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O'Connell Team Earns Spot in NASA Event
By Elaine Ly '21 On January 8, 2021, a team of students from Bishop O’Connell High School in Arlington learned via a livestream awards program that their submission to the 2020 NASA App Development...
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O'Connell Athletes Recognized by Better Sports Club
Congratulations to the following Bishop O'Connell seniors who were named 2020 Sportsman/Sportswoman of the Year by the Better Sports Club of Arlington: Skye Ferris - Volleyball Sportswoman of the Year...
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Bishop O'Connell will be fully participating in the rescheduled fall sports season starting with tryouts next Monday, Feb. 15. This will involve all fall sports and will allow for the mixing of cohorts...
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O'Connell Athletes Recognized by Better Sports Club
Congratulations to the following Bishop O'Connell seniors who were named 2020 Sportsman/Sportswoman of the Year by the Better Sports Club of Arlington: Skye Ferris - Volleyball Sportswoman of the Year...
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Girls Cross Country Takes Arlington County TItle
Congratulations to all of the O'Connell runners who competed in the Arlington County Cross Country Championships on March 17. After months of waiting and weeks of practice, the Knights kicked off...
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O'Connell Swimmers Make a Splash
Over the weekend of March 20, current and former student-athletes enjoyed success as they swam in major national championships. O’Connell alumna Maddie Donohoe ‘19 helped her University of Virginia...
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Concert #ForAndriko - Friday, Mar. 26
Andriko Bilaniuk '22 Memorial Scholarship Virtual Benefit Concert Friday, March 26, 2021 1 p.m. to 11 p.m. On Friday, March 26, on behalf of Bishop O'Connell High School, Timothy LaCrosse will be...
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STEM Team Develops Space Pillow Prototype
Just before the pandemic closed school buildings throughout Virginia, a group of four students at Bishop O'Connell High School in Arlington, raised their hands when engineering teacher, Mrs. Melissa...
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Two Alumni Called to Transitional Diaconate
Two O'Connell graduates, Robert (Robby) Renner '12 and Peter St. George '12, were ordained as transitional deacons by Bishop Burbidge on April 10. The transitional diaconate is the next step in...
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Preparing for the 2021 Superdance
Senior SCA members, Akari Brown, John Armor and Bridget Agyekum, check over Superdance plans. By Student Correspondents, Georgia Hoffman '23 and Patrick Fleenor '23 One year ago, Claire Babka couldn't...
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Brittany Davis Named Director of Diversity, Equity and Unity
Bishop O'Connell High School is pleased to announce that English Department Chair, Brittany Davis, has been named the school's inaugural Director of Diversity, Equity and Unity, whose primary focus is...
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Frank Roque Named Next Principal
Mr. Frank Roque has been named Bishop O'Connell's next principal. "Upon receiving the recommendation of the search committee and after prayerful discernment, I am pleased to announce that I have...
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Award-Winning Independent Research Project
Congratulations to Katherine "Kit" Shiells '22 whose independent research project, A Study of Popular Artificial Turf Surfaces' Ability to Sustain Bacterial Growth and Associated Health Ramifications,...
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Knights Softball Captures State Title
The Bishop O'Connell softball team captured their ninth straight VISAA Division I title on Friday, May 21, outlasting the veteran Potomac School in extra innings, 4-2. It was a rematch of the 2019...
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Rowing Team Wrap-Up
The Bishop O'Connell rowing team had a short but successful spring season on the water. Despite challenging COVID restrictions at the Thompson Boat Center, practices continued and both varsity and...
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Congratulations, Class of 2021!
Bishop O'Connell High School held its 61st commencement exercises on Thursday, June 3. The Most Reverend Michal F. Burbidge, Bishop of the Diocese of Arlington, presented diplomas to the 286 members of...
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New Boys Lacrosse Head Coach Named
Bishop O'Connell has named Nathan Thomas as the new head coach of the school's boys lacrosse program. Coach Thomas comes to O'Connell after five years as an assistant coach for the Howard Community...
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O'Connell Names New CFO
Bishop O'Connell High School has named W. Scott Pochick as the school's new chief financial officer. Pochick comes to O'Connell most recently from Saint Theresa Parish and School in Ashburn, where has...
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Sister Stephanie Gabriel Professes Perpetual Vows
Congratulations to O'Connell religion teacher, Sister Stephanie Gabriel Tracy, IHM, who made her perpetual profession of vows with the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. The profession...
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New Chapel a 'welcoming' place
It's easy to picture the small, stone chapel topped with a Celtic cross in the midst of the emerald Irish countryside. Instead, it's nestled next to the red and yellow bricks of Bishop O'Connell High...
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