Please claim your lost and found items located in the school store by tomorrow. All items not claimed will be donated to charity. These items include backpacks, sweatshirts, jackets, shoes, lunchboxes, gym bags and hats.
If you have not turned in your money for the Junior Powder Puff t-shirt please come see Mrs. Cresson in room 214 ASAP. You will not get your shirt if you have not paid for it!
O’Connell has wonderful activities for you to get involved and give back! There is still more time to join one of our mission trips or holiday opportunities! Stop by the Christian Service Office during lunch or KNIGHT TIME to see how you can make a difference.
Anyone who is trying out for varsity boys’ basketball, please see Coach Mihalich in the athletic office immediately after school today to receive practice gear. No one will be given any gear after 3:15 p.m.
Attention Juniors and Seniors…Do you like a challenge?! Do you want to be part of the biggest high school fundraiser for Cystic Fibrosis? Do you want to help save lives?! Then… be a part of the twelve organizing committees for this year’s Superdance. Applications are in the SCA office and are due back on November 15.
On Monday, Nov. 11, the Medical Missionaries Club and the Interact Club are having a bake sale. Please support our efforts to help others here and around the world! A percentage of the Smoothie King sales will also benefit the clubs.
Our first Blood Drive is on Tuesday, November 19. To give blood you must be 16 years old and weigh at least 110 lbs. Starting today, Health Service Club members will be in the cafeteria during lunches registering blood donors. If you register, you will be given TWO permission forms that must be signed by a parent & returned to school the next day. Please sign up to donate blood. Our community is counting on us!
Attention all girls interested in trying out for basketball. Try-outs will begin today. Varsity and JV will be at 5:45 in the Main Gym, Freshmen will be at 6:10 in the Auxiliary Gym. You must have a completed Physical and Parent Consent form in order to try-out. If you have any questions please see Mr. Edmondson.
The Young Women's Leadership club meeting times have changed. Please join us today (11/8) during Knight Time in room 220! Please see Ms. Heard or Ms. Thornton for more details.
Attention Spanish Honor Society Students - Food Distributions at Saint James is tonight, November 8 from 6:30-8:30pm. Also, Spanish Honor Society dues must be turned in by Dec 1st. Juniors and Seniors need to renew their membership for this year. Bring your dues to Srta. Yanine in room 310.
On November 16, history will be made at Bishop O’Connell High School as the Wounded Warrior amputee football team takes on the Redskins and NFL Alumni. Redskins stars Brian Mitchell and LaVar Arrington, whose father is an amputee veteran, will host this tribute along with more than 25 other Redskins and NFL Alumni including Larry Brown, Derrick Dockery, Eric Metcalf, Kevin Glover, Eric Sievers, CC Brown, Stan Gelbaugh, Tony Lilly, Bruce Laird, Ted Vactor, Mack Alston and as promised, HISTORY WILL BE MADE on November 16 as Mike Bass of the ‘72 Redskins will be joined by the Miami Dolphins kicker Garo Yepremian as they will reenact that famous Super Bowl 7 play – a play that is considered the #1 “Football Folly” in NFL history… Bring your cameras to record this historic moment…”. Please continue watching as we share this short video. For more information, please go to: www.woundedwarrioramputeefootballteam.org.