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The Key Club hosts its annual Halloween Carnival for students in the Lower School.
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Second Grade Teacher Julia Ambersely presents two sessions at the North Carolina Association of Independent Schools (NCAIS) Educators Conference titled: Writing Essays with Elementary Students.
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Sarah Massey and Andrew Phan are inducted into the Upper School Honor Council.
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The O’Neal Community collects 2374 lbs of food and goods – translating to 1999 meals - for Hurricane Florence Relief efforts.
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O’Neal’s English Department has now opened a Writing Center to help middle and upper school students with their writing projects. Head of School Achievement Awards recognizing the highest academic average in each grade for the past school year are presented to Molly Kuzma, Sydney Maynor and Blair Spencer.
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O’Neal’s new USA Swimming year-round club The O’Neal Pelagics (pə-ˈla-jiks) debuts with 47 members.
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School starts Tuesday, August 14th with 465 students. 121 students are new to O’Neal.
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O’Neal Summer Fun experiences a tremendous 40% increase in registrations this summer bringing the number to an all new record of 724.
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The new Aquatics Program has a great start with 173 registrations combined for summer swimming lessons and swim league.
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Summer / Fall 2018 •
The Class of 2018 has 23 graduates amassing $1.13 million in meritbased scholarships. Valedictorian is Sophia Renner and salutatorian is Elizabeth Moore.
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Middle School inducts nine members to the Jr. Beta Society.
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Alana McRae commits to Cincinnati Christian University Track and Field, Toyin Koleoso commits to Skidmore University Women’s Basketball, Ellie Henry commits to College of William and Mary Swimming.
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Upper School English Department Head Dr. Nicole Camastra is a presenter at the Hemingway Society annual conference in Paris for the paper session - Digital Humanities and Hemingway. Her essay is titled “Putting the Medium and the Message in Perspective: Teaching The Sun Also Rises in the Digital Age.”
The annual JV/Varsity Sports Recognition Ceremony welcomes guest speaker Doak Finch ‘96, Duke University Swimming Assistant Head Coach.
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First headmaster for O’Neal, Robert Haarlow is Class of 2018 commencement speaker.
Caelan McHarney is awarded the Helen Pringle Holmberg Scholarship. Shelby Wray from West Pine Middle School is the recipient of the Hannah Marie Bradshaw Scholarship.
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The O’Neal Players performs its spring drama production, John Patrick’s The Curious Savage.