Congratulations to the crew team on a very successful Stotesbury Cup Regatta in Philadelphia, the largest high school regatta in the world, this past weekend. The Men's Varsity 4+ continued their hot streak by earning a bronze medal in their category, the first Stotesbury medal in O'Connell Crew's history. Best of luck to them as they travel to Camden, New Jersey for SRAA Nationals this weekend
Operation Smile Student Club meeting today, May 19, B lunch, Room 315. THERE WILL BE COOKIES
We need graduation ushers. Students interested in being an usher at graduation can sign up this week in the Activities office.
The Italian American Club is collecting boxes of pasta from May 18th through June 5th to donate to St. James Food Distribution. Please bring in any type of boxed pasta to donate. Collection boxes are located at both Trinidad and Underwood entrances
The Gamer Club will be hosting a FIFA 15 Tournament on Thursday, May 21, beginning at 3pm in room 202. Come on out and join in on the fun. The entry fee is $2.00. See you there!"
Are you passionate about O’Connell? Are you responsible? Do you take initiative to help others? If you answered yes to any of these questions than we invite you to apply to be a mentor for the Knight2Knight program for next year’s freshman class. Must be a rising 11th or 12th grade students and have a 3.0 GPA or higher. Please see Mrs. Jacobsen in the counseling office or contact her at ljacobsen@bishopoconnell.org for an application. Applications are due on May 22.
ATTENTION ALL STUDENTS: If you check your 4th quarter grades in PowerSchool everyone has a P or an I. If you have an I that means your project is incomplete. Even if you think you have submitted all required materials, SOMETHING IS MISSING. Please come see Ms. Hogan.
O'Connell Cheerleading will be holding tryouts for the 2015-2016 squad this week. Clinics are May 26-28 (Tuesday-Thursday), and tryouts on the 29th (Friday). Go to bishopoconnell.org/cheerleading for more details.
Attention all DJO students: the announcement you have all been waiting for has finally arrived! O'Connell's annual dodgeball tournament will take place in two weeks on May 29th and May 30th! There will be two brackets this year, one for boys and one for girls. Team sign up packets will be handed out during lunches today and all next week in the cafeteria. Start strengthening those rotator cuffs!
As you clean out your lockers, please place any books, paperbacks, binders, notebook paper, pencils, pens, markers, or partially used marble notebooks in the boxes marked. These supplies will be sent to Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Southwest Virginia and even used right here in Arlington County.