Oakcrest High School

Oakcrest Concert Band and the OHS Jazz Ambassadors recently performed at their annual Spring Concert, where they brought down the house...and took their traditional backstage selfie with director Rick Schwartz! Congrats to all these talented student-musicians for making Falcon Nation proud! 🎶🎷🥁

Shout out to the Oakcrest Guidance Department, who in late May hosted its annual College and Career Signing Day, at which graduating OHS 12th graders showed off their future alma maters! Good luck to all the graduating Falcons on their next steps! 🎓✌️💙

Congratulations to Oakcrest 12th grader Stephen Lee! Stephen was selected to play in the prestigious North vs. South Baseball All-Star Game, which is a high school-level competition that features some of the top senior talent in the state of New Jersey. This tremendous honor is a well-deserved recognition of Stephen's hard work and dedication to the game.

ICYMI, this season, Lee posted a .567 batting average, a .817 slugging percentage, and a .612 on-base percentage, with all three statistics ranking among the top 10 in the state of New Jersey. Falcon Nation is so proud of you, Stephen! 💙⚾💪

The next Share the Keys is VIRTUAL on June 9th. Register here: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_JL4EqazlSnuCLbi8H8V__w#/

The AtlantiCare Teen Center recently hosted its annual "Messages of Hope" event, during which Oakcrest students decorated the Nest's sidewalks with inspirational words and images to promote social and emotional wellness. A big thanks to the Teen Center's staff for their constant focus on and support of teen mental health! 💙🫶🖍

In mid-May, Seniors in Oakcrest's Biomedical Magnet got some hands-on experience performing autopsies on pigs to determine cause of death. During the lesson, the group dissected porcine brains, which they were more than happy to later use for a photo op! 🐷🧠🔪

On May 21, Oakcrest Juniors and Seniors and their guests attended the Nest's Greek Isles-themed Prom at the Flanders Hotel in Ocean City. All present had a blast posing, dancing, and celebrating the end of the school year (and, for some, their high school career) in style!

Congrats to Prom Queen Neyla DeJean-Selphin and Prom King Jasper Chiaramonte, and a huge shout-out to Mishelle Perona, whose decorations captured the "Stars over Santorini" vibe perfectly! 💃🧿🕺👑

Today, while visiting the State House and District Court in Trenton, our Mock Trial and APUSH students were delighted to meet New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill. After this they ran into OHS alumni Anthony Angelozzi who is currently representing District 8 in the State Assembly.

We here at Falcon Nation offer congratulations to the 5 Oakcrest students headed to States this weekend...

Running the 4x100:
💙 Dawain Jackson
💙 Thierry Romain
💙 Mason Rodriguez
💙 Robert Bell

Competing in the Long Jump:
💙Aliyah Gause

Good luck to all the student athletes representing the Nest this Friday and Saturday! 👟🏆💪

We'd like to shout out Oakcrest's Staff and Students of the Month for March and April, who were recently recognized for embodying Falcon Pride.

Congrats to March's winners (from L to R in photo 1)...
💙 Teacher Brianna Langhurst
💙 10th grader Jason Taylor
💙 9th grader Lincoln Valentin
💙 12th grader Ariel Bowling
💙 11th grader Ty Strommer
💙 12th grader Abagale Ranger
💙 11th grader Kevin Carrero Torres
💙 9th grader Angelina Allen-Dawson

...and April's winners (from L to R in photo 2)...
💙 Business teacher and Tennis Coach Brandon Wise
💙 10th grader Zoe Henry
💙 10th grader Andrew Nelson
💙 11th grader Jackson Goodwin
💙 9th grader Angelean Rosado Feliciano
💙 12th grader Joangely Irizarry Feliciano
💙 9th grader Alexa Hall
💙 11th grader Amelia York

Congrats to Oakcrest Junior Miyah Thomas and Senior Viona Lee, who both received Honorable Mentions for Representative Jeff Van Drew's Congressional Art Contest! Their beautiful pieces, "Whispers of the Tide" and "A Deer Friendship, are pictured here. 🎨🦌🌊

In early May, Oak's REACH Program took a trip to Stockton University, where they enjoyed an educational concert performed by the Bay Atlantic Symphony at the college's Performing Arts Center. A big thanks to all the talented musicians for exposing this lucky group of Falcons to live classical music! 🎻👏🎶

Big congrats to all the Oakcrest Falcons who participated in the annual Atlantic County Teen Arts Fest, held recently in downtown Hammonton. Three of the visual artists whose work was presented at the county level were chosen to be featured at the NJ State Teen Arts Festival. They are as follows...

🦀 "The Northern Feast," by Trinity Brown
🎨 "Tub," by Alivia Watson
🕊️ "The White Bird," by Viona Lee

Oakcrest's Art and Culinary Clubs recently teamed up to visit Philadelphia's Magic Gardens. After admiring the space's amazing mosaics, they made a pit stop at Philly's famed Reading Terminal Market, where they sampled foods from all over the world. 😋🚌🎨

Shout out to Oakcrest Junior Zoe Corea Gonzalez, who in late April was one of four award winners of the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office's Law Day Art Contest. Zoe received a ribbon and cash prize for her work, which is attached here! 🎨🏅💙

Lots of nominations for all 3 GEH schools today at the SNJ Cappies Awards Gala!

In late April, Oakcrest Boys' Tennis volunteered at the South Jersey Field of Dreams, located in nearby Absecon. Shout out to these Falcons and their coach, business teacher Brandon Wise, for giving their time to help disabled children and adults play and enjoy America's pastime. 🫶🫶🫶

Sending a HUGE shout-out to Oakcrest Seniors Abagale Ranger and Yahsir McNeal, who are each 1 of 5 finalists for Atlantic County's prestigious Old Grad Award! Yahsir is a 4-year member of the OHS Cross Country and Swim teams, and Abagale is a 4-year, 3-season athlete (Field Hockey, Swim, and LAX). OHS, who is so proud of these two accomplished members of Falcon Nation, was one of only two schools to have both a male AND female nominee! 👏💙👏💙

Shout-out to the Oakcrest Dance Program (and OHS Dance teacher extraordinaire Rachel Gaskill) for throwing an AMAZING spring concert last month! The students again brought down the house with their showmanship and talent! 👏👏👏