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![K-5 Read-a-Thon Announcement]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1695742630/oronok12mnus/vkolhf9dcsxvg2nyvbly/ReadaThon.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1695742630/oronok12mnus/vkolhf9dcsxvg2nyvbly/ReadaThon.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1695742630/oronok12mnus/vkolhf9dcsxvg2nyvbly/ReadaThon.png","width":800}])
Read-a-Thon
The annual Read-a-thon is the PTO's largest fundraiser of the year and is a great way to encourage your child to read!
Visit the Orono PTO website to register with Pledgestar so you can request pledges and log minutes!
Thank you to our partners at First Apparel for creating this year's Read-a-thon logo!
Read-a-Thon
The annual Read-a-thon is the PTO's largest fundraiser of the year and is a great way to encourage your child to read!
Visit the Orono PTO website to register with Pledgestar so you can request pledges and log minutes!
Thank you to our partners at First Apparel for creating this year's Read-a-thon logo!
![Three OHS National Merit Semifinalists Named]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1694704309/oronok12mnus/k2kjzwl9oj4mlmqsexvu/NationalMeritGroup.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1694704309/oronok12mnus/k2kjzwl9oj4mlmqsexvu/NationalMeritGroup.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1694704309/oronok12mnus/k2kjzwl9oj4mlmqsexvu/NationalMeritGroup.png","width":800}])
Congratulations to Orono students Jack Eugster, Emily Middleton, and Walter Royal for being named 2024 National Merit Semifinalists!
![U.S. News Best High Schools]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1693943112/oronok12mnus/adfcr0h4fymz2kuf9ads/USNewsBestHighSchools.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1693943112/oronok12mnus/adfcr0h4fymz2kuf9ads/USNewsBestHighSchools.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1693943112/oronok12mnus/adfcr0h4fymz2kuf9ads/USNewsBestHighSchools.png","width":800}])
For the third consecutive year, U.S. News & World Report has ranked Orono High School the #1 traditional high school in Minnesota and #4 overall.
![Homecoming 2022]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1695671943/oronok12mnus/v3bltmsubwu5z0fdm9v0/HomecomingParade.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1695671943/oronok12mnus/v3bltmsubwu5z0fdm9v0/HomecomingParade.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1695671943/oronok12mnus/v3bltmsubwu5z0fdm9v0/HomecomingParade.jpg","width":800}])
Homecoming week is October 2-7, 2023, with fun activities for all ages and our wonderful community.
Visit the Homecoming page for more information and details.
Go Spartans!
![Luke Mitchell school photo]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1659996213/oronok12mnus/un66nyqauke2p0g2bn8d/LukeMitchellJHUAward.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1659996213/oronok12mnus/un66nyqauke2p0g2bn8d/LukeMitchellJHUAward.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1659996213/oronok12mnus/un66nyqauke2p0g2bn8d/LukeMitchellJHUAward.png","width":800}])
Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth (CTY) honored Orono Intermediate School (IS) fifth-grader, Luke Mitchell, with the Grand Honors award with further accolades as "one of the brightest students in the world.”