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Lauren Dailey is crowned Homecoming Queen 2016.
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Fifth grade student Lane Trevarrow wins the Scripps school level spelling bee and moves on to district competition.
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O’Neal COMAP team makes Finalist, ranking in the top 15 of the 446 teams around the world. The team is invited to participate in the next phase of competition.
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O’Neal maintains its strong presence among County and State Young Authors in the North Carolina Reading Association writing competition claiming 11 of the county’s 23 state winners (K-8).
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O’Neal Varsity Swimming wins the county invitational swim meet vs Pinecrest High School and Union Pines High School.
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O’Neal Middle School Cheer Team wins an “excellent in exhibition” trophy for their first ever competition at the Liberty Classic Cheer Competition in Fayetteville.
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O’Neal eighth grade students Sydney Maynor and Sam Henry take 1st and 3rd place (respectively) in the VFW Patriot’s Pen Competition and Junior Jack Casey wins the Voice of Democracy spoken essay contest.
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Senior William Schirmer makes it to the semifinalist round of the prestigious Morehead-Cain Scholarship application process.
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The annual Varsity/Alumni Basketball Challenge had split wins from the varsity girls and the men’s alumni teams.
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The Upper School /Middle School Choir and O’Nealers hosted an evening winter concert for the holiday season.
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O’Neal launches the Global Programs section of the webpage.
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Pillow cases collected from a drive in the Middle School are sewn into dresses for students at Hillcrest School in Tanzania.
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O’Neal hosted its first Science Olympiad Invitational Tournament with 13 schools participating.
WINTER 2016 •
The first ONV blood drive of the school year yielded a fantastic 32 units of blood.
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O’Neal Model UN members Mackenzie Melton and Lauren Dailey win excellence in delegation in the Security Council representing Lithuania and Andrew Martin wins excellent delegate as Prince Karl August von Hardenberg.
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The Parents’ Association hosts a faculty/staff appreciation luncheon.
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African native and president of Global Solar Solutions, Inc., James Obi, spoke to the Global Issues class about the energy revolution in Africa.
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O’Neal honors its veterans and military families with the third annual Military Appreciation Breakfast hosted by the PA and All-School Assembly with a special performance from the 82nd Airborne All American Chorus.
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Lillian Wu, Emma Barnes, and Jack Casey win the annual physics Punkin Chunkin with a distance of 310 ft.
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his Quarterly highlights the successes of our writers, artists, mathematics scholars and kindergarten paleontologists. In each of these cases, O’Neal students received the guidance from their teachers to actively approach a problem or project in a way that was authentic and unique. This type of learning is dynamic and gives O’Neal students tangible results and makes curricular topics meaningful. Active learning – hands-on projects, writing, creating and independent research – is an essential part of an O’Neal education. It is course-related, involves students doing things rather than simply listening and watching, allows them to practice skills, reinforces important material and addresses different learning styles. O’Neal students gain knowledge and skill by participating in activities that engage them with complex topics, problems and questions. O’Neal’s program is vibrant and reflects our students’ excitement for learning. When students take an active role in their learning they are inspired to obtain a deeper understanding of a subject. By incorporating prehistoric animals in their curriculum, the kindergarten teachers may have provided a first, crucial step for a future paleontologist.
John C. Elmore Head of School
New Lower School Director Announced
dergarten,” says Head of School John Elmore, “and therefore has a broad knowledge of the curriculum and programs.” One of her supervisors wrote, “Angie is masterful when creating a warm and safe learning environment for children.” A native of Dallas, she earned her undergraduate degree from the University of Texas at San Antonio and her masters degree from Texas A&M - Commerce.
