We will be holding preschool screenings on Thursday, March 20, 2025 from 8:30 am. - 12:00 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. – 6 p.m. This is an excellent opportunity to have your child’s vision and hearing tested as well as speech and other developmental skills. This is a developmental check-up for children living in the District that are between 3 and 4 years old. Screening will be held at the Orion Methodist Church, 407 12th Ave Orion, Illinois, IL 61273.
To schedule your appointment, please call the CR Hanna Elementary School Office at 309-526-3386 during our school hours 8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
The Orion School District has a number of job opportunities open at this time. Positions include: Paraprofessional at CR Hanna, High School Special Education Teacher, Bookkeeper/Accounting Director/Payroll, and Middle School Head Girls' Track Coach. The district is also looking for Substitute Custodians, Substitute Teachers, Substitute Paraprofessionals, Substitute Bus Drivers, and Substitute Cooks. Please go to the school district's website to view the full vacancy notice for these positions.
Kindergarten Registration for the Fall of 2025 will be held at CR Hanna Elementary School on Wednesday, March 19, 2025 from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
To be eligible to enter Kindergarten in the fall, a child must be five years old on or before September 1, 2025. For more information please visit the CR Hanna website.
Spring Sports are around the corner! Take advantage of this 20% off Coupon for you last minute apparel needs! Starts Feb 21st through Feb 24th.
Senior Spotlight of the Day
We are just over two weeks away from the Orion Drama Department's premier of the Wizard of Oz. Join us February 28th or March 1st at 7pm or for a matinee performance on March 2nd at 2pm. Make sure to not miss the OHS performance because, "There is no place like home!"
The School District will have an e Learning Day tomorrow, Wednesday, February 12, due to the Winter Weather Warning. All after school activities will also be canceled on Wednesday. Please be aware that conditions could possibly carry over to Thursday. We will be closely monitoring the weather. Thank you and stay safe.
Tonight is the night! Come celebrate our 2025 OHS Hall of Famers starting at 5pm with a dinner sponsored by the Orion Athletic Booster. Looking forward to a big crowd and an exciting night!
Due to the icy conditions of our country roads, Orion will be having an eLearning Day today, Thursday, February 6, 2025. Thank you.
School will be dismissed early today, Wednesday, February 5, due to the icy weather that is predicted to be in our area later this afternoon. CR Hanna will be dismissed at 2:00, followed by OMS and OHS. There will be NO afternoon ESP at CR Hanna after school today. Please stay safe.
Last Friday, OHS Gray Matters hosted a "Just Dance" party after school. These students are making a difference, stopping the stigma, and spreading the word about mental health!
Several OHS students visited with our 8th grade today. They discussed the many opportunities our students will have at the high school. Thank you to Mrs. Bakener and all of our presenters for mentoring our students today.
OMS students were treated to a livestream with Brooks Gibbs during study hall today. Brooks Gibbs is a resilience educator with a PhD in Social Psychology. He is a popular youth speaker who has been hired by more than 3,000 schools. He specializes in teaching youth how to be emotionally resilient and inspires them to live by the Golden Rule.
AnnMarie and Jack helped Brooks with the presentation.
Congratulations to the 8th grade girls volleyball team. They retained the conference travel banner on the opening night of conference play.
Congratulations to our 2025 Orion High School Hall of Fame Inductees! The Hall of Fame ceremony is scheduled for February 7th, 2025 at 6:30pm before the boys varsity basketball game.
OMS received our new record boards for track. The boards are located in the main hallway near the cafeteria.
Thank you to Anna Streeter for providing us with a grant opportunity to pay for the boards and to all of our coaches and athletic directors who maintained these records.
You probably own a lot of Orion gear representing our many sports teams, (Don’t we all?), but how many of those designs rep our academic prowess? Well, now you can! Orion Scholastic Bowl merchandise is for sale for the first time in four years. T-shirts and sweatshirts, some in traditional Orion colors and a few fun alternative ones, sold by Quality Group for 1.5 weeks only! Sale ends Wednesday, Jan. 15, and orders will be organized for pickup here at the school when they come in by the end of the month. Any extra revenue from the sales will go into the program.
If you’d like, for a small extra fee, you can also put a name or title on the back. Add your student’s name, or tag yourself as a scholastic bowl “Dad,” “Mom” or any other family member.
Follow this link to order: https://stores.inksoft.com/orion_scholastic_bowl/shop/product-detail/1016329
Such great performances tonight by the OHS Choir, Band, KnightSounds Jazz Band, and Syncopation Vocal Jazz Ensemble at their Winter Festival. Shout out to Ms. Heiberger and Ms. McCullough for putting together a great show! Great job everyone!
OHS Student Council collected toys to support both QC Toys for Tots and the Orion Christmas for Kids programs. They were assisted in their efforts by the OHS National Honor Society who raised $2400 through their Bingo Night on November 22nd. Thanks to the support of the Orion community and the efforts by Student Council and NHS, eleven Toys for Tots collection boxes were completely filled through donations.
Tonight's (Monday, December 16) Middle School Boys' Basketball game will be a combined 7th and 8th grade game beginning at 5:30 p.m. Thank you!