Orchard Hills Elementary School
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- 1130 W. North Ave Norwalk, IA 50211
- (515) 981-1855
- Classes: Doors open at 7:30 AM; day begins at 8:05 AM; 3:10 PM dismissal; 1:30 PM dismissal on Wednesdays
- Principal Sheila Taylor
Latest News
Norwalk PTO Online Auction
FUN NIGHT was cancelled this year due to COVID, but the ONLINE AUCTION is still ON! The online auction will be live this Saturday, May 1st at…
Norwalk Spirit Day on Wednesday, April 7th – Wear Purple!
We declare Wednesday, April 7th Norwalk Spirit Day! Wear purple to support our Norwalk 3rd – 12th grade students who are taking ISASP exams this week! Good luck Warriors! …
A message from our Principal
Orchard Hills serves second & third grade students for the Norwalk School District. We love our new building, new mix of staff, and our 2nd/3rd families in each hall. Our focus and purpose is growing learners and leaders with all students and staff. Welcome to Orchard Hills Elementary! – Sheila Taylor
Norwalk Warriors
Thanks to our wonderful Norwalk PTO for making our week so special. Also, thank you to Modern Woodmen for the coffee gift cards!! Everyone made Orchard Hills feel very appreciated this week!!!!!
Happy National Nurses Day to our Norwalk School Nurses! Your commitment to the health and well-being of our students and staff is beyond immeasurable and we are forever grateful for you!
Mrs. Greenlee is one of the best! Thanks for all you do for OH students.
Love this school so incredibly much!! Six more school days until I can finally come back!
Agree! 100% Mrs. Greenlee has always looked out for my daughters best interest! One of the best!
The BEST ladies EVER!!
Thank you for all you do!
Thank you all so very much! You are all appreciated!
We also love our substitute nurses who step in and help out!
Happy National Nurses Day
Happy nurse day Kara Greenlee ❤️❤️
Orchard Hills' first canvas is complete and permanently hanging in our hallway FOREVER. Excellent job Ms. Gambrel, students and staff!!!
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So cool! Great job!
Beautiful!!! Great job sweet ones!
Beautiful!!!
Beautiful!!
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It is beautiful Mrs. Gambrel!!
That project is awesome! Such a beautiful keepsake! I love the video montage of the process!!
What a very cool community project. Such a personal touch. Great job!!!
Beautiful!!! Way to go!
This week we are celebrating our amazing staff! Here are some simple & fun ways to say thank you to our teachers:
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OH Teacher Appreciation Week 2021
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Teacher Appreciation Week May 3rd-7th Teacher Appreciation Week is May 3-7. Orchard Hills is so fortunate to have amazing teachers that care, go above and beyond, and dedicate their lives to the well-...Happy National Principal Day to the best Principal around. Principal Sheila Taylor!
Message from Mrs. Taylor:
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Orchard Hill Families: You should be receiving links of your child’s classroom performing for their music concert. Thanks to Mr. Hobin for finding a creative ways to share our students’ talents du...Message from OH!!!
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Orchard Hills families: No school for students: Tomorrow, Wednesday (4/21) is the last teacher work day for the year. Students will not be in attendance tomorrow, but will be in attendance from Thursd...Reminder: No School for All Norwalk Students Wednesday, April 21st! This is a scheduled Staff Work Day.
We want to celebrate our teachers in staff in a big way this year and honor them during Teacher Appreciation Week (May 3-7th) and we need your help! As you know, we weren't in school a year ago so we were not able to celebrate this week of recognition with our teachers/staff. They have all gone above and beyond to make this very challenging year a great one and we want to be able to show our appreciation each day that week. We have plans for lots of snacks, cookies, a meal from Chick-Fil-A, a coffee shop day (students from the Lakewood coffee shop will be serving each teacher a beverage of their choice) and more!!!
We are seeking donations of funds from parents to support our efforts to thank each of our 230 elementary administrators, teachers and staff each day that week. Will you please donate today to support our efforts?
There are three easy ways to donate now:
Venmo: @Norwalk-PTO
PayPal: warriorpto@gmail.com
Online: Click to donate online through our website!
Thanks for your support in helping us show an amazing amount of appreciation for our awesome teachers/staff!
- Norwalk PTO Board of Directors
Message from Orchard Hills:
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Orchard Hills Parents: Mrs. Karin Stewart has been with Oviatt & Orchard Hills for the past fourteen years and she is moving to the district office to support the buildings and grounds department. We ...Parents, please take a moment to complete this survey if you haven't yet. It will help us with next year's planning. Thanks.
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High Reliability School 1.6: Students, parents, and the community have formal ways to provide input regarding the optimal functioning of the school.Does the last question mean rate them based on if we think they need to continue? Or rate how important we think they are? Or something else?
Next Tuesday, March 30th we are having spring Lifetouch pictures. We have sent home a package flyer and order form; let us know if you did not receive one. This year will be different than past years. Students will need to pre-order, similar to what we do in the fall. All students will have their pictures taken since we will not know who has or hasn’t ordered online.
Remote students have the opportunity to come between 7:30 & 8:30 next Tuesday for pictures. Come to the main entrance and we will send you to one of the two cameras.
Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.
Thanks,
Sheila Taylor, Orchard Hills Principal
Braved the rain for Mrs. Greenlee! #unshakeable
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“Braved the rain for Mrs. Greenlee! Unshakeable t.co/gtPaVt7qNJ”I love this!
Wow! How amazing!
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Mark your calendars! Registration for the Norwalk 2021-2022 school year will open May 1st with early bird registration running through May 31st! The district will be sending out reminders to parents in April. www.norwalkschools.org/news/2021/03/norwalk-schools-early-bird-registration-opens-may-1st/
Hope everyone had a great spring break! Message for Orchard Hills: docs.google.com/document/d/1uDwpW4a2Hg38up3UvZKM2N9aArUbKIonkej7v3JMp4Y/edit
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Orchard Hills families, Hope you had a wonderful spring break. I am so excited to see the students and staff this week. I am so blessed that we are able to return back to normal after break. Thank you...