It’s the most wonderful time of the year! The Christ House Soup Drive begins today! Please support this amazing tradition when we literally fill the shelves of Christ House in Alexandria with cans of hearty soup. Any brand of Hearty Soup is needed…Chunky, Progresso, or Home Style! Our goal is to surpass last year’s collection of 11,000 cans; or 12 cans per student. Please be generous! Bring your cans of soup to your advisory teacher! Thank you!
The next Global Studies event will be in the library today, October 20th. We will begin by 3:10. Our honored guest speaker will be Rob Prazmark, Founder and CEO of 21 Marketing- Sports and Entertainment Marketing Group. Mr. Prazmark is one of the most highly regarded executives in the Sports and Entertainment Business and is uniquely recognized within the Olympic Movement.
Ladies. Do you enjoy puzzles? Drawing? Making up stories? Coding? How about putting all these activities together to create a game? That's what the members of the Game Design with Girls in Mind club do. Join us for the next meeting in Room 300 today, October 20, at 3 o'clock. See you there!
Freshmen! Are you interested in running for a leadership position on our Student Council? Nomination forms will be available in the SCA room on Monday. Freshmen speeches are on November 3 and voting will take place November 4. Don’t miss this opportunity to be part of a great organization!
Important Notice to all music students from Mr. Isaacson and Mr. Kadeli: All music students involved in the upcoming Pops Concert should come to the auditorium today during the beginning of Knight Time, promptly at 11AM. We need to do a logistical, non-musical 'dry run' through the concert and we need everyone in the auditorium immediately at the beginning of Knight Time. If we are all there promptly, you will be released back to your other KT activities before 11:30.
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All junior and senior women of O'Connell are invited to attend the Fiat meeting tomorrow, Tuesday, at 11:31am (during B lunch) in Room 222. If you have any questions, please contact Ms. Funk.
Seniors, on Tuesday (Oct. 21) - you will be taking your Class of 2015 photo in the shape of the 15. In order to be in the photograph, you must be in full, proper uniform.
Attention all members of the French Club and those interested in joining: Interested parties, do not miss the early bird deadline to pay French club dues. That’s $5 for anyone paying before the Oct. 29 meeting and Halloween party, $8 beginning on Oct. 29. Bring payments to mr Hobson in room 311. Members, do no forget to join the French club Edmodo group! If you no longer have the code or need it for the first time, see one of the officers: Shelby Rieger, Kathryn Baker, Isabel Fernandez or Jane Greenhalgh for help.
A wonderful opportunity had been presented to our DJO students. The Col. C. A. Seone Award will grant $500. to three of our students who write the best essay responding to "Why I Like Being an American Citizen." The deadline is October 31 and the awards will hopefully be presented on Nov. 6 unless we have over 1,000 entries for the judges to consider. Please go to Edmodo and enter the code vdn5b3 for this and a few other available contests. Good luck to all who enter!
Attention students: are you interested in going on a mission trip this Spring Break? See Ms. Hogan in the Christian Service Office during Knight Time to pick up an application! Application deadline is October 31st!