Announcements
September 16th, 2025
GENERAL INFORMATION:
Baked Italian Rotini With A Whole Grain Garlic Bread
Spicy Chicken Strips Served With A Whole Grain Garlic Bread
Mixed Green Salad
Broccoli
Strawberries
Craisin
Students who take the bus, please listen as this may apply to you:
At dismissal today, Bus 27 will be taking home students as follows:
FIRST RUN - Bus 27 First Run students
SECOND RUN - Bus 29 First Run Students
THIRD RUN - Bus 27 & Bus 29 Second Run Students.
Also, going forward, BUS 30 is moving to the front of the dismissal lineup.
The 2025-26 yearbook is available for purchase until December 19, 2025. Preordered books may be purchased in the General Office or at uths.net for $50. Cash, check, and credit card are acceptable forms of payment. To guarantee yourself this memory keepsake, order your book today.
Students,
The Homecoming permission slips for outside guests are available in the general office or student services. The forms must be turned in with the guest's ID attached no later than Wednesday, September 24th. Please remember to keep track of your discipline visits to student services if you want to attend the dance.
Attention students: Failure to appear for your restricted lunch discipline will result in an additional referral of all-day ISS discipline, which will be added to your total referrals.
SENIORS AND SENIOR PARENTS/GUARDIANS: Yearbook Senior Baby Ads are available for purchase until November 7, 2025. See Mrs. Green in 126E and the
General Office for an order form, or visit uths.net for online ordering instructions. Each baby ad section, which is one-eighth of a page, is $30 if paid with cash or check. The price increases to $31.50 per section if paid with a credit card. If you have any questions, please contact Natalie Green at skyline@uths.net.
Students, the East Moline Public Library is offering limited edition UT library cards! They will only be available this month, which is Library Card Sign Up Month. Stop in at the East Moline Public Library or apply online. These are only for East Moline Library cardholders. If you have any questions, please email eastmolinepl@eastmolinelibrary.org or call 309-755-9614.
UTHS provides two ways for students to access the internet on their Chromebooks while at home. The first is community-wide WiFi called LinQ. Coverage extends through large parts of East Moline, Silvis, Carbon Cliff, Colona, and surrounding areas. UTHS Chromebooks connect to this automatically. It will appear as LinQ_Edu.
For those who live in areas not covered by LinQ, UTHS has a limited supply of wireless hotspots that can be checked out from the Student Store. If you are interested in checking out a hotspot, please discuss it with your counselor to obtain the permission sheet.
Europe Trip 2026: If you are still interested in traveling to Europe this summer, please stop by Mrs. Monson's classroom (room 223E) to get an informational flier that includes important dates and a link to the website to sign up. We have 8 more spots available. You can sign up until September 19 and get $200 off the overall cost of the trip. $95 will save your spot, and EF offers a 7-day money-back guarantee. Feel free to email Mrs. Monson at hmonson@uths.net
GUIDANCE:
Students, RICCA (Rock Island County Council of Addictions) seeks volunteers for the QC Community Suicide Prevention Walk on Sunday, September 21st, 2025, at the Wharton Field House. If you are interested in this volunteer opportunity, see Mr. Davis, the College & Career Advisor.
The Quad Cities Rowing Club seeks volunteers for Friday, September 19, or Saturday, September 20, 2025, for its running of the 'Sprint the Miss Regatta', a 1500-meter water sprint race. There are a lot of volunteer spots available. See Mr. Davis, the College & Career Advisor, for specific duties.
Students, the Illinois Student Assistance Commission (ISAC) rep, Ms. Eden DeTombe, will be at UT on Wednesday, Sep 17, from 9 to 11:30 a.m. to meet with students. If you want to get a jump on completing the FAFSA, sign up in the Counseling Office to meet with Ms. DeTombe. Remember, the earlier you start, the sooner you finish!
Students, are you interested in attending college in Illinois and majoring in Education? If so, you should meet with Mr. Shawn Johnson of the Golden Apple Foundation. Mr. Johnson will be at UT on Wednesday, September 17, to talk with students about the Golden Apple Scholarship that pays for college tuition for four years. That's right! Free tuition for four years. Sign up in the Counseling Office to meet with the Golden Apple Foundation rep.
Students, Luther College representative, Mr. Michael Elliott, will visit UT today during 3rd Period. If you want to meet with Mr. Elliott and learn more about Luther College, please sign up at the Counseling Office.
The United States Air Force and Navy will be at UT today to meet with students in the Commons area during all three lunch periods. To find out more about educational and career opportunities in the Armed Services, stop by and visit with each representative.
SPORTS:
There will be an open softball workout on Wednesday, September 17th, from 3:30-5 pm on the varsity softball field. Any questions, see Coach Alonzo or Coach Tapia.
CLUBS:
Volunteers are needed for the Knights of Columbus Tootsie Roll Drive this weekend. We will work Friday 4-7 pm, and Saturday 8 am-4 pm. If anyone is available and interested, please email or see Mrs. Drish in the counseling office.
The LGBT+ club is having a meeting today, in Miss Williams' room 125E. There will be snacks, and we will be preparing for our upcoming event, Ally Day!
Unified sports will be meeting this Wednesday morning in the auditorium at 7:15 am to discuss upcoming events. Be sure to look at Google Classroom to sign up for events.
If you have any questions, contact Mrs Sanders-Colgan
Students, Gamer’s Club will meet this Friday from 3 to 5 in room 149N.
Fosters Voice will be meeting this Friday in Gym A at 7 am. There will be donuts and fun activities to participate in. Be there if you want to have a good time and eat a donut.
Student Council will meet this Friday in room 109S at 7:30 am. If you ordered a Student Council shirt, make sure to pick it up at the meeting this Friday!
A little something to get your hopes up: The Hope Club will meet this Wednesday, 9/17, in room 189V from 3:15 to 5:00 pm. We will continue to progress on Homecoming preparations. See you soon!
The next Interact Club meeting will be on Wednesday, September 24th, at 7:30 am in Room 119C. We will have a guest speaker presenting on the Peer Justice Program.
Come find out what the program is and how to volunteer if you are interested. Please be on time so we can start promptly at 7:30. All students are welcome to attend.
We are excited to announce a new club here at UT called P7! Come to learn more about God, have fun, and eat food! Our first meeting is this Friday, September 19th, in 251N at 7:15. Everyone is welcome, so bring your friends and we'll see you there!
Attention all students! The sign-up forms for the Powderpuff game are available in the general office. The forms correspond with class powderpuff shirts: freshmen are green, sophomores red, juniors purple, and seniors pink.