Daily Bulletin
Monday, September 18, 2023
Happy Birthday Today: (none)
Today’s Events: Soccer vs. Hoopeston Area HS, UHS field, 4:30 pm
Activity Period: Tuesday- FCCLA; Wednesday-NHS
Anyone interested in traveling to Greece this summer or Australia in 2026, please see Mrs. Bonnell or Ms. Tibbs. There will be a meeting at 6:30 in the cafeteria on September 20th.
T-shirts to support this year’s Unity Rockette Dance Team are for sale! You can find the registration link on the TV screens or on the unityrockettedance Instagram.
If you'd like to enter a truck or car in the Homecoming Parade, forms are available in the office. There are rules that must be followed (found on the form), and you will need to pay a $5 entry fee. You must turn in your money and fee by September 20.
Attention Seniors- the order form for class shirts is up in the gym. Please make sure you order a shirt by today at noon for you to be guaranteed a shirt. Orders placed after that cannot be guaranteed. Please see Coach Davis if you have any questions.
Attention Unity Baseball fans: there are only 15 baseball hats still available to buy for $20 each. See Coach Kimball as soon as you can before they are all gone!
U crew shirts are still for sale. See Mr. Kleiss in room 4 if you'd like to buy one.
The cost is $15 if you want a shirt and a home sports pass, $10 if you just want a shirt.
The 2023 Volleyball Pink Out Night will be held on October 12th. Shirts are being sold in the office through September 26th at 12:00 pm. There will be a bake sale, silent auction, selfie station, speaker, and more…All proceeds will go towards research at Mills Breast Cancer Institute. This year’s event will be held in memory of Wendy Gooch. Wendy was a Unity student, a Unity volleyball player, and a Unity mom, among many other things. She passed away in early August after a courageous battle with breast cancer. Please show up to the game wearing your shirt in support of Wendy’s family and all those who have battled this horrible disease.
There will be a meeting for National Honor Society members on Wednesday, September 20th at 8 a.m. in the auditorium. If you cannot attend please email Mrs. Decker.
You should have received a Google Form sent to your school email account to vote for Homecoming attendants. If you choose to vote, please complete the form by Wednesday at noon.
Next week we will celebrate Homecoming all week long, starting with dress up days:
Monday will be Neon Day
Tuesday will be Country vs. Country Club Day
Wednesday will be Jersey Day
Thursday will be Class Color War Day with Seniors in black, Juniors in white, Sophomores in blue, and Freshmen in pink
Friday will be Spirit Day
The Homecoming Dance will be held on Saturday, September 30th from 7 to 9:30 PM, with Coronation at 7:30. Tickets will be on sale during the lunch hours starting Friday. The cost is $10 for high school students, $5 for adults, and $3 for children junior high and younger.
The Girls’ Cross Country team won the Tuscola Classic on Saturday with top finisher Mackenzie Pound taking 3rd and Erica Woodard close in 4th. Emily Decker and Olivia Shike were also top 10 finishers in 6th and 7th. Ashlyn Denney rounded out the Rocket scoring in 14th for a team total of 27 points over Clinton's 72. Raegan Stringer and Camryn Reedy also placed high for the Rockets in 15th and 16th in the 136 runner field. The team will compete again on Saturday at the Spartan Classic in St Joe at 9 AM. Come cheer on the Rockets to another victory!
The Boys’ Cross Country team placed second at Tuscola this past Saturday. There were 5 runners that ran lifetime bests on a tough course. Eli Crowe, Camden Fairbanks, Carter Tiemann, JD Wells, and Caleb Coy. Eli placed 5th in a strong field with a time of 16:24 while Camden Fairbanks ran a 16:38 and placed 15th. The boys will be racing again Saturday at SJO at 9.
Congratulations to the Unity Marching Rockets for placing 1st this last Saturday at the Pontiac Indian Showdown! The Marching Rockets placed 1st out of 6 bands in the class B division and also received the Best Music caption award. Soloists were August Niehaus and Eden Johnson. Great job marching Rockets!
Students, don’t forget if you have lost small items like lunch boxes or water bottles, please stop by the office to check the items waiting for their owners!