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.

We are excited to host Joseph Obanubi as the featured artist for this year's Black History Month artist talk! Obanubi is a multidisciplinary artist born and raised in Lagos, Nigeria whose work explores the relationship between identity, fantasy, play, technologies, and globalization. Please join us in the Uni Library after school on Friday, Feb. 21 to learn about Obanubi's art and options for pursuing art careers! 
Chicken and veggie samosas from Stango will be provided to attendees who RSVP by noon on Feb. 19.

You may be familiar with Willie's dances during Uni events, but not too many know the history behind the dance style or even the name of the dance! This dance is called Voguing, and its origins come from the Ballroom community, a safe space for queer people of color since the 1860s in Harlem, predating the Harlem Renaissance by over half a century.
Come to Uni Gym on Monday, Feb. 24 during lunch to watch Vogue performances and to learn more about:
• The history of Ballroom 
• Different Ballroom categories
• The creation of Vogue
• Important figures in the Ballroom community
Snacks will be provided!

Uni’s Asian American Association is collaborating with multiple language and cultural clubs to host a Multicultural Food Tasting Event for the Uni Community. This event will be Friday, Mar. 28 during Uni Period in Uni Gym. We hope the event will be a great time to try new foods and connect with other cultures! If you are interested in bringing food please sign up here.

The Ecological Restoration Coalition (ERC) is seeking interested students from any grade level. This is a group of students with many interests, but all want to learn more about environmental science and habitat restoration, and volunteer to restore natural areas close to Champaign-Urbana. You will also work and meet experts in these fields working at the university and other organizations.
We meet weekly on Fridays at lunch in room 302. 
For more information, contact Mr. Millan.

On Monday, Apr. 14 Uni High will be holding a day-long outreach event at Booker T. Washington STEM Academy. We're seeking proposals for 40-minute activities for grades K-5 related to water, Earth Day, or the scientist St. Elmo Brady. Activities may be proposed by Uni faculty, students (on behalf of a club or independently), or parents. Activity proposals do not need to be STEM-focused. To learn more or submit a proposal, please visit https://forms.gle/bHss4reSTahrwMGd6.

The next Math League competition will be held on Feb. 18 during Uni period. All students welcome! This is a great competition to try if you are looking for a first-time competition. 
Subbies: room 205
High School: room 206

Callie Standerfer won first place at the regional Poetry Out Loud contest on Feb. 13, and Lana Cooper was runner up. Both Callie and Lana will advance to the state competition in Springfield on Monday, March 17. Congrats to Callie and Lana! Wish them luck at state!

Uni High girls basketball played the final game on the historic Kenney Gym court on Thursday Feb. 13.  The court is believed to be the original flooring; the school will be selling engraved planks after the demolition is completed this spring.  Please watch out for ways to purchase part of the historic court soon.   The girls basketball team was able to pull out a 40-26 win for the last ever game played on the court.  Junior Chizara Onyemere led the way with 23 points and 6 rebounds.   Senior Hannah Song made the final bucket to be recorded on this court with seconds remaining.  

The library is missing most of our scissors. If you have one or find any laying around, please return them ASAP! (Note: Our scissors will say Uni High Library). Thank you.

Uni’s Quarter 4 lunch program sign-up is now available. Menus for Spring 2025 are available here. If you’d like to participate in Uni’s Quarter 4 lunch program, please sign up by Friday, March 14.
We are offering a 3-day plan (Mon/Wed/Fri, $162.80) plan or a 5-day plan (Mon – Fri, $281.20). Families who are eligible for full or partial fee waivers can participate in the lunch program at no cost.
Checks for 4th Quarter lunches should be made out to "University of Illinois" and dropped off in Uni's main office by Monday, March 31, 2025. If you would like to pay by credit card, call 217-333-2870.

Due to lower-than-expected attendance, we have decided to cancel the Spring Parent Social originally scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 20 at Harvest Market. We appreciate those who showed interest and hope to see you at next year’s event! 
Sincerely,
Uni High Advancement Office

ISBE has changed its mandated spring tests for grades 9-11 from the PSAT/SAT to the PreACT/ACT. Subbies will take the IAR and ISA. Please note the following dates and information:
Main testing day: March 31 at the Illini Union. 
• This will INCLUDE Subbies, 9th/10th and 11th grade.
• Seniors are scheduled for a volunteer day.
• Accommodated testing times and locations will be emailed individually
Subbie testing day #2: April 7 in Uni gym 
Make-up testing day: April 8 in Uni gym  
We will send out more detailed information including arrival times closer to the testing dates. 

We are looking forward to welcoming you to the Subbie Carnival at Uni Gym on Feb. 28 from 4:15-6:15 p.m. All subbies and their families are encouraged to attend for an everning of fun! Enjoy snacks, pizza and drinks, play bingo and other games, and earn subbie bucks to buy prizes! Please take this survey to let us know who is coming and the help that we can count on! The link to the sign up genius to bring items or help at the carnival is present in the survey and can be found here. Hope to see you there!

PTSA's Early Pi Day Celebration is less than two weeks away!  We invite all freshmen and their families to join us for food and fun with PI and PIE! Freshman, start memorizing the digits of pi and plan to compete against your friends! Families, sign up to enter our sweet and savory pie contests, and/or sign up for other food items at the following link: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0445AEA92AA64-54945731-unifreshman  
We hope you can join us on March 1 for all of the above plus pizza pie, Aunt Clara's trading party, Pie Face games, basketball, and another ultimate indoor snowball fight!

The PTSA invites all Uni families to help us provide a meal for Uni faculty on Thursday, Mar. 6, the evening of spring guardian-teacher conferences.  We are asking for a variety of vegetarian and non-vegetarian foods, along with set-up and clean-up volunteers.  Food may be dropped off in the Uni Kitchen either before school or after lunch (between 12:15 and 3 p.m.).  Please follow this link to sign up: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0445AEA92AA64-54509809-spring
Questions? Contact Mary Kate Arend at uniptsa2021@gmail.com Thanks in advance for your help!

Please join Uni MPAG for our February meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 18 from 6-7 p.m. MPAG meetings are open to all Uni families, staff, and students, and new attendees are always welcome!
In our Feb. meeting, we'll discuss ways to support upcoming student events in Spring 2025 and work on planning 2025-26 activities and initiatives. Attendees are welcome to raise questions and topics for discussion and/or suggest event ideas. We'll meet on Zoom at go.illinois.edu/mpag (Meeting ID: 850 7082 8404, Password: unimpag).