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!
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.
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.
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!
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!
CANCELED: OMS Lego Robotics competition scheduled for today in Moline has been canceled. Thank you.
CANCELED: The Middle School wrestling meet scheduled for Saturday, December 14, at 9:00 a.m., has been canceled.
***POSTPONED (Due to inclement weather. Stay tuned for a rescheduled date.)
Tomorrow's scheduled Christmas Sweater 5K hosted by the OHS National Honor Society has been postponed and will be rescheduled for a later date!
Congratulations to Lizzy. She was recently recognized for her sportsmanship during the Sectional final.
Great job by our 6th grade choir and band, 7th-8th choir and band, and Ms. McCullough and Ms. Heiberger. They peformed at the Wnter Fest in front of a full gym. Thank you for your continued support.
The Chargers vs. Everybody T-Shirts are in!! If you purchased one of these shirts they are available for pick up in the OHS main office. The office is open until 4pm each day.
Go walking (or running) in a winter wonderland and join the OHS National Honor Society as they host a Christmas Sweater 5K. This fun event will be held Saturday, December 14 @ 7:30AM on the OHS Track. The entry fee is $20 with all registrations being walkup at starting at 7AM. Wear your favorite ugly sweater, listen to some Christmas music and enjoy the event as funds raised will be donated to Humility Homes (a program that provides housing opportunities for the homeless in the greater Quad City area.).
OMS is sponsoring career days during our early out days. Thank you to all of the speakers who presented today.
Career Theme: Theme: Law, Public Safety, Corrections, Security and Health
OMS is sponsoring career days during our early out days. Thank you to all of the speakers who presented today.
Career Theme: Theme: Law, Public Safety, Corrections, Security and Health
