Dear Oakies,
The end of April brought us our first Alumnae Week and I'm happy to report that it was a great success! Thank you to all who were able to join us for the various events throughout the week; it was so nice connecting with all of you! We are already looking forward to next year's events! Pictures and a recap of the week are included in this issue.
In early May, we welcomed the next generation of Oakies, as alumnae Gabrielle (Anderson) Carrington '92 and Nancy (Williams) Miggins '98 along with their daughters attended the New Oakie Welcome Party and joined the ranks of alumnae with daughters attending Oakcrest.
As the school year comes to a close, please mark your calenders, RSVP, and join us for an afternoon of food, fun and friends on Saturday, June 12th for our Alumnae BBQ where we welcome all of our new Oakie Alumnae from the Class of 2021. All alumnae are invited and kids and spouses are welcome too!
As always, don't hesitate to reach out to me and I look forward to seeing you at the Alumnae BBQ!
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Maritere (Gramatges) Crum ‘91
Alumnae Relations Coordinator
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Alumnae Day of Service:
Held in conjunction with Oakcrest's Respect Life Club to benefit A Woman’s Choice in Herndon, VA- students held a “baby shower” during the two weeks prior to the Day of Service, which was open to the community and provided a drive-by drop-off option. On the Day of Service, current students and alumnae representing the classes of '89, '91, '95, and '09 collected additional items worked together to bundle the items for the center. Congratulations to alumna, Eileen (Schnabel) Byler '89 for winning the raffle (a comfy Oakcrest long-sleeved tee).
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Class Captain Virtual
Meet and Greet & Mixology Class:
Class Captains representing the classes of
'91, '92, '93, '94, '99, '03, '05, '09, '11, '14, '15, '16, '18, '19 joined in for an evening of introductions, fun memories and general conversation. The evening was capped off with a mini mixology demonstration by Alumna Bartender and OAA member,
Laura Cermak ’15. The demonstration included both a Lemon Old Fashioned and a Lemon Drop Mocktail and many fabulous cocktail tips! Thank you Laura for sharing your expertise with all of us!
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Alumnae Day of Giving:
Thank you all for your generosity during our Spring Day of Giving! Alumnae were challenged to make a donation to Oakcrest that represented their graduation year and an anonymous donor agreed to match every donation received via Venmo, up to $500 dollars. You all stepped up to the challenge and helped us secure the extra donation. Congratulations to the Class of 1997 for being this year's MOST generous class with the overall highest $$$ donations throughout the year. The year's not over yet, if you'd like to support Oakcrest, click here. Way to go Oakies!
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Alumnae Virtual Trivia Night:
To celebrate the end of our first Alumnae Week, Oakcrest had its second round of Alumnae Virtual Trivia with hosts Holly Salls and Kathleen Ouyang '09. Members of the classes of '98, '99, '02, '05, '06, '11, '14, '16 and '18 formed teams to compete in three rounds of general trivia. The competition was fierce and the score was close, with Team "Not Nero" taking home the prize of Amazon Gift cards and bragging rights. We hope you will join us next time!
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During Alumnae Week, Fr. Marty (Oakcrest Chaplain), offered Mass each day for a different alumnae related intention. Monday: For all 916 alumnae, Tuesday: For the parents of all 916 alumnae, Wednesday: For the repose of the soul of our deceased alumnae: Emily West (Class of 1992), Paula Artinano (Class of 1993), Malee (Borbajo) Jorda (Class of 1993), Jennifer Franz (Class of 1993), Afoma Agbim (Class of 1994), Samantha Devers (Class of 2009), Thursday: For all Current Seniors, who will soon become Oakcrest Alumnae and Friday: For all current and former teachers that have influenced our alumnae. We hope that you all felt lifted in prayer throughout the week. |
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We love to hear from our Alumnae! |
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Congratulations to
Sophia Dort '18
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Sophia shared that she has been inducted into Duke's chapter of the Phi Beta Kappa Society, the nation's oldest honor society. PBK is dedicated to promoting and advocating the liberal arts and sciences in education. Congratulations Sophia!
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Congratulations to Class of 2017 Alumnae,
Christina Sabat and Anne Whelan
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Christina has been chosen as this year's Outstanding Senior in the Department of Animal Sciences at Purdue University. |
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Anne graduated from William and Mary with Honors, and has been selected as a postulant with the Dominican Sisters in Nashville. |
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Do you enjoy writing? Are you interested in writing about parenting or education, as applicable to raising girls, or in writing a book review? Oakcrest is looking for Alumnae writers for our blog,
for more details.
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ALUMNAE SPOTLIGHT
Each month we do a special feature story on one of our alumnae. Check out our past alumnae stories here.
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When Mary Welch Higgins graduated from Oakcrest in 1981, she knew that she wanted to pursue her passion for art. Today, she combines this love of beauty and creativity with an entrepreneurial spirit as she starts her own art advisory firm.
Click here to read Mary's full profile.
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We now have an alumnae career networking platform just for Oakies.
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College Counseling at Oakcrest started out small and was initially called “Guidance Counseling." Over the years, this department has expanded so much and offers students so many wonderful resources. Read more here.
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OAKIES ON CAMPUS
What have this year's Oakies been up to?
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Congratulations Chargers! |
Three of our sports teams competed at states this month! Varsity Golf placed fifth in the VISAA Division II Championship. Congrats to Amelia C., who was named to the all-state golf team! Varsity Lacrosse, coached by alumna, Meg Gargulinski ('11), seeded #8, advanced to states to play #1 seed Highland before losing a tough game. And our Varsity Track & Field team finished in 5th place out of 22 teams at the VISAA State Champs.
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Gratulationes in factum!
Congratulations to all the students who took the National Latin Exam this year! This year, 92 Oakcrest students across the 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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Oakcrest is growing and we'd love to have our alumnae fill the positions!
Positions are available for Upper and Middle School Math Teachers and an Upper School History Teacher.
All positions are full time.
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Women's
Morning of Recollection
June 12, 2021
10 am
Confession available
Mass offered at noon.
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Alumnae BBQ
Saturday, June 12, 2021
On Campus at 2 PM
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