ORION—Senior parent T-shirts have been ordered, and area churches are hosting a film for teenagers and their parents. Also, Orion PTA will have its first meeting in September.
ORION—Find out more about what's going on as the school year gets underway.
ORION—Repairs of the Orion High School roof are underway, superintendent David Deets told the Orion school board on Wednesday, July 21. Later in the meeting, board members approved raising the price of lunch at each school 25 cents.
ORION—“The crisis in state funding is far from resolved,” Orion Superintendent David Deets told the Orion school board on Wednesday, July 21. He said a couple of more tough years lie ahead. Boiling down 120 pages of financial data, the superintendent presented board members with a four-page summary of the district’s financial condition at the end of the 2009-10 budget year. Orion finished with a deficit of $140,000, he said.
ORION—Undo some of the staffing changes made in the spring, several among the baker’s dozen in the audience urged the Orion school board on Wednesday, July 21.
ORION—Print this list of Orion Middle School supplies for 2010-11 and take it along during shopping expeditions. The Orion school district will not be mailing out paper copies of its newsletter, making the Gazette list convenient for readers.
ORION—Nathan DeBaillie will be the interim principal at Orion High School in 2010-11, the school board decided on Wednesday, July 21. The Orion graduate has been the dean of students and athletic director since 2008.
ORION—Middle school students new to the Orion school district will register from 9 a.m. to noon Tuesday, Aug. 3, at Orion Middle School. Returning students will register Wednesday, Aug. 4, and Thursday, Aug. 5, at Orion Middle School.
ORION—A Peoria company, Guardian Fitness, has had a Mobile Training Team working out with Orion school district personnel this summer.
ORION—The state’s financial situation is still a mess, Superintendent David Deets told the Orion school board on Wednesday, June 16. With only two weeks left before the district’s new fiscal year begins, it’s hard to build a budget when no one knows how much revenue Orion will receive, the superintendent said.
ORION—A teacher from C.R. Hanna Elementary School asks school board members to check in with reassigned teachers and find out how things are going this fall.
ORION—If butterflies are self-propelled flowers, then Orion Middle School sent a big bouquet to Orion High School on Friday, May 28. Sixty-nine eighth graders were promoted that night to OHS, which hosted the 42-minute ceremony.
ORION—Brandy Nolan will be the new counselor at Orion High School, the Orion school board decided on Wednesday evening, June 16. The board also hired a new English teacher, Susan Beuth, for OHS, where she will be the play sponsor and one of the senior class sponsors.
ORION—Reggie Larson will continue to teach in the Orion school district, though not as a physical education teacher at C.R. Hanna Elementary School. After three years in a full-time position at C.R. Hanna, Larson will transfer to Orion High School and teach driver’s education as a half-time position.
ORION—Participation in band and choir provide a basis for lifelong learning and enjoyment. Many of our students have gone on to participate in music in college and beyond. We have a number of OHS graduates who have professional music careers or have gone on to teach music at different levels.
ORION—Main Street Orion brought together volunteers to clean up and beautify the village on Saturday, May 1. Among them were Student Council members and other students from Orion Middle School, who worked along the railroad tracks and Mosquito Creek near 11th Avenue.
ORION—In the midst of a budget crisis, the Orion school board is confident the district can become financially sound without hurting education, Superintendent David Deets told audiences at school forums last week.
ORION—Given a chance to speak out on the school budget crisis, some Orion area residents kept administrators and school board members talking until 11 p.m. on Tuesday, April 6.
ORION—These suggestions for cutting expenses and generating revenue in the Orion school district as a whole came from a community meeting the Orion PTA sponsored on Wednesday, March 31, at St. Paul Lutheran Church, Orion.
ORION—Students learn cooperation, respect for others, and the value of hard work and practice while participating in band and choir. Band and choir are also an important component of building school spirit and pride in our school.
