Tchaikovsky!" during the grand finale of
 The Nutcracker.


Fourth graders "rock" at the Fourth Grade Concert.


Fifth graders exchange homemade items during their Social Studies Trade Fair.


First graders hold up their Lucky Tray Day slips for eating "Go" foods during lunch.


Kindergarteners make a hypothesis, conduct an experiment, and record their findings in answering the question, "What makes black?" (see below)


A coffee filter, water soluble black marker, pipe cleaner, and a cup of water were used to determine, "What makes black?"  Mrs. Burwell's kindergarteners concluded that "Black is made up of almost all colors!"


Unity West third grade students took part in a hands on lesson involving acids and bases.  This lesson was taught by University of Illinois students from the Chemistry for Kids program.  Students were able to take part in three different experiments, and watch a rocket powered by a chemical reaction! 


Kindergarteners high five fifth graders as they complete laps during Unity West's Rocket Walk.





Kindergarteners dance around the maple they planted during West Woods Work Day.


Kindergarten and first graders learned about the fire truck and equipment from the Tolono Fire Department.


Students celebrated the benefits of orange fruits and vegetables during lunch.  Beta-carotene, Vitamin A and Vitamin C protect the skin, keep eyes healthy, and keep the body's immune system working well.


Students had fun with the parachute during Field Day, our September PBIS Celebration for good behavior.


Fifth graders got to do kickboxing, yoga, Zumba, climb a rock wall, and learn about health professions at the 4-H Health Jam, which took place at the ARC and Carle Forum.


Fifth graders learned about the Tlinglet tribe and invited their families to a potlatch to celebrate.  Fried corn, salmon cakes, and raspberry wojapi were among the dishes served.

The PTO is looking for donations for prizes for the AR Program at Unity West.  They are currently short on snacks and drinks.  If you can donate items such as granola bars, 100 calorie packs, anything that is individually wrapped, bottles of water, capri suns, or juice boxes (no pop)  it would be very much appreciated.


Collecting Box Tops is an easy way to support Unity West simply by cutting out the Box Top logos from products you already purchase.  Simply send Box Tops to school in a bag with your child's teacher's name on it; you may send any quantity at any time.  Each label earns Unity West ten cents.  To view a list of products with Box Top labels, click on the link to the Box Tops website here. 

To save paper, we are no longer asking for box tops to be attached to forms.  Simply place any amount of box tops into a baggie and write on it your child's name and teacher name and send it to school.  That way, your child and class will receive credit during a contest.

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