The O’Neal Quarterly •
Twenty-two middle school students are inducted into the Jr. Beta Society.
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O’Neal wins first place at the first annual “Children’s Art Competition” at the Sandhills Horticultural Center.
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Lindsay Vest is crowned Homecoming Queen 2017.
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The middle school cheer team wins 1st place along with an “excellent in exhibition” rating for the newly formed MS pep squad. This is the cheer team’s second only appearance at the Liberty Classic Cheer Competition in Fayetteville.
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Fourteen students and two faculty members from O’Neal’s sister school, Nanfang High School of the Hunan Province in China, visit O’Neal and stay with O’Neal families for five days. O’Neal continues a strong hold with writing in the Lower and Middle Schools with 70 recognized as Young Authors with the Moore County Reading Association. Six students are state winners.
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AFRIZO, a choir from Daystar University in Kenya, gave a tremendous performance for the Middle and Upper School students.
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Dr. Arghavan Almony speaks to the Upper School students about how she fled from Iran as a child.
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The lady Falcons won against the Falcon alumnae and the men alumni won their game at the varsity/ alumni basketball challenges held during spirit week.
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Spirit week starts the return to school from winter break, including relays, singalongs, basketball games and more.
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Parents were entertained with holiday musicals leading up to winter break.
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Kindergarten through second grade students “travel the world” through in the Lower School to learn about the holidays in Mexico, Australia, Germany, Israel, India and Italy.
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O’Neal hosts its second Science Olympiad Invitational Tournament with 19 schools participating.
WINTER 2017 •
Freshman Nicole Adam commits to play golf for UNC Chapel Hill in 2020.
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Chris Dymond, John Grimm, Paige Thomas, Toyin Koleoso and Andrew Shoecraft-Martin are inducted to the National Honor Society.
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Special Persons’ Day is a great success in the Lower School.
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The Parents’ Association hosts a very successful Scholastic Book Fair.
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Andrew Shoecraft-Martin is awarded Best Delegation for representation of the country Bulgaria at Model UN Competition at Appalachian State.
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ACT Prep classes are offered by our own Princeton Review certified instructor, Michael Norman.
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Retired Lt. Colonel Doug Woolley was the guest speaker at the annual all-school Military Appreciation Assembly.