Orangeville CUSD 203 -

We are a little tardy with the well-wishes, but today is School Bus Driver Appreciation Day! Thank you to Mr. Lauren E., Mr. Dave J., Mr. Jerry S., and Mr. Ryan S., who drive our precious cargo to and from school daily. We hope you have a wonderful evening!

The Orangeville varsity softball team participated in the Monroe softball tournament last weekend, which helped raise money for cancer awareness in support of two Monroe families fighting cancer, including the Golembiewski family. The Orangeville and Monroe teams joined together following the miracle minute fundraiser for a photo with Coach G.

Huge congrats to Coach Lon Scheuerell! On Saturday at the Monroe Softball tournament, Lon achieved his 500th varsity softball win! We will be doing a banner presentation just before our 4:30 game tomorrow at Orangeville. Please come out and join us for this wonderful milestone.

Help us celebrate Earth Week next week, April 22-26, by wearing the different colors representing different ways to help conserve nature: Monday - Yellow, Tuesday - Blue, Wednesday - Red, Thursday - Stripes, and Friday - Green.

This is a reminder that if you have a child that will be new kindergarten student in the Orangeville School District in the fall, we will be having a Kindergarten Round Up this Wednesday, 4/24, from 5-6:30 pm at the elementary.

This is a reminder that there is no school for Orangeville School District tomorrow, Friday, April 19, 2024, due to a Teacher Institute. We hope you enjoy the extra long weekend.

Today's (4/18) varsity home softball game vs. Durand has been cancelled and rescheduled to Monday, May 6th at 4:30 in place of the Broadhead game. As of right now, tonight's baseball game at Benton/Shullsburg is still going on. If that changes, we would post asap.

The agendas for the Special Board Meetings on Friday, 4/19/24, and Saturday, 4/20/24, can be found on the Board of Education page on our website. The PDF copies can also be found by clicking the links: 4/19 - https://5il.co/2iqlh and 4/20 - https://5il.co/2iqli

This past Saturday, April 13, at the Servant Leadership end-of-year recognition ceremony, Mason Raab was awarded the Mary Vincent Perfect Attendance Award for Highland Community College Servant Leadership Program. Congratulations, and great job Mason!!

Due to the incoming storms, our ball games have been cancelled. Baseball at Morrison will not be rescheduled. Softball at Durand is rescheduled for Wednesday April 24th as varsity only. This game will replace the Eastland game that was originally scheduled for that date.

The baseball team is currently doing a fundraiser for some equipment, and they are selling Poppin Popcorn! Orders will be taken now through next Monday, April 22nd. Contact your favorite bronco player to order, or email Coach Fahs with questions.

Orangeville School District has a number of positions we are looking to fill, including 6-12 Principal and ELA teacher. Please see the Employment Opportunities page, and share if you know someone who may be interested. https://www.orangevillecusd.com/page/employment-opportunities

Laney Holland was nominated for Athlete of the Week! Let's show everyone what our Broncos can do, and vote! https://www.rrstar.com/story/sports/high-school/2024/04/15/vote-for-the-rockford-areas-athlete-of-the-week-for-april-8-13/73290095007/

Orangeville School District is looking to hire two people for summer custodial help. Please see the information here (PDF): https://5il.co/2ijrz

These past two weeks, OHS alum Tessa Janecke (https://twitter.com/usahockey/status/1778602361881006395) and Team USA have been competing in the IIHF Women's World Championship in Utica, New York. They dominated in Group A to advance to the quarterfinal, then the semifinal. Their win today means they move on to face Canada in the gold medal match tomorrow (4/14/24). If you have the NHL network, you can watch the game live in the afternoon. Check out the articles from the entire week on the IIHF website: https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2024/ww

If you're attending the Rising Star Classic today to cheer on Whitney and Coach Doyle with the all-area girls, it takes place at Rock Valley College at the RVC/PEC Building main gym. Start is 5 pm. Cost for entry is $8 per adult, $5 per for senior citizens or students with ID.

Tomorrow is the first of several all-star games which Whitney Sullivan has been invited to take part in. This first game is the local Rising Star Classic, which takes place at Rock Valley College, and our own Jay Doyle will be coaching the Area Girls team! Best of luck!

This is a reminder that tomorrow, Friday, April 12, 2024, Orangeville School District has a scheduled RtI Day. This means our students will dismiss at 1:15 pm.

A big congratulations goes out to Coach Jay Doyle for being named the IL Basketball Coaches Association District 10 Coach of the Year... again! What an honor to win this award back-to-back, along with all his other accomplishments. We are proud to have Jay coach our Lady Broncos!

Good morning! The board meeting summary for Monday's (4/8/24) board meeting is available here: https://5il.co/2iazd