At Uni High, we strive to foster an environment where everyone, inclusive of race, color, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, political beliefs, ability, language, and religion, will feel welcome, visible, and heard.

Senior Student Council and SFAC are excited to announce Uni High Homecoming 2024! It will be held at Alice Campbell Alumni Center on Saturday, Sept. 28 from 7-10 p.m. Tickets will be available for purchase at the dance for $10. 
If you have questions, feel free to reach out to the Senior class reps: Ana, Maryalice, Joseph, and/or David.

Beginning today (Monday, Sept. 23) the yearbook staff will be visiting your clubs during Lunch and Uni Period to take your group photos.  Time and location schedule will be on the digital signs daily.

The PTSA will be selling Halloween-Grams during lunch on Sept. 30 through Oct. 4. Students may pre-order a variety of peanut-free treats to be delivered to their friends' lockers on Halloween!. The PTSA will be selling the following treats: Hershey bars, Mother's brand Eerie Critters Cookies, Sour Patch Kids, Swedish Fish, Hershey's Kisses, and York Peppermint Patties. Hershey bars will be $2 each, and combinations of the other five treats will sell for $1 each. Students may pay with cash or Venmo. Look for our Halloween-Gram table on the first floor hallway near the main (west) doors!  

The St. Elmo Brady program (a partnership between Uni, U. of I. and local schools) has a new afterschool project this semester. Volunteers will lead activities related to the chemical kinetics of enzymes, with topics including color, concentration, spectrophotometry, and more! If you’re interested in volunteering and are generally available Thursdays 3:30 - 4:30 p.m., please complete this Google form. No chemistry expertise is required to volunteer.

Every year, the Uni High SSO sets up a series of field trips to explore career applications of various fields of study on the University of Illinois campus.
This year's first Campus Connections field trip will explore the field of Human Centered Design.
Signup is limited to 15 students in 9th-12th grades.
Click here to learn more and sign up for the field trip!

Congratulations to Sandaru Devmal, Fabi Vega-Sanchez, and Jiya Borgaonkar who have been awarded 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place, respectively, in Uni's National Hispanic Heritage Month poster contest! We are also happy to recognize Jaewoo Park, whose submission has been selected as an honorable mention. Look for the winning posters in Uni's halls this week, and congratulate the winners when you see them. 
Thank you to everyone who submitted poster designs for this contest!

Last week boys Soccer won the Hoopeston classic winning the championship match over Bloomington Central 3-0.  For the season Shabi Prasanth is leading the team with 26 goals and 8 assists.  Henry Wang also has 8 assists for the season with Leor and and Yuto Inoue contributing 6 assists.  Cross Country had Senior Night led by five senior boys sweeping the race with a perfect score of 15 points led by Ross Kimme, Luke Fahnestock, Kai Schwartz, Pieter Duursma, and Bruce Tang.  The girls won their race led by the trio of Freshman Clara Knutson, and Juniors Ella Ylagan and Shriya Nagaraj.   

Illinek Sports in action at home this week: 
Monday Volleyball vs. Georgetown 6 p.m.
Tuesday Soccer 4:30 p.m. vs. Centennial
Thursday SR night boys soccer 4:30 p.m. vs. Judah
Friday Volleyball vs. DeLand 6 p.m.
Saturday Soccer 11 a.m. vs. Mahomet and Swim at ARC, noon. 

Do you write? Do you dream of fame? Submit a Script for Fall Student Production! Everyone from subfreshman to senior is encouraged to write and submit a mini-play of any genre. Please submit to this form by 4 p.m. on Oct. 2 to have your script considered. 

If you'd like to sign up for a Uni lunch plan for Quarter 2, please complete this form by Tuesday, Oct. 1. Our Quarter 2 lunch menus are available here. For Quarter 2, we'll be offering a 3-day (Mon./Wed./Fri.) plan ($177.60) and a 5-day (Mon.-Fri.) plan ($303.40). Checks made out to "University of Illinois" should be dropped off in Uni's main office by Friday, Oct. 18, or you can call 217-333-2870 to pay by phone. Lunch plans are available at no cost to students with full or partial fee waivers.

Everyone attending Homecoming is strongly urged to take a covid test on Saturday before the dance. The close confines of a dance can facilitate viral spread. Even if you feel well, it is important to take the extra precaution of testing to limit the possibility of infecting others. Recent available wastewater data shows covid levels in Illinois at Very High and local Champaign-Urbana sewershed levels that are notably higher than usual.
Teachers will be distributing rapid covid tests in the hallways during lunch on Friday, Sept. 27. Tests are also available as usual in the office.

The Wellness Room (room 312) is open for students who need a quiet space to take a breather, reset, have self-care, color a coloring sheet, journal, and take a break. It is not used to loiter, study, or hang out with friends. Jason Givens from the SSO supervises the room and is available as a resource to talk or answer questions. We'd love for you to stop by!
The Wellness Room is open to all students during these hours:
Mondays, 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Thursdays 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. and 1 p.m.-3:45 p.m.
Fridays 8:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m.-3:45 p.m.

Enrolling in University of Illinois classes is one of the opportunities available to juniors and seniors at Uni. We refer to this as “concurrent enrollment.” Students who would like to participate in concurrent enrollment during the Spring 2025 semester are encouraged to attend one of two information sessions that will be held in October to better understand the multi-step process.
You can also read about the process here anytime: https://uni.illinois.edu/academics/uiuc-concurrent-enrollment-process

Parents, students, and staff, please join Uni's Multicultural Parent Advisory Group for our September meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 25 from 6-7 p.m. We'll discuss plans for this year to support diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives at Uni, and we welcome suggestions from attendees. We'll meet in Uni High room 109. For those who are only able to attend remotely, you can join us on Zoom at go.illinois.edu/mpag (Meeting ID: 850 7082 8404, Password: unimpag). All are welcome!

Housekeeping has become a recurring issue. Please reinforce these basic expectations with your student:

1. Do not leave chairs in the middle of the hall/blocking doors. Put chairs where they belong. 
2. Food items should be properly thrown away. Do not leave food/wrappers on the floor, in the grass, in the recycle bins, in bathroom sinks, or on tables.
3. Paper towels, period products, etc. should be thrown away properly in the restrooms. Toilets and sinks are not trash receptacles. 
4. Bring outdoor sports/play materials inside. Equipment has been left outside after lunch and school every day.