Almost There...
THOUGHTS FROM OUR HEAD OF SCHOOL, JOSEPH VORBACH: We are less than 72 hours out from welcoming the Class of 2022 through the doors on Monday morning. We are really looking forward to that moment,...
View ArticleReflecting on the past week
THOUGHTS FROM OUR HEAD OF SCHOOL, JOSEPH VORBACH: Last Thursday and Friday I was able to attend a short spiritual retreat with most of the other Heads of School and Principals in the Diocese. The...
View ArticleAlmost There...
THOUGHTS FROM OUR HEAD OF SCHOOL, JOSEPH VORBACH: We are less than 72 hours out from welcoming the Class of 2022 through the doors on Monday morning. We are really looking forward to that moment,...
View ArticleSo Much Great Heavy Lifting
THOUGHTS FROM OUR HEAD OF SCHOOL, JOSEPH VORBACH: We started our week on Sunday this week with a fantastic Open House event for prospective families. This annual element of our fall calendar is very...
View ArticleA week of rich experiences
THOUGHTS FROM OUR HEAD OF SCHOOL, JOSEPH VORBACH: Last week I mentioned the Sophomore service retreat and I thought I should report back on my experience at the Lamb Center with ten of our students....
View ArticleWinter Sports Tryout Information
Tryouts for winter sports (except ice hockey) begin on Nov. 8. Below are the start times and locations of O'Connell winter sports tryouts. Please remember that medical and permission forms MUST be...
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The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon
ONE WEEKEND ONLY - The O'Connell Players present... The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon Thursday-Saturday, Nov. 8-10 at 7 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 11 at 2 p.m. The fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm are turned...
View ArticleIt's November
There are times when I begin writing this occasional blog full of optimism that I might pull several threads of ideas together in an artful way that is more compelling than a reporting of events…and...
View ArticleSoup Drive Exceeds Goals
undefined The fall soup drive is a 45-year tradition at Bishop O’Connell which brings out the spirit of the school community while benefiting local Catholic Charities food pantries. After two weeks...
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Students Talk to Space Station Astronaut
Father, we thank You for the gift that You have planted in every human heart—the gift of discovery, the gift of curiosity...to know Your creation, to know not only the Earth that You gave us, but the...
View ArticleUPDATE - School Closed TODAY
Bishop O'Connell will be closed today, Thursday, Nov. 15, due to weather conditions. This is a change from the earlier delayed opening announcement. Fairfax County announced this change just before 8...
View ArticleBack-to-School Night
THOUGHTS FROM OUR HEAD OF SCHOOL, JOSEPH VORBACH: It was great to see so many of you at our Back-to-School Night on Wednesday. As I mentioned in my remarks in the auditorium, the evening is an...
View ArticlePrayerful support of young people
I started last week asking everyone to keep in prayer those families in the community that are dealing with the recent passing of a loved one. As I ask you to continue to pray this week, let me be...
View ArticleEntering the Advent Season
THOUGHTS FROM OUR HEAD OF SCHOOL, JOSEPH VORBACH: The other day, Twitter and other media outlets were appropriately abuzz with the video footage of Pope Francis' reaction when a six year-old boy from...
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O'Connell Gym Named Koons Athletic Center
Bishop O'Connell High School celebrated an important moment in its history on the December 3 when the school's gym was renamed as the Koons Athletic Center. With the morning sun shining through the...
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Fall Blood Drive Success
On Tuesday, Nov. 27, the O'Connell Health Services Club held their first blood drive of the year. Members of the club, led by officers Grace Motta, Anneliese Fantini, and Franny Seldin, worked...
View ArticleService and Sacrifice
In the summer of 1984, my second summer at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, I spent five weeks on a cruise aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Taney, a 327-foot ship named after Roger B. Taney, the 12th...
View ArticleGifts of the Christmas season
All week long we've been blessed by the gifts of the Christmas season -- a really beautiful choral concert on Tuesday evening, the faculty being spoiled by the PTO at the annual Christmas breakfast on...
View ArticleSelf-discipline and Catholic Education
THOUGHTS FROM OUR HEAD OF SCHOOL JOSEPH VORBACH: Earlier this week I was engaged in a conversation with a few colleagues that started with a reference to a recent Wall Street Journal editorial on the...
View ArticleHope for Life
THOUGHTS FROM OUR HEAD OF SCHOOL JOSEPH VORBACH: Being with our student March for Life contingent all day today was an uplifting time for reflection. Hope was a real theme for the day for me and the...
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