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We’re celebrating five OC students of 72,000 students from across the country who earned academic honors from College Board’s National Recognition Programs! The National Recognition Programs honor the strong academic achievements of underrepresented students.

8th grade students from Sacred Heart Elementary School were on campus working with OC students and Art Teacher, Mrs. Meg Koroly. Students worked on painting individual butterflies to represent the 1.5 million children killed during the Holocaust.

We are excited to announce that Oakland Catholic High School has earned the College Board's AP® Computer Science Female Diversity Award for expanding young women’s access to AP Computer Science Principles (CSP). This award acknowledges