October 23, 2024
Parent-Teacher Conferences will take place tomorrow, October 24th, at Unity West. It is important to attend conferences for your student(s) to ensure a strong home and school partnership. Please sign up for a conference by clicking here. The conference link will stay open until noon tomorrow. If you need to make changes after that, please contact the school office.
There is no school on Friday, October 25th.
Monical’s Community Day-Monical’s of Tolono will donate 20% of sales to the Unity West PTO on October 24th. You must bring in this flier or show it on your phone for the donation to happen.
Party Bus Rescheduled Time-The students who earned the Party Bus from the fundraiser will now have it on the morning of October 24th.
Picture Retake Day-The fall retake day for school pictures will take place on October 30th. Please click here to order.
Book Fair Volunteers Needed-We are still in need of a couple of volunteers on Thursday night for the Book Fair. Volunteers will get $15 off of their Book Fair purchase. The fall Book Fair will be at Unity West October 21-26. Please help us support our children’s love of reading. 50% of all earnings come back to the school in the form of books. Sign up here to volunteer.
Book Fair Hours-The Scholastic Book is now open.
Wednesday–2:45-4:45
Thursday– 7:45-8:15 am & 1:00-9:00 pm
Friday–9:00-12:00
Saturday– 9:00-12:00
November Breakfast and Lunch Menus-Please click here to view the menus for November.
Senior Citizen’s and Veteran’s Breakfast-The annual Unity West Senior Citizen’s and Veteran’s Breakfast will take place at Unity West on November 11th. Please click here for more information and to see how to RSVP.
Library-We are excited to share what your children are learning in library class! This fall, students are exploring how to use the book catalog and request books through interlibrary loan. They are learning how books are organized on the shelves by authors’ last names. Students are enjoying reading and getting creative with fall and Halloween storybook crafts.
Additionally, students are participating in group activities, including performing reader's theater scripts, which promote teamwork and enhance their reading skills.
We encourage you to ask your children about their favorite stories and crafts.
Thank you for encouraging your children to enjoy reading books and to limit screen time/electronics.
Mrs. Knott & Ms. Mejia
Physical Education with Coach Vetter-The PE department has come up with a new grading rubric that is currently being used in class. You can view the standards that we are basing performance on by clicking here..
Wear it Wednesday-Our kindergarten students at Unity West will begin focusing on reading and spelling one color per week. On Wednesdays, please encourage your class to dress in the color of the week to help our kindergarten students! It takes a village and we are proud to be part of such a wonderful commUNITY! Click here to see a list of all the colors for Wear it Wednesday, Our color next Wednesday will be Green!!
Counselor Corner-Please read the October Counselor Corner from Mrs. Cross.
Absences and Tardies-If you drop your student off after 8:15, it is important that you come in to the school and sign your student in. If your student is going to be absent, please call the school office by 9 am. The phone number is 217-485-3918. If you email your student’s teacher about the absence, please include Mrs. Payne (paynet@unity.k12.il.us).
After School Changes-If you have an after school transportation change for your student, please call the school office by 2 pm. The phone number is 217-485-3918
PTO Meeting- Save the date for the next PTO meeting: November 12, 2024
Learn more about PTO – PTO online and on social media!
We Support Rocket Nation-There are many events happening at the high school and the junior high. We encourage everyone to support our Rocket commUnity. Click here to view a calendar of events. When you go to the page, select “Calendar View” on the right side.