Thank you for your support of Superdance 2016. Currently we have received $40,000 of the $105,000 that was pledged. One of our incentives is to receive Holy Thursday off if we receive 95% of our pledged amount. This means that we still need to collect almost $60,000 more before Monday, March 21. Tuesday, March 22 is too late to get Thursday off. Wednesday, March 23 is too late to get Thursday off. It must be Monday. Superdance chairs and co-chairs are in the hallways delivering envelopes. If you do not get your envelop please come to the SCA room and pick it up. If you have your envelop... bring it home to collect your pledges. Remember... all the folks who pledged you, want to pay you. So please go see them and thank them for their support.
On Saturday, MaryFrances Vorbach, Diego Garcia, Will Keyes, and Alejandro Di Napoli participated in the Academic World Quest Competition sponsored by the World Affairs Council. The Global Studies and AP Economics students won 3rd place! Way to go team!
Attention Seniors: Your service project is due March 22. Your hours must be logged and reflection submitted by the deadline. This is a graduation requirement. See Ms. Hogan if you have questions!
Congratulations to junior Grace Halford who won first place in the Microbiology category at the Northern Virginia Regional Science Fair this past weekend. She was also nominated to attend the Virginia State Science and Engineering Fair at VMI next month. Good luck Grace!
Any student who has met with his/her counselor about course selection and was missing a recommendation from a teacher, needs to close the loop by the end of this week.
This past weekend our music ensembles traveled to Universal Studio in Orlando, Florida, and participated in an adjudicated music festival with other schools from around the country. Bishop O'Connell music ensembles were awarded the following: guitar Ensemble – excellent, orchestra – excellent, concert band – excellent, jazz band – excellent, concert choir – superior, and O'Connell singers – superior. Bishop O'Connell also entered soloists in the festival. Jake Vanaman received recognition for an outstanding instrumental solo while Peter Lucas, Elise Welsh, and Jessica Gliot received superior rankings for solo vocal performance. Bishop O'Connell High School was also awarded the grand prize for best high school choir at the festival. Please congratulate our music students for a job well done!
Congratulations to Grace Boras who submitted the winning design for the All Night Graduation Party Logo contest. Grace wins a free ticket to the All Night Grad Party. The following students were runners up in the logo contest: Augusto Oliveros, Diana Hoang, Kayla Paolillo, and Alyson Speier. These students will be awarded a gift card.
Hello! The Library would like to hold an Open Call for students who can sing or play instruments for the Jazz and Java event on April 4, recite for a Poetry Reading in mid-April (the date is to be determined), and also fold Origami cranes! If interested and willing to participate in any of these activities, stop by the library to sign up or receive more information.
The first meeting of the Water Club, aka Drop In the Bucket, will be today, Wednesday, March 16, immediately after school in Room 125. Drop In the Bucket would like to raise awareness to the fact that more than 50 million people still don't have access to clean water. By raising awareness, as well as a modest amount of money, we can change many lives for the better. Please join us! Questions about the club? See Mrs. Spann in Admissions.
There will be a mandatory senior Global Studies meeting directly after school on March 16th in Ms. Webb's room 319. It is imperative you be there to schedule your final capstone presentation.
The next Career Cafe opportunity will take place on Monday, March 21st from 11:30am-12:00pm in the counseling conference room. All sophomores, juniors, and seniors are welcome to come. Eric Hernandez is going to speak about his experience working in the pro sports industry working for the Washington Wizards.