Important Professional Development
THOUGHTS FROM OUR HEAD OF SCHOOL, JOSEPH VORBACH: When we gathered as a faculty/staff team for an offsite day retreat at St. Charles Parish in Clarendon on Tuesday, it was the day after the Martin...
View ArticleCatholic Schools Week
Jan. 27 - Feb. 2, 2019 has been designated as Catholic Schools Week by the National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA). Bishop O'Connell High School has a 62-year tradition of excellence of...
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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 ArticleSpring Tryout Dates & Times
Below are the start times and locations of O'Connell spring sports tryouts. Please remember: 1) Medical and permission forms MUST be completed and submitted online before the first day of tryouts. 2)...
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O'Connell Rows to Success
It might be too cold to be on the Potomac River this time of year, but that doesn't stop the Bishop O'Connell crew team. On Feb. 2, the Knights headed to T.C. Williams High School in Alexandria to...
View ArticleBragging Rights
THOUGHTS FROM OUR HEAD OF SCHOOL, JOSEPH VORBACH: It is a real honor to be the Head of School at my alma mater. I am routinely reminded of this when I encounter parents, past-parents, alumni and...
View ArticleStick to the Status Quo?
THOUGHTS FROM OUR HEAD OF SCHOOL, JOSEPH VORBACH: Two weeks ago, I went to Baltimore to watch my niece perform in a high school production of "High School Musical" that had been updated in some minor...
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Broadway Desserts THIS WEEKEND ONLY
Don't forget to get your tickets today! Broadway Desserts Saturday, Feb. 23 at 7 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 24 at 2 p.m. Upper Gym (Entrance #8) Your elegant evening begins as you enter the performance venue...
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Intelligent Lives Film Screening - Feb. 27
Special FREE Film Screening of "Intelligent Lives" Postponed to Wednesday, Feb. 27 Bishop O'Connell High School is happy to host a FREE viewing of Dan Habib's new film,INTELLIGENT LIVES, now postponed...
View ArticleReflecting on the Events of the Week
THOUGHTS FROM OUR HEAD OF SCHOOL, JOSEPH VORBACH: A week during which school safety and security was elevated to our collective attention is coming to a close. As it does, I express my gratitude to the...
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 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 ArticleWednesday's Film Screening and Panel Discussion
THOUGHTS FROM OUR HEAD OF SCHOOL, JOSEPH VORBACH: On Wednesday night this week, Bishop O'Connell hosted a screening of the documentary film "Intelligent Lives" produced by Dan Habib. The viewing was...
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Superdance is March 30
By Brendan Leverone and Joe Cobb (for The Visor) It's that time of year again for students of Bishop O'Connell. It's SUPERDANCE! This year's theme is Band Together for the Cure! In 1975, sophomore...
View ArticleIt's Superdance Time
THOUGHTS FROM OUR HEAD OF SCHOOL, JOSEPH VORBACH: On Monday of this week, the Executive Board of the Student Council Association and the Superdance leadership team of committee chairs and co-chairs,...
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Growing Stronger as a Learning Community
THOUGHTS FROM OUR HEAD OF SCHOOL, JOSEPH VORBACH: This week has been full of reminders about the importance of building, valuing and sustaining our school community. Our learning community gets...
View ArticleMany Opportunities This Week
THOUGHT FROM OUR HEAD OF SCHOOL, JOSEPH VORBACH: It was a busy week full of reminders of the great opportunities our students have and of the special efforts made to make them possible. Our inaugural...
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Better Together - 5K & Family Fun Run
Better Together! Join us for Bishop O'Connell High School's 5K & Kids Fun Run on Saturday, April 13. The 5K Race begins at 9 a.m. and the Fun Run takes off at 9:45 a.m. Your participation as a...
View ArticleA Week of Inspiration, Learning and So Much More
THOUGHTS FROM OUR HEAD OF SCHOOL, JOSEPH VORBACH: We began the week on Monday at Mass as a school community on the Feast of the Annunciation. This feast day calls us to reflect on the critical meaning...
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O'Connell Names New Field Hockey Head Coach
Bishop O'Connell High School has named George Okeno as the head coach of the school's field hockey team. Coach Okeno comes to O'Connell with extensive playing and coaching experience, most recently as...
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