Who Is the Most Courageous American? |
That's what Oakies had to decide in this week's 8th annual Most Courageous American Competition. Seventh grade students made a speech for George Washington, while eighth graders made the case for Navy SEAL Mike Murphy. In the end, the school chose Mike Murphy as this year's Most Courageous American. Enjoy the video of this year's speeches! |
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Geometry classes have been spending time learning about the forces involved in flight, the design of traditional kites, and the history of kites. After using a scale drawing to make their own kites, students flew them on a beautiful windy day. |
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National Latin Exam Results |
The Oakcrest Foreign Language Department wishes to congratulate all the students who took the National Latin Exam this year! This year, 92 Oakcrest students across our Latin program tackled the challenge of this 40-question, 45-minute exam with impressive results: Over 65% of our students earned a score at or above the international average for their exam. As a result, 51 of our students received official recognition for high performance, including 6 Cum Laude awards, 19 Magna Cum Laude awards, 17 Maxima Cum Laude silver medals, and 8 Summa Cum Laude gold medals. |
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May is a month traditionally dedicated to Our Blessed Mother. At Mass today, we honored her with roses from the seniors and beautiful singing by the Upper School Liturgical Choir. |
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Celebrating Blessed Alvaro |
The 7th and 8th grade Liturgical Choir graced us with their beautiful voices at Mass this week. The choir sang a lovely piece called "Beata es Virgo Maria" in honor of Blessed Alvaro del Portillo's feast day. |
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From fantastic musical performances to interesting hidden talents, there was certainly a wide variety of gifts and skills on display at this year's talent show. Enjoy the full video! |
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Thanks to everyone who joined us for our Head of School webinar last night. If you missed it, you can watch the video here. Please click the button below to take our 2021-22 planning survey. The deadline to take the survey is May 21.
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We have several volunteer needs for our end-of-year events. Thank you in advance for considering! |
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A reminder that our chapel is available to Oakcrest parents for visits to the Blessed Sacrament and for Confession when the chapel is not in use for Mass. Our chaplain is normally available Tuesday through Friday from 10:45am until 3:00pm, and on Tuesdays we usually have two priests. On Mondays the chaplain is here until 12 noon. As there are meditations and class Confessions on some days, it would be best to call Blanca Reilly at 703-790-5450 to confirm the best time to come. Saturday Confessions from 1p to 4pm will continue through the end of May (May 15, 22, and 29). |
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There's more good news for the Chargers this week! Varsity Golf is headed to the state championship, Middle School softball had their first game this week, Varsity Soccer played multiple home games and celebrated Senior Night, and more. See below for all of this week's news! |
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Honoring the seniors on our soccer team: Veronica, Sofia, Brigid and Amelia |
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Summer Programs Are Filling Up! |
Spots are filling up for Oakcrest Summer Programs, so reserve your spot soon! Brush up on your study, flute, art or theater skills, prep for the SAT, or have fun with flag football, soccer, softball or volleyball! Summer programs are open to girls in rising 3rd through 12th grade from all schools, so invite a friend to join you! Details are on our homepage: Oakcrest.org.
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Saturday, May 29 · 7:00 pm
at Oakcrest (Outdoors behind school)
Open to all Oakcrest families! Please RSVP by May 21.
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RSVP for the Athletic Center Groundbreaking Ceremony
Friday, June 4th · 2:00 pm
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Last Chance to Help Your Class Win a Jeans and Pizza Day! |
If you have not yet contributed to this year's Annual Fund Parent Participation challenge, please consider making a gift today. Every class that has 80% participation or more by this Sunday at noon will receive a jeans day next Tuesday and the class with the top participation rate will also receive a pizza day! It doesn't matter how big or how small the gift but that every family participates. Click here to make your tax deductible gift today! |
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We have all the resources and forms you need to prepare for the 2021-22 school year. Click the button below to see the email that Student Life sent out earlier this week. You can also visit the Getting Ready page on our website for everything you need. |
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