Daily Bulletin
Wednesday, October 9, 2024
Happy Birthday today: Genevieve Latham
Today’s Events: FFA Chapter meeting, 5:30 pm
Activity Period: Thursday- FCA & Student Council; Tuesday-FCCLA
Attention Students: The following college will be visiting Unity High School. Please sign up in the Guidance Office if you’d like to meet with them.
10/16 Millikin University
Any Junior planning to take the free practice ACT on Thursday, November 7th must sign up in the guidance office by this Friday, October 11th. This is a great opportunity to practice and become familiar with the ACT before you take the official test in April.
Today is the last day to vote for this year's Homecoming King and Queen! Voting ends at 3 PM today!
T-t-t-t-today we all look just like the Sandman, with our basketball shorts and long shirts. On Friday night we'll show the Eagles that we can get as angry as Happy Gilmore on the football field!
Tomorrow is class color war, so we'll see seniors in black, juniors in white, sophomores in blue, and freshmen in pink.
The Homecoming dance is on Saturday night from 7 to 9:30. The dance is only for high school students and their dates (no junior high students allowed).
Coronation will be at 7:30, and no entries to the gym will be allowed during this time. Tickets are on sale during lunch hours, with $10 for students, $5 for adults, and $3 for all others. Tickets can also be purchased at the door on Saturday. You do not need a form for students who do not attend Unity. Just make sure to follow the rules!
Tomorrow the gym will be closed to everyone for the remainder of the week.
Join the Unity High School Post Prom Committee for a Pickleball Tournament at West Side Park in Tolono on Saturday, October 26 at 10AM.
All proceeds will benefit UHS Post Prom.
Registration is $40 per team. Please complete the google form here https://forms.gle/p6YyZNLYSy1HL7ak9 to sign-up.
Tournament is open to high school students and adults.
All participants under the age of 18 must have a liability waiver signed by a parent prior to participating. Waivers may be obtained early (to print & sign) via email: heather.schlittler@gmail.com
Participants over the age of 18 may sign the waiver the day of the tournament.
The tournament will be double elimination with cash prizes for the Top 3 finishers. Costumes are encouraged!
Inclement weather date will be Sunday, October 27 at 1pm.
Yearbooks were distributed Monday during 3rd hour. If you did not receive one, you can buy one for $80, please see Mrs. Graves.
If you know a 2024 graduate and can take their book to them, please see Mrs. Graves to pick those up, a signature is required.
Wear your orange on Wednesday, October 16, 2024, to support National Bullying Prevention Month. Unity Day is a day when we can come together to send a visible message of building COMMUNITY through kindness, acceptance, and inclusion.
The Boys’ Cross Country team had a great meet last night. They raced at the IPC conference meet and placed 2nd. The race was led by Camden Fairbanks, who won and became a first time IPC individual champion, running a PR of 15:33. Eli Crowe placed 7th, earning All-Conference Honors as well. Caleb Coy also ran a lifetime PR, placing 42nd with a 17:52. Lincoln Johnson and Andrew Donovan ran in the open race but both bested their PRs by 52 and 73 seconds respectively! The Rockets race again on Saturday at Lake Land College.
Congratulations to the Girls’ Cross Country team for their Illini Prairie conference championship yesterday at Brookhill golf course in Rantoul. Emily Decker was the conference champion running the 3 mile course in 17 minutes and 24 seconds. Also making the all-conference team was McKenzie Pound placing third, Josie Cler placing fifth, and Camryn Reedy placing 10th. In addition, Grace Wherley was 11th and Molly Baxley 17th with a lifetime PR by 12 seconds.
Any female students interested in pursuing an Engineering degree please stop by and see Mrs. Decker for information about an upcoming open house.