THOUGHTS FROM OUR HEAD OF SCHOOL, JOSEPH VORBACH:
We were excited to be able to announce this week that Bishop O'Connell High School has been recognized as a Cardinal Newman Society Catholic Education Honor Roll School. For the second time, the Society has commended our school for being distinguished in the areas of Catholic identity and academic excellence! You can read more about this honor here...
On Wednesday, like many schools across the country, we paused to remember the 17 victims of the Parkland, Florida school shooting on the one month anniversary of that tragedy. I was able to be with a group of students who gathered around the Holy Family statue in the front of the school to pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet while others were part of a moving memorial to the victims on the football field. Father Thompson also offered a memorial Mass in the Chapel that students and faculty attended. I was proud of the student leadership who prayerfully shaped our school's response to this nationwide memorial. You can read about the events from our own students...
Last night we welcomed the new members of the O'Connell class of 2022 and their families at our annual registration night, which we call our "First Knight." It is always exciting to see the faces of the young men and women who will make up the next class to enter the school...and to watch them begin to get to know each other. The arrival of every new student reminds us that we at Bishop O'Connell have an incredible opportunity and responsibility to help these young persons grow in Faith and knowledge during an important and formative period in their lives.