Oakcrest High School

Lost today vs Cherokee, but great wins by Nikola Pepovski and Akeno Purugganan.

Individual Tournament at Audubon HS today! Great job Gabriel Gallegos who came in 12th out of 93 players.

In late December, Oakcrest's chapter of the National Honor Society hosted its semi-annual Red Cross Blood Drive, at which 120 lives were saved. Shout out to all the Falcons who donated blood and ran this very important event! Missed your chance to give? Another Drive will be held in the spring! 🩸💙💉

Shout out to the Oakcrest Dance program, who hosted a number of local vendors, artists, and business owners at their annual Christmas Craft Show in mid-December. The event was a bustling success, and the dancers in attendance even performed some holiday-themed numbers to entertain all who were selling and buying! 🎅👯‍♀️🎄

Oakcrest Wrestling is currently undefeated in their conference and has had some big successes thus far this season! At the recent Schalick classic, Sophomore Joseph Sanchez took 1st place in his weight class and Seniors Heriberto Curtidor and Erick Montas-Arias earned 2nd and 3rd place, respectively. The team will hit the road this afternoon for a tough match-up against Middle Township. Best of luck to every Falcon on the mat today! 🤼💪💙

Oakcrest's Dance Team and classes are already busy preparing for their spring performance, but they brought the house down in early December with their annual Winter Concert. Shout out to Dance teacher extraordinaire Rachel Gaskill for all her hard work organizing the show, and a big congrats to every performer for their dazzling performances! 💃🕺🩰

Oakcrest's Science Club can often be seen around Mays Landing caring for the community by picking up litter. In December, the group worked to beautify the Nest itself by picking up trash and recyclables around the football field. A big thanks to every student and staff member involved in this community service event! 🗑️🏈💙

In conjunction with our community partners at the Township of Hamilton Police Department, we ask all Hamilton residence to take this opportunity to provide feedback directly to the department. Please see the attached for more information or visit this link: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1BcTW8JDYc/

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Oakcrest's chapter of the National Honor Society continues to strengthen its ties to Hamilton Township schools and the community at large. In early December, OHS NHS members teamed up with WDMS's National Junior Honor Society to wrap gifts donated and collected by HTSD employees. A big thanks to every Falcon and Dragon who helped put a gift under the tree and a smile on the face of a child in need! 💙🎁❤️🎄

With the holiday season over, it's easy to get caught up in the mid-winter blues. But students in Oakcrest's Drama Club are likely to stay in a festive mood looking back on their mid-December trip to see Elf at the Surflight Theatre in Beach Haven. In addition to enjoying the musical, the group got to participate in a Q&A with the theatre's artistic director, Steve Steiner. A big shout out to teacher and drama director Brianna Langhurst for arranging this awesome opportunity! 🎅🎁🎭

In late November, students in teacher Jessica Megill's Adventures in Literature classes volunteered as tribute during the 2nd annual Hunger Games simulation. Participating Juniors and Seniors, who had just read Suzanne Collins's novel, took on various roles, including mentors, stylists, escorts, and game makers. The event had a charitable aspect, as well, as the teams were encouraged to collect canned goods, which were donated to a local food pantry. Props to Ms. Megill for all her hard work, and congrats to District 4 (Cash O'Brien and Joseph El) who won the day! 🕊️🏹🥫

The next Student and Staff of the Month breakfast is right around the corner, but we still wanted to shout out last month's very deserving honorees! From left to right:

Teacher Jason Hearn, 9th grader Adonis Smith, 10th grader Lorelai Slack, 9th grader Benjamin Custis, 12th graders Rieley Booye and Kyle Bosket, 11th grader Madison Mason, 10th grader Delaney Mason, 11th grader Ava Phillips, and teacher Garry Voss.

Congrats to all! 💙👏💙

It's college application and acceptance season, and a large group of Oakcrest students got a leg up on securing their future plans when they attended November's 27th annual Malcolm Bernard Historically Black College Fair in Willingboro, NJ. Every Falcon in attendance was admitted to at least one institution on the spot, and many received merit-based scholarships. Props to all involved in this awesome opportunity! 💙🎓📚

It was a big week for Oakcrest Athletics: every game played thus far this week was won by the Falcons!

🏀 On Tuesday, both Boys and Girls Basketball took down the Buena Chiefs. The Lady Falcons are looking to establish a 3-game winning streak as they take on St. Joe tonight!

🤼 Currently undefeated Oakcrest Wrestling beat up on St. Joe, earning a big 50-17 win. They go up against 0-5 Palmyra tonight.

🏊‍♂️ Yesterday, both Boys and Girls Swimming were victorious against Atlantic City. The boys, who are currently 6-0, will take on a very tough Ocean City team on Monday.

Props to this group of student athletes and their coaches for all their hard work and dedication! 👏👏👏

Due to the ongoing power issue, Oakcrest High School will be dismissing students at 9:30 a.m to go home. All normal bus routes will be running at that time. Parents who plan to pick up their student may do so beginning at 9:30. We ask that all pickups follow normal end-of-day procedures to ensure a safe and orderly dismissal. As this is Friday, we expect to be functioning on Monday. We will provide an update over the weekend. Thank you for patience and cooperation.

Congratulations to Nikola Pepovski and Lucas Dodson today for winning their matches against Shawnee HS. We came up one game short from winning the match, but they were competitive and close games.

Congrats to the OHS 3D Art students who entered and WON the Atlantic County Utilities Authority's 11th annual recycled art contest! Juniors Tanner Clark, Maliyah Hayes, and Connor Bald took home 1st place, 2nd place, and an honorable mention, respectively; and Senior Jasper Chiaramonte won a 3rd place ribbon. 🎨🧑‍🎨♻️

Tomorrow's the OFFICIAL start to the holiday season (no shade to those members of Falcon Nation who've had a Christmas tree up for weeks 🎄👀)! If you're looking to get in the spirit and check some items off your shopping list, come out to the Oakcrest Dance Booster Club's annual Christmas Craft Show on Saturday, December 13! 🎁🎅🩰

Students from Oakcrest Media and the Digital Communications Magnet program traveled to The Funny Farm to create a promotional video to showcase the services that owner Laurie Zaleski and her volunteer staff provide to local rescue animals and the community. For more info about Laurie's story, the farm or how you can help their cause, visit funnyfarmrescue.org