On Monday, April 15 at lunch, the MSA will be hosting an informational session in room 109, where we will be discussing the month of Ramadan and Eid. We will also have a Q&A after, where speakers will be able to answer your questions. Along with the informational session, there will be 30 reservations available for food catered from Shawarma Joint. For those who want to sign up for food, please submit this form by April 10: https://forms.gle/YsQiyi1YrYYUBSb1A

MPAG will be hosting a discussion of The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together for Uni students, families, and staff on Apr, 14 from 4 - 6:30 p.m. All members of the Uni community are welcome. MPAG will provide snacks for the discussion. We hope you can join us. Please RSVP here.
There will be three levels for the discussion, with different groups focused on chapters 1-2, chapters 1-3, and chapters 1-5. We plan to discuss the second half of the book at a follow-up event.
We still have copies of the book available. Please email vobrien2@illinois.ed) to request one.

On Saturday, April 13, at 6:45, in Uni Gym, Uni PTSA and Sprabitat Club are joining to host a fun, inter-generational Trivia Night.  There is a $5/person admission fee, and the proceeds go to Spring Initiative and the PTSA.
Students and families form teams of up to six players and compete in six rounds of fun trivia. Round and overall winners get modest prizes and major pride. There will also be a silent auction with an opportunity to win gift cards to local businesses and other fun prizes.
So, start forming your teams, and please RSVP to help us plan!

Help welcome back Dr. William (Baruch) Gingold, WWII Holocaust survivor and Champaign resident, as he shares his story. Baruch was born at a hospital the day before it was bombed and destroyed by Nazis. The Gingold family was then incarcerated in the Warsaw Ghetto. After years of displacement, the family emigrated to the U.S. Please join German IV to hear his story! Seating is limited, so please email Frau Robins if you would like to attend (jmrobins@illinois.edu). 

Through the agency that helps with our trips to France, there are French students coming to the United States for 3 weeks (June 15-July 8, 2024). This group is arriving from Carpentras, in the south of France. As a pay-it-forward for French families hosting our students when we travel, I am inviting Uni families who are interested and able to share some of their summer with visiting students. You do not need to speak French to host!
Please contact me for more information - blues@illinois.edu

Uni High Library will be closed all day on April 8, 2024. Please plan accordingly. You can still renew your books online. Any book requests that were not picked up on the preceding Friday will be unavailable to be picked up until Tuesday morning. The library will reopen for its regular hours (8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.) on Tuesday, April 9. 

The following tests will be administered to specific grade levels: 

April 10: PSAT 8/9, 10, SAT with Essay
FROSH in Uni gym at 8:30-11 a.m.
SOPH in Uni gym at 12:30-3 p.m.
JUNIORS in Kenney gym  at 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m.
 *Seniors will have a volunteer day, Subbies will have no school.
April 11 and 12  Illinois Science Assessment/Illinois Assessment of Readiness
SUBBIES in Uni gym full day
 *All other grades have normal class
Make-up test dates TBA

The Roger Ebert Center for Film Studies is screening a feature film at the Spurlock, and the "pre-screening" is a short film created by two creative, funny Uni alums: producer Kat Williams (Uni Class of '18) and writer-director Jonah Koslofsky ('16). Unfortunately, this conflicts with the first night of Big Show, but you could see this on Thursday and Big Show on Friday!  It starts at 7 p.m. and there's more information here.

On Friday, Apr. 19, Uni High will be joining Booker T. Washington STEM Academy for an all-school celebration with a series of Uni-led activities related to water, Earth Day, and UIUC alumnus St. Elmo Brady, the first African American Chemistry Ph.D. Afterward, Uni students will join BTW for a pizza lunch and recess. We’ll need help from parent chaperones throughout the day—if you’re interested, please sign up at https://forms.gle/VYNQAgyTVv8jfgcm8. Contact Dr. O'Brien with questions.