Oakcrest High School

In late March, students from Mr. Brandon Wise's business classes visited the George L. Hess Educational Complex, where they taught first graders the basics of financial literacy. All of the Falcons in attendance had a blast spending their day educating these very enthusiastic Hess Hornets! 💙💰🖍️

In late March, Oakcrest's Biomedical Magnet students attended the program's annual Career Symposium, during which they were treated to presentations about a variety of jobs available in the medical field. All of this year's presenters graduated from Greater Egg schools, including...

🩺 Alexa Petrosh, Oakcrest and University of Pennsylvania Grad and Pediatric ICU Nurse
🩺 Sean Adair, Oakcrest Grad and Physician Assistant in Dermatology
🩺 Stefanie Bray, Cedar Creek Grad and Radiation Therapist

Big thanks to all the teachers involved in the organization of this event and to all the alumni who donated their time and expertise to help these ambitious Falcons!

The Falcons are on a roll this week!

🥎 Oakcrest Softball handed Mainland their second loss of the season, winning 9-3 and improving their record to 3-1. The Lady Falcons take on ACIT tomorrow afternoon!

🥍With their wins over Cherry Hill West and Gloucester Catholic, Boys' LAX improved to 5-0, breaking several records in the process: Gavin Csaszar now holds the single game record for goals, assists, and points, and Cole Sanders set a new single game ground ball record. The Falcons take on Lower Cape May Regional TOMORROW!

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ICYMI, Oakcrest Athletics had some notable victories yesterday...

🎾 Boys Tennis is on a 3-game winning streak: they took down Atlantic City and brought their record to 3-1. They travel to play Wildwood Catholic this afternoon.

🥎 OHS Softball beat previously undefeated Middle Township in 8 innings. The Lady Falcons are now 2-1 and will take on a tough Mainland team at home on Wednesday.

🥍 Girls' Lacrosse won in Collingswood yesterday, improving to 4-2 and establishing a 4-game winning streak. The girls will travel to play Gloucester Catholic on Wednesday.

In late March, Oakcrest students travelled to Collingswood, NJ to attend the Hispania American Show: a Live Celebration of Latin American Culture, Music, and Dance. After moving and grooving to some of the most popular rhythms of the Spanish-speaking world, the group headed to Philadelphia to eat their way around Reading Terminal Market! 💃🕺😋

Good Morning,

At this time, all power has been restored at Oakcrest High School. We have resumed our normal half-day schedule.

Good morning, at this time, a substantial part of Oakcrest high school does have electric. While lighting is affected in some areas, staff and students are able to proceed safely at this time. Because we are on a shortened day schedule already, we would like very much to complete the day and provide food to our students. We are proceeding with our normal shortened day schedule at this time and do anticipate completing the day at 12 noon. We will provide an additional update in approximately 30 to 40 minutes.

Oakcrest's Lacrosse and Tennis programs chalked up some notable successes yesterday afternoon...

🥍 OHS Girls' LAX earned its first win of the season, taking down Highland with a score of 15-1! They battle Millville this afternoon at home.
🥍 Boys' LAX won their 3rd straight game, beating Highland 16-0 and bringing their record to 3-0! They take on Cherry Hill East in mid-April.
🎾 Boys' Tennis took down district rival Cedar Creek, bringing their record to 2-1. They see Atlantic City at home after Spring Break.

Congrats to all! 💙💙💙

Huge Congrats to Oakcrest's Salutatorian, Poonam Patel, and Valedictorian, Kaitlyn Ho! 🎓🏅📚

💙 Poonam is a Galloway Township resident and Biomedical Magnet student who is a valuable member of a number of clubs, such as Math and Science Club, and student government organizations, including Student and Class Council, National Honor Society, and the 8th Grade Shadowing Program.

💙 Kaitlyn Ho is an OHS Biomed student who has been on the volleyball and dance teams for all 4 of her years at the Nest. She is a part of Class Council, NHS, and Mock Trial, serves as Oak's student representative on the Board of Education, AND attends ACCC in the morning before making her way back to Oakcrest for her afternoon classes.

Falcon Nation is so proud of all these ladies have accomplished and looks forward to seeing where life takes them! 👏👏👏

Recently, advisors Kevin Costello and Jason Thomas along with the student leaders from the Oakcrest Safe Roads Coalition traveled to the Hess School to share their campaign and safe roads message with students in 5th grade classes. Hess students created posters in art class and participated in activities about speaking up for safety in their school and community.

Falcon Nation would like to give a HUGE shout-out to the soon-to-be-opened Black Horse Pike location of famed drive-thru coffee shop 7 Brew, which helped Oakcrest's staff get a much-needed caffeine fix when they dropped off some utterly delicious iced beverages earlier this week! Be sure to check out their EHT location, which is opening soon! ☕🧊🚗

Come out to the OHS PAC tonight at 6:30 PM, Friday night at 6:30, or Saturday afternoon at 1:30 to watch the Oakcrest Thespian Society present The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical! 🌩️💙🎭

Members of the Oakcrest Class of 2026 recently returned from their Senior Trip to Walt Disney World in sunny Florida. All in attendance (students AND chaperones) had a blast visiting the Happiest Place on Earth! OHS Juniors: keep your eyes peeled for more information about next year's excursion to Orlando! 🐭🏰☀

Last week, Oakcrest High School proudly hosted its 26th Annual Women’s History Breakfast, organized by history teachers Vince Sera and Jake Matlock. A big thanks to all the incredible speakers from the Atlantic County Women’s Hall of Fame (namely Nicole Williams, Linda Bazemore, Theresa McReynolds, Ann Arena, and Fran Wise), who inspired the 12th grade girls in attendance with their powerful messages about perseverance, strength, and leadership. 💙💙💙

Last week, Oakcrest's concert band, directed by teacher Rick Schwartz, visited Rowan University to perform at the South Jersey Band and Orchestra Directors Association's annual festival. The OHS student-musicians in attendance brought the house down (and made Falcon Nation proud) with their stellar performance! A big round of applause to all involved! 🎻🎷🎶

Oakcrest alumna Corinne Calderon is working toward her Bachelor of Social Work at Stockton University and is currently interning at OHS's on-campus AtlantiCare Teen Center. Corinne, a member of the Oakcrest Class of 2022, recently started meeting weekly with the building's REACH classes to implement a Social Emotional Learning Storytime and Discussion Group. During each session, Ms. Calderon and her students explore important topics like setting healthy boundaries, improving focus and attention, and developing positive coping methods. A big round of applause to another Falcon who's left the Nest to make the world a better place! 💙👏💙

Falcon Nation, get yourselves ready for Spirit Week, which starts Monday and will be capped off by Friday's Spring Pep Rally! 💙📣🌸