TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction                         pg. 4, 5 

Orange Township                pg. 6 

Mascot & School Colors     pg. 7

School Sports                       pg. 8 

Transportation                     pg. 9 

School Song                         pg.10 - 11

    Leader In Me                         pg. 12

    Student Light House            pg. 13

    Tigers ROAR                           pg. 14 

    Expanded Learning              pg. 15   

    School Uniform                     pg. 16 

    Technology                            pg. 17

    Natural Areas                        pg. 18-19 

    Acknowledgments               pg. 20   

Introduction

This book is written by 5th graders: Lily Stanford, Madilyn Knoll, Edna Skrgic, Savannah Higgins, Bennett Bauer, and Lucy from the Expanded Learning (ELP) class of 2021-22. Teacher: Stacey Snyder

Have you ever thought about what your school looked like long ago? Well, there's always that one special school. That one special school for us is Orange Elementary, Waterloo, Iowa. We wanted to write about Orange history because we have not discovered any such document. It took several weeks but we were able to find enough information to write this book.

The original Orange High School was finished in 1915 and the first class to graduate was 1918. Orange High School closed in 1972. On December 22, 2011, a new Orange Elementary School was in progress of being built at 5805 Kimball Avenue and opened in 2013.

Orange Township

The name Orange came from Orange Township, which was a neighborhood originally with a church and school. They worked together to build

 the Orange School, a high school 

that was open from 1913-1972. 

Then, they agreed to build an 

only elementary school, Orange 

Elementary School, that opened 

in 1973 and closed in the summer 

of 2011.  The current Orange Elementary School 

opened in 2013.  

Mascot and School Colors

The mascot was and is a tiger. Orange School from 1913-1972  named the tiger Tuffy, now we have one named Roary. 

Tuffy was a stuffed tiger 

that is still standing today 

at the Waterloo Southern 

Church of the Brethren 

where a history museum exists. 

                       The school colors once were orange,

                       black and purple, but now orange

                       and black. Roary is a costume that a 

                       5th grade student wears at                                           assemblies and special occasions.

School Sports

During the years of the high school, sport  were an option for boys and girls, but they both only got to participate in two sports. Girls go to do tennis and volleyball at the

 old Orange. Boys got to do basketball

  and baseball, and the baseball team 

was called Orange Farmers Baseball. 

 Now boys and girls in 5th grade get a

 wide variety of sports, such as football, wrestling, soccer, volleyball, basketball, track, and swimming in extracurricular activities called Extramurals. 

Transportation

In the time of the Orange High School (Orange School,1913-1972) and when it opened in 1913, carriages pulled by horses called hacks were used to get to the school. By the 1930s school buses were used for transportation instead. When the first Orange Elementary School opened in 1973, school buses were also used. 

School Song

At the current Orange, there is no school song. But, in the time of the high school, some songs such as "Lest we Forget" by Ida B. Snavely, (a citizen of Orange Township) and the "Class Song of Orange" were sang. 

School songs were very 

important to the culture 

of the school and the 

neighborhood as witnessed

in this photo. 

On a hill in Orange,

Stands the school we love best,

Every hour was dear

Through the four long years.

Graduation brings diplomas

And diplomas bring college.

We hope we’ve left an inspiration

To those we left behind.

The time draws nigh when we must part,

Nevertheless we’ve just got a start,

May we leave with thoughts that are big and strong,

For We’ve worked hard in the days that are gone.

Roaming in the big wide world, To trails of great success.

Hand in hand we go,

To a higher goal.

Just a word to all the rest,

We bid you all success.

Schoolmates of dear Orange High,

We bid you Good-Bye”

Leader In Me

We are a Leader In Me school, which learn about the 7 habits, which is about teaching kids to be a kind and successful student. We are a Leadership Lighthouse School, leading the way for others. As part of this we offer school-wide leadership

 positions that include announcement leaders, recycling leaders, office runners and student lighthouse.