Make Your Reservation for the Used Book & Uniform Sale
The PTO-sponsored Used Book and Uniform Sale is just around the corner. Sale date is Saturday, July 19, 2014 Make a Reservation - To reduce waiting times, we are asking that all families make a...
View ArticleCongratulations to Our 122 AP Scholars
The College Board's AP Program recognizes high school students who have demonstrated college-level achievement through AP courses and exams. Congratulations to the 122 Bishop O'Connell students who...
View ArticleJune 5, 2014
An interest meeting for fall varsity sailing will be held in the upper gym today at 3: 10 p.m. Homerooms please remember to elect your class councilors today, June 5th in Advisory. Please send your...
View ArticleFall Sports Tryout Dates Posted
Tryout dates and/or first practice dates for all fall sports teams have been posted on our school calendar. Find a complete list HERE. Also, please remember that required physical and permission forms...
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Dance Team Brings Home Trophies
The 2014-2015 Royalette Dance Team from Bishop O'Connell High School brought home top honors from the Universal Dance Association Camp at the University of Maryland - Baltimore County held earlier this...
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Have You Read the Summer Knights' Page?
The summer edition of The Knights' Pages hit mailboxes this week. This issues includes school and alumni news, with a special section on the 2014 graduation ceremony. The magazine is available online...
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Service Trip to the Dominican Republic
Eleven O'Connell students joined chaperones Colleen Stablein, Maria McDonald and our former chaplain, Father Phillip Cozzi, on a week long service trip to the Dominican Republic in early July. The...
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Introducing Our New Music Faculty
Bishop O’Connell High School has brought new faces and talents to the performing arts faculty, hiring a new choral director and a new band director for the upcoming school year. Ron Isaacson (pictured...
View ArticleAug. 27, 2014
O’Connell! Welcome back to school, we hope you all had a wonderful summer! PowerSchool information and parent codes are being sent home today with all students. Please give this important information...
View ArticleAug. 27, 2014
Attention all students! The Welcome Back dance will be on Friday, Sep. 5 from 8-11 p.m. Please bring $5 and your student I.D. to the door. Also bring extra cash for beverages. Remember “If it’s not...
View ArticleAug. 28, 2014
Attention all students! The Welcome Back dance will be on Friday, Sep. 5 from 8-11 p.m. Please bring $5 and your student I.D. to the door. Also bring extra cash for beverages. Remember “If it’s not...
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New Crew and Wrestling Coaches
This summer, two new head coaches were appointed at Bishop O’Connell. Christina Bassett was named the coach of the boys and girls rowing program. Keith Williams-Parker was named coach of the wrestling...
View ArticleAug. 29, 2014
Attention all students! The Welcome Back dance will be on Friday, Sep. 5. Please bring $5 and your student I.D. to the door. Also bring extra cash for beverages. Remember “If it’s not neon, it’s not...
View ArticleFirst Day and Cookouts - Photos
The first week of school is official in the books! We've pulled together a few photos from the first day of school, our new family cookout and today's senior cookout.
View ArticleSep. 2-5, 2014
Monday - NO SCHOOLTuesday - Anchor ScheduleWednesday - B1 ScheduleThursday - B2 Schedule (AM Assembly)Friday - Anchor Schedule
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Four Students Participate in Leadership Arlington
During the month of August, four students from Bishop O'Connell participated in the 2014 Leadership Arlington Youth Program. Olivia Barksdale, Robert Burnham, Danny Schauf and Stephanie Semaan joined...
View ArticleSep. 2, 2014
All students must Swipe in when they arrive at school every morning or you will be marked “Absent.” Any Swipe Station may be used. A Memorial Prayer Service for 2014 graduate, Jiayi Dai, will be held...
View ArticleSep. 3, 2014
All students must Swipe in when they arrive at school every morning or you will be marked “Absent.” Any Swipe Station may be used. Auditions for this year's Fall Comedy - "The Trials of Robin Hood"...
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Football Opener - Win Over Paul VI
The Knights varsity football team opened their 2014 season with an impressive win at Paul VI Catholic High School in Fairfax. The final score was 56-14. Read more about this game: Coach Orndorff's Blog...
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Remembering Brother Bart
It is with heavy hearts that the O’Connell community shares the news that Brother Bart Schlachter, FSC (Brothers of the Christian Schools) passed away on Aug. 18, 2014, in Lincroft, N.J. He was 83...
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