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’Neal is pleased to announce that Angie Manning will be the new Lower School Director starting the 20162017 school year. She will begin work at O’Neal July 1st. This past fall, current Lower School Director Linda Roberts announced her retirement at the end of this school year. Angie has been an educator for fifteen years and is currently a teacher, team leader, and faculty mentor at Greenhill School in Addison, TX. “Angie has taught in sixth and second grades as well as kin-
“My favorite experience at Greenhill was enjoying the school from the unique perspective of a parent and a teacher,” says Ms. Manning. “I have a wonderful son, Clayton, who will begin his first year at O’Neal as a fifth grader. Go Falcons! I’m looking forward to being a part of the O’Neal family to help promote meaningful learning experiences in an environment that fosters a love of learning.” Angie visited O’Neal’s campus in December where parents were given the opportunity to meet and talk with her.
A Sample of Young People’s Art Festival O’Neal Selections for Judging...
Paige Thomas - 11th Grade
Hannah Fitzgerald - 10th grade
5th Grade Students: Abby Edelman, Max Epstein, Emma Sager, Lane Trevarrow, Maria White
Mingke “Eric” Li - 11th grade
Digging for Dinosaurs
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hat’s so special about dinosaurs? Science… Social Studies…Reading…Writing… Math and just plain fun! Amanda Duffy’s and Lauren Hunt’s kindergarten classes were introduced to prehistoric animals, fossils, and dinosaurs. Students were immersed in several hands-on activities, including constructing dinosaur eggs, creating fossils, and conducting a dinosaur dig. Math and literacy skills were incorporated into the unit, as some students created a dinosaur using shapes, and other students wrote about a dinosaur that he or she created. After the big dinosaur dig, the unit concluded with mimicking the movements of dinosaurs, led by Mrs. Duffy.
Students gathered together to make dinosaur eggs in the greenhouse; students combined flour, coffee grounds, sand, water, and dinosaurs to create the eggs. Fossils were made with salt, flour, and water; students imprinted their dinosaur, and then painted the fossils; students created a “how-to” book of creating fossils.
To link with the two-dimensional shape unit, Mrs. Hunt’s class created dinosaurs out of shapes; Mrs. Duffy had her students create a dinosaur in their writing.
Upcoming Events
Excavating dinosaurs and other fossils in sand.
Erin O’Connell - 12th grade
Students used paleontology “tools” to crack the eggs open after 3 days.
Mary McMurray - 10th grade
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45th Annual Auction Bonco Night 45th Annual Auction Winter JV/Varsity Sports Recognition Lower School Talent Show Admissions Testing
Naomi Johnson - 7th grade
Tori Landers - 12th grade
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Howells are Auction Honorary Chairs
he O’Neal School is pleased to announce Lee and Terri Howell as honorary chairs for its 45th Annual Auction, scheduled for Saturday, February 20th at the Pinehurst Country Club. Lee serves on The O’Neal School Board of Trustees as secretary, and he is chair of the development committee. Lee and Terri are also Landmark Society Members.
“Terri and I first became aware of The O’Neal School by attending the Auction 15 years ago with friends whose children were students at O’Neal,” explains Lee. “The Auctions gave us an insight into what O’Neal offers, as well as the commitment of the parents and benefactors to ensuring that O’Neal students have the finest education available. When our daughters became of age, we knew that O’Neal was where we wanted them to go.” Lee and Terri have two daughters who have attended O’Neal since PreK: Sydney Lee (8th grade) and Kristin (6th grade). The Annual Auction is O’Neal’s largest fundraising event that supports the annual operating budget of the School. 350 Auction tickets will be available this year, and the event will feature live and silent auctions, raffles, cocktails and a seated dinner. Greg Quiroga, co-owner of San-Francisco-based Stellar Fundraising Auctions, will again be the event’s auctioneer. The community is invited to attend the Auction. Tickets can now be purchased online. Please go to www. ONealSchool.org for more information. Item donations are still being collected. Please contact Jennie Ford if you have items, event tickets, vacation getaways and more to donate in helping to benefit The O’Neal School. jford@onealschool.org • (910) 692-6920 ext. 125
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Christina Acker - 2nd Grade
In this issue enjoy Young People’s Fine Arts selections