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Festival of the Arts - Photos Posted
On Saturday, April 29, the O'Connell community came together for an evening to let the Arts shine! The gym was transformed into an art gallery; the main stage featured individual and group dance, drama...
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Reflecting on the 2017 Boys Lacrosse Team
SPORTS BLOG – THE WEEK THAT WASThe Week That Was (TWTW) sat down with Kevin Giblin, world history teacher and first-year O'Connell head boys varsity lacrosse coach, to learn more about him, the...
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Softball Claims WCAC Title
Congratulations to the Bishop O'Connell softball team - 2017 WCAC champions! The Lady Knights defeated St. John's (27-1) in the WCAC tournament quarter-finals and Bishop McNamara (14-0) in the...
View ArticleThe Gift of Prayer
THOUGHTS FROM OUR HEAD OF SCHOOL, JOSEPH VORBACH:About a decade ago, the parish we belonged to in Connecticut began to offer perpetual adoration. My son, about 12 at the time, wanted to sign up for an...
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VFW Teacher of the Year
Congratulations to Mr. Greg Haas, who is the 2017 recipient of the Smart/Maher VFW National Citizen Ship Education Teacher Award from the John Lyon VFW Post 3150 in Arlington. Haas is the chair of the...
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Students Take Over the General Assembly
Five Bishop O'Connell students were part of a group of more than 200 high school students from across the Commonwealth participating in the 2017 Virginia Model General Assembly (MGA) in Richmond. This...
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O'Connell Hosts Middle School Algebra Tournament
For the second year in a row, the Math Honor Society at Bishop O'Connell organized a Saturday morning Jeopardy-style Algebra 1 tournament. This year nine teams from six area Catholic schools competed,...
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Two Athletes Earn CAC Courage Awards
Lucie Drahozal '17 and Chris St. George '18 were recognized at the 6th Annual Courage Award Reception of Catholic Athletes for Christ (CAC), held at Marymount University in Arlington.Lucie is a...
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Endings...Beginnings
THOUGHTS FROM OUR HEAD OF SCHOOL, JOSEPH VORBACH:As I write this, the Class of 2017 is celebrating the end of the last regular school day of their high school careers. There is smiling, crying,...
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Exploring Black Catholic History
Earlier this year, Bishop O'Connell High School religion teacher David Owens, organized a field trip to Washington to visit three historic African-American Catholic churches: Holy Comforter–St....
View ArticleBaccalaureate Mass Homily
Father Thompson shares his 2017 Baccalaureate Mass Homily: One of the most powerful cinematic experiences that I have ever had was the 2013 film Lone Survivor which tells the story of Navy SEAL, Marcus...
View ArticleBaccalaureate Mass & Breakfast
Sunday, May 21 was a beautiful day at Bishop O'Connell, as the class of 2017 gathered in the auditorium with their families and the school community to celebrate their Baccalaureate Mass. Father...
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Singers Back Up Eric Church
It has been a whirlwind week for a group of O'Connell choir members who capped last week off by providing background vocals for country singer Eric Church's opening number at the Verizon Center in...
View ArticleVolunteers Are the Backbone
THOUGHTS FROM THE HEAD OF SCHOOL, JOSEPH VORBACH:Any success that Bishop O'Connell has during a given school year relies on so many variables, including the gifts of time and talent offered by...
View ArticleGraduation Day
THOUGHTS FROM OUR HEAD OF SCHOOL, JOSEPH VORBACH:Today is a big day in the life of our school. For the 57th time, a class of students will graduate from Bishop O'Connell. In the several decades-long...
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Congratulations, Class of 2017!
Bishop O'Connell High School held its 57th commencement exercise at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, June 1. The Most Reverend Michael...
View ArticleLook to the things above
THOUGHTS FROM OUR HEAD OF SCHOOL, JOSEPH VORBACH:Today we had the last Mass of the school year after the morning exam. In the first reading from the First Letter of John (1 John 4:7), we were reminded...
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English Teacher Named to Emerging Leaders Program
Congratulations to O'Connell English teacher, John Meehan, who is one of 46 educators named to the 2017 Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) Emerging Leaders program. "The 2017...
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1988 - Hanging on a Wing and a Prayer
On the afternoon of Thursday, May 12, 1988, O'Connell students were sitting in their eighth period class counting the minutes until the bell ending the school day rang. However, a few short minutes...
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Summer Learning Takes Econ Teacher to Germany
O'Connell economics teacher, Bill Betthauser, was selected as a fellow in the Transatlantic Outreach Program (TOP) Study Tour operated by the Goethe Institut. He is currently traveling in Germany with...
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