Congratulations to Hailey Allen, member of the Oakcrest Class of 2025, who is Ivy League-bound! Hailey, a 2021 graduate of Mullica Township Middle School who aspires to be a cardiologist, has committed to the University of Pennsylvania, where she will study neuroscience. Props to Hailey for making Falcon Nation proud, and GO QUAKERS!
The Press of Atlantic City has announced its 2024 High School Football All-Stars, and Falcon Nation has reason to feel proud!
11th grade linebacker Donovan Linthicum has been named the Defensive Player of the Year. Congrats to Donovan, who is sure to do big things next season, too!
Holiday spirit and Falcon pride were on full display as students and staff participated in winter themed festivities at Oakcrest, including door and hall decorating and a spirit week capped off by a pep rally!
📸 Photos by students in Mr. Thomas' Media and Digital Communications Magnet Program.
Students in Mr Thomas' Honors Digital Video class recently held their annual winter sports media day photo and video shoot for senior athletes at Oakcrest. Check out @ohsdigitalvideo next month to see the finished video on YouTube and Instagram. 📸: Stephen Lee & Armani Valentin
The Oakcrest Teen Center's Week of Holiday Cheer was a success! Wishing everyone a happy and safe holiday season. See you in 2025!
Students found their creativity in Mrs. Tantum's room building gingerbread houses!
Kicking off the Holiday Season playing some Reindeer Games with our OHS students 🎄🎁🎉
Get ready Falcons - Winter Pep Rally this Friday!
As 2024 comes to a close, its time to start thinking about 2025...and the Class of 2025! Celebrate this school year and all the great events that took place by purchasing your 2025 yearbook before its too late- visit Balfour.com and head to the yearbook tab to select from a variety of accessories and purchase a parent ad for your senior student. (Online payment plans available through PayPal)
On 12/16 in the Oakcrest library, senior crew athlete Caroline Osborne signed her national letter of intent to row at the collegiate level for Robert Morris in Pennsylvania. Caroline was joined by her family, teachers and friends to celebrate her continuing athletics at the next level.
Photos by Digital Communications Magnet students Joey Sanchez and Armani Valentin.
The students of Studio Art & Design created propaganda posters for Week of Respect, which was October 7-11. The students defined what respect meant to them personally and created a visual representation to promote respect among the staff and students at Oakcrest. Here is just a sampling of some of their work.
Clockwise:
Tyler Bowels, grade 9
Rayden Turay, grade 9
Victoria Torres, grade 9
Brooke Shea, grade 9
Julian Davis, grade 9
Komora Hayes, grade 12
International World Kindness Day
World Language students, Mrs. Kemenosh and Ms. Kennedy partnered with Kindness Club students, Ms. Daley and Mrs. DePalma to create kindness rocks. Today we came together to paint rocks with positive messages. Students will be able to hand rocks out to family or friends to spread kindness.
On 12/13 & 12/14, the Oakcrest Wrestling Team was back in action hosting a home meet full of victories against Creek and Gami, then hit the road for an away tournament at Schalick- where the team walked away with 6 medals. Congrats to Coach Frederick and the team!
Photos by Honors Digital Video & Editing student Stephen Lee
The OHS Digital Video crew was at the annual Powderpuff Football game on 11/26 to capture some great photos and stream live video to viewers on YouTube. The seniors won this year's matchup 8-6 in a game that came down to the final whistle.
Unfortunately Oakcrest lost to Audubon HS today 3-2. Big wins by Nikola Pepovski and Jaiden Self.
Next is the Blitz Tournament on Saturday!!
Happy Spirit Week Falcons!
This morning’s Math Club PB&J event was a huge success! Together, we made 133 sandwiches to support the homeless in the Mays Landing community. Thank you to everyone who joined us and made this possible. Your efforts truly make a difference! Way to go Oakcrest!! 🥰🥪💙
The SJ Chess League Blitz Tournament was held Saturday, December 7th and was a great success! Oakcrest player Nikolo Pepovski won a plaque coming in 10th place out of 62 players! Thanks everyone for making this a success!!
"Noises Off"- performed by Oakcrest's Center Stage Follies, featured spectacular comedic student performances from students under the direction of Mrs. Tunney
Today, our talented robotics club heads to Clearview High School for an exciting robotics competition! 🤖💥 Months of hard work, dedication, and innovation have led us here and we’re ready to showcase our robot’s capabilities. Let’s go, Oakcrest! 🚀⚙️
#OakcrestRobotics #STEM
