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The “First Annual” Napleton’s Teacher of the Year Celebration took place Wednesday, May 10th.  Napleton’s Auto Park of Urbana sponsored the award and the reception at Pear Tree Estate.  Three teachers (one elementary; one middle school; one high school) from Champaign Unit 4 School District were chosen based on nominations submitted by students and will receive a prize of $1,000 each.

Congratulations to the following teachers for winning the Napleton Auto Park, CU Schools Foundation, 2017 Teacher of the Year Award! 

On Tuesday, April 18th from 6-8 pm in Champaign Central High School's Gymnasium, Central's Interact Club will be hosting its annual International Fair. The purpose of this event is for students, staff, and community members to set up booths that represent countries and cultures that they are a part of or are interested in. The overall goal is to broaden our perspectives and understandings of those from around the world as a means to develop and strengthen our relationships with each other. 

This weekend, teams from Unit 4’s Jefferson Middle School, along with Central and Centennial High Schools, competed at the National Archery in the Schools Program State Championship Tournament in Springfield, IL.

The Centennial High School Archery team won the state tournament with 3366 points. This is the team’s second state tournament in four years of the program. The Champaign Central High School Archery team competed and came in fourth place overall with 3321.

Congratulations to the Future Business Leaders of America club at Central High School.
FBLA members competed at the State Conference held on Friday, March 24 and Saturday, March 25 in Springfield, IL. The team is sponsored by Central High School Career Technology Education teacher Eric Fagerlin.

Team members: Rainey Shah, Anthony Kwok, Eric Kwok, Liam Ferreira, Basant Paudel, Khalfani Maatuka,
Jefta Iluyomade and Austin Hanson.

State finishers were as follows:

On Wednesday, November 9, high school freshmen and sophomores from Champaign and Urbana will take part in a Career Realism Day, made possible by a collaborative grant from the Champaign Urbana Schools Foundation. As part of the visit, students will learn about the various Career and Technical Education Programs at Parkland and tour a number of local businesses including: