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

Please join Uni's Multicultural Parent Advisory Group for our meeting on Thursday, March 26 from 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. MPAG welcomes ALL Uni families, students, and staff at our monthly meetings. We'll share updates/announcements and we'll discuss upcoming initiatives for the spring semester. We're happy to make time for attendees' questions or concerns. We'd love to have new folks join our meeting, so if you've been curious about MPAG, please hop onto our Zoom meeting and check us out.
We'll meet on Zoom at go.illinois.edu/mpag (Meeting ID: 850 7082 8404, Password: unimpag)

Uni's annual Trivia Event & Silent Auction will be held THIS SAT., March 28, from 2-4 p.m, at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, located at 2101 S Prospect Ave in Champaign. Admission is only $5 and everyone is invited to attend (students, families, staff, and friends outside of Uni)! Come solo or form a team! We’ll feature low minimum bids on passes to Savoy 16, Boulders, and local pools; Fannie May chocolates; and gift cards to Sun Singer, Art Mart, Texas Roadhouse, etc.  All proceeds will be divided equally between Spring Initiative and the Uni High PTSA. Ready to register your team? RSVP here!  

Built to Break Through is hosting a Women's History Month Bake Sale during lunch on Tuesday, March 24. All proceeds will be donated to the National Organization for Women. $1-$5 per item or $7 for three items. Cash only, please.

The 2026 Uni High Junior/Senior Prom is scheduled for Saturday April 11 (7-10:30 p.m.) at the iHotel.  Tickets are now on sale until lunch Wednesday March 25.  This year registration and ticket purchases will all take place online.  Check your emails for the links to get signed up by the deadline.

Jolynn Caroline from University of Illinois Law School will return on Monday, March 23 during Uni Period.  This time she is bringing other friends who work in different aspects of law to allow students a chance to understand different paths possible in getting a law degree.  Bring your friends and join us as we learn more about what this profession can offer to you.

Please join the girls’ volleyball program for open gym on Tuesday March 22 from 6-7:30 p.m. in Kenney Gym. New and returning players are welcome, as is anyone who might be considering playing on the team in the fall. 
For more information about the summer practice schedule and upcoming season, parents and students can join our team group in the SportsYou app. For the app code or questions, please email coach Steve Ashwill, at sashwill@volomail.net or team co-parent Liz White at lizjbwhite@gmail.com.

Uni High is grateful to Joel Beesley for all of his time and energy with the girls basketball team over the past four seasons.  Coach Beesley will be stepping away from coaching the girls next season and are we are now in the search of a new Girls Basketball Head Coach.  If you know of anyone interested please have them reach out to Athletic Director Kyle Hummel, KHummel@illlinois.edu  

Please help me in congratulating winners of honorable mention in the Toshiba/NSTA ExploraVision competition Faith To and Divija Som for Cancer Watch and Alexander Deschler, Theodore Burke and Jialong Li for Exo-drops.  Honorable mention in this competition means that these projects were among the top 15% of submissions.

Congratulations to Aria Khandelwal, Joshua Koo, Paul Ouyang and Faith To for representing Uni at the state Math Counts competition on Saturday, March 7 and for placing fifth in the state, the highest ranking that Uni has achieved in recent years! In addition, Paul placed 18th overall as an individual competitor. Each student did a great job contributing to the team's success! Congratulations also to all of the subbies who have participated in weekly math team meetings and the regional Math Counts competition as well - your support of each other has contributed to the team's overall success!

Please join me in congratulating two Uni students who won awards in the Eric Show: Ashton Hetherington - Best in Show and Irene Kim - Honorable Mention.  The exhibition of local high school art is free and open to the public at the Illini Union Art Gallery until April 4, 2026.

On Feb. 28, the Illinois Japan Bowl 2026, a competition that tests knowledge of Japan and Japanese culture, was held. Nineteen students from the Japanese classes participated.
In Level 4, the team of Charlotte Lin, DJ Wang, and Ava Roberts placed third.
In Level 3, the team of Layla Zong, Olive Mathewson-Smith, and Isabella Sanchez Wilson placed second, and the team of Madden Still, Jakub Tinoco Lewandowski, and Diken Guevara placed third.
Congratulations to all the students!

Please join the girls’ volleyball program for open practices on Tuesday March 24 from 6-7:30 p.m. in Kenney Gym. New and returning players are welcome, as is anyone who might be considering playing on the team in the fall. 
For more information about the summer practice schedule and upcoming season, parents and students can join our team group in the SportsYou app. For the app code or questions, please email coach Steve Ashwill, at sashwill@volomail.net or team co-parent Liz White at lizjbwhite@gmail.com.

Thank you for your support during the second annual Orange & Blue Days Campaign which took place March 4-6, and benefited the Innovations in Learning Fund at Uni High. Because of your generosity, Uni High raised more than $7,000, ranking fifth campus-wide in total dollars and third in number of donors. This strong participation shows how deeply our community cares about the future of learning at Uni, reminding us that while Uni may be small, we are truly mighty. We are grateful to be part of such a thoughtful and engaged community - thank you!

To create more clear tracking of poster/flyer submissions, SFAC has helped to create a new form for poster submissions: Poster/Flyer Request 25-26. Please begin using this form for any new poster requests!
The form includes directions for submission and some basic event/poster reminders. Please note that poster requests should be submitted at least one week before the desired posting date, to ensure enough time to review and deliver copies for approved posters.

•  June 14 - June 27, 2026  •
Since 2016 the Summer Institute for the Languages of the Muslim World (SILMW) at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) has opened its doors to motivated high school students for a 2-week intensive Elementary Arabic course this summer. This is an introductory course in Modern Standard Arabic for high school students with limited or no prior knowledge of the Arabic language. Students will earn 2 college credits as well as a sense of what to expect after graduating high school.
Deadline to sign up is March 29th, 2026
https://linguistics.illinois.edu/languages/summer-institutes/arabic-high-school-program

For students who have individually pursued AP coursework and are taking AP exams this school year: a Documented Absence Request Form is required to be submitted and approved prior to the exam (at least 1 month) in order to excuse the time for the test. No late requests will be approved. 
Students are required to uphold requirements for Uni classes and coordinate any necessary make-ups. 
Per the handbook (pg 49): "Students are required to notify their teachers in advance of them missing class for an AP exam (recommended at least 1 month in advance) and submit a Documented Absence Request Form to the assistant/associate director for approval."

If you are a rising junior or rising senior interested in taking a class at the U. of I. for Fall 2026, you should attend an upcoming information session with Ms. Lehman to learn more about the concurrent enrollment process.
Information sessions will be held this week:
Thursday, March 26, Uni Period, Room 109
Friday, March 27, Lunch, Room 109
The sessions are the same, so you only need to attend one.

Moms+ is a non-Uni affiliated group intended for moms and other guardians of Uni students to be able to socialize and build a community of support.  Moms+ is organizing trivia teams for the Sprabitat silent auction and trivia night taking place on Saturday March 28 from 2-4 p.m. at the Shepherd Lutheran Church, 2101 S. Prospect Ave., Champaign.  Donations from businesses and homemade food items will also be available for sale. Email Cyndi Smyser at cl40@ilinois.edu to be put on a trivia team or with questions. Include how many people you are brining. All are welcome!

Thank you to the parents who have signed up to volunteer for Uni's St. Elmo Brady Day collaboration at Booker T. Washington STEM Academy on April 20.
We're still hoping to find ten or more parent volunteers to help out with activities during Uni's third annual St. Elmo Brady Day celebration. Support from parent volunteers is needed from 7:45 a.m. - 2 p.m. on April 20. Volunteers can sign up for a particular shift or help out all day. Please see the sign-up sheet for more details and reach out to Dr. O'Brien with any questions.