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.
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.
Paint Night 2025
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.
Just a quick reminder, tomorrow is PINK OUT DAY at CR Hanna!
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.
With just under two weeks to go we are less than $2,000 away from our goal! Keep up the amazing work CRH and keep saving lives!
PTA STEM NIGHT 2025. A lot of fun activities for students and their parents.
Today we had an assembly for the American Heart Association - Kids Heart Challenge! Students learned about the importance of raising money. Our challenge starts today! Information will be coming home soon.
Just a quick reminder, the Orion School District will be dismissing school early on Friday, December 20, 2024
Dismissal times;
CR Hanna 2:02 PM
Orion Middle School 2:08 PM
Orion High School 2:15 PM
Have a wonderful break!
It's beginning to feel like the Holiday around CR Hanna. Here are a few fun holiday spirit days for the rest of the week.
Tuesday - It’s a BLUE Christmas - Wear any shade of blue.
Wednesday - Holiday Display - Show off your best holiday shirt.
Thursday - Ugly Sweater Day!
Friday - Red and Green Day!
Our second grade students had an assembly with Native American Rudy Vallejo. Mr. Vallejo shared a lot of great information about the Native American community. The children were able to see artifacts and perform some Native American dancing.
Congratulations to Mrs. Welborn's Fourth Grade Class for winning the Reflex 4th grade Green Light Challenge. The class earned an ice cream party.
The CR Hanna Office Staff wanted to share a little bit of sunshine on this dark day. Happy Thursday everyone.
From the Orion PTA - It's PJs For The Playground time! Next Friday, November 15, bring in a donation to wear your favorite PJs to school!
We are raising funds to purchase new soccer goals for the CR Hanna playground! 🥅 To support this effort, have your student bring in a donation of any amount (cash or check) on November 15.
Thank you for your support!
Fifth Grade students learning to relax using yoga on the Lu Interactive Board.
The Charger Closet will be open for the first time on Tuesday, November 19th from 3:00-6:00 p.m. at St. Paul Lutheran Church.
Looking for a Christmas present for your student? Here is a great gift idea. The Orion PTA is selling spirit wear for CR Hanna. Sale ends Tuesday, November 12, 2024.
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Breakfast is a great way to start your morning! This morning, we received a HUGE donation to our Cereal Box Challenge. 1, 145 boxes of cereal were donated to the OHS Student Hunger Drive to support the River Bend Food Bank. CRH would like to THANK the donors for all the donations! Don't forget the last day to donate is Monday, November, 4, 2024.
Mrs. Taylor's Third Grade class did an AMAZING job during a Readers' Theater activity today. They performed two fables with great enthusiasm.
