It was not quite the way we had hoped, but we have finally reached Winter Break! We hope you can all have a nice relaxing time to rest and get (or stay) healthy. Take care of yourselves and each other, and we will see you on January 3rd.
Here is the board meeting summary from the Monday, Dec. 13, 2021, school board meeting. Remember, if you see a blue link in the document, you can click on it for more information. Summary is here: https://5il.co/13ay2
Our high school girls will be taking on Lena-Winslow tonight at the Pearl City Holiday Tournament! Game time is 6:00 in Pearl City. Admission is $4 adults, $2 students. Good luck ladies! #GoBroncos
Students will be on adaptive pause from Dec. 14 -17, 2021. For more information, see the news item on the website. Also here: https://www.orangevillecusd.com/article/608003
There is a boys basketball shirt (not pictured, lol) fundraiser going on right now, but orders are due THIS Wednesday, the 15th. Orders are from Shirt Shack, and you order & pay online via this link: https://orangeville-basketball-2021.itemorder.com/shop/sale/
Winter break is almost here! For fun, we have some holiday dress up days to get us all through the week.
The HS girls play at the Pearl City Holiday Invitational today & Monday. Today 12:30 vs Pearl City & 3:30 vs Warren. Monday 8:00 vs. East Dubuque. Then depending on standings, they'll play again on Wed. or Thurs. Gate cost is $4 adults/$2 students, each night of the tournament.
This Monday's (12/13/21) board meeting agendas are ready. You can find them on our website under District 203 - Board of Education. You can also click here: https://5il.co/130q9 and here: https://5il.co/130q4 for the .pdf postings.
The JH Boys Conference Tournament starts tonight with our 8th gr vs. Stockton at 5:00 in the HS gym in Lena. If they win, they will play tomorrow in the first slot of the bracket vs Eastland. 7th gr plays tomorrow at 5:30. Download the bracket here: https://5il.co/12ugj
CORRECTION! (I apologize, I'm getting ahead of myself!) The Jr.-Sr. High winter music concert is TOMORROW, Thursday, December 9th. It will start at 6:30 and include the junior high and high school bands and choirs. I'm sorry for the confusion. Masks are required.
We would like to congratulate our 2021 Illinois State Scholars from Orangeville High School: Ryan Guy, Emily Hazzard, and Braydy Sullivan!
We hope you have a wonderful weekend! If anyone missed the elementary school concert last night and would like to view it, please click the following link for a YouTube playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLroNF_8Cz3_ApEXH7Qn-FLSfjyT7YudK6
Tonight is our elementary school holiday concert! It will take place in the high school gymnasium at 6:30. All are welcome to come enjoy the sounds of the season, but please remember masks are required in the school building.
The school district newsletter & calendars are available on our website under Menu - Parent/Student Info, or you can click here: https://5il.co/12h14
I wanted to tell everyone "Thank You So Much", for helping make our in-person book fair a huge success! Thanks to your purchases, we were able to get about $600 in free books for the Grade School and for the JR/SR High School Libraries! I appreciate all of your support and dedication to our students here in the Orangeville School Dist.
Thank you to this year's yearbook sponsors!
If you weren't able to make it to the Book Fair at school this week, the link for online ordering is still open through the 28th (Sunday). Books are a great gift, and you won't have to fight the Black Friday crowds to get them! Go to scholastic.com/bf/orangevilleelementaryschool
Reminder: There will be no school tomorrow, 11/24/21, due to Parent/Teacher Conferences. There will be no school, and the offices will be closed, on 11/25 or 11/26 due to the Thanksgiving holiday. Have a wonderful extra long weekend!
The 4th grade had to postpone their mitten-sewing project because of the early release on Friday. Thank you to the adults who were able to come today to help them learn how to sew.
The Book Fair starts tomorrow! Come check out the Library during Parent Teacher Conferences. Tuesday 4pm-7pm and Wednesday 8am-11am. With many books to choose from, you can shop for your student and for your student's classroom. If you can't find what you are looking for, or can't make it to the fair, you can shop online and ship directly to your home: scholastic.com/bf/orangevilleelementaryschool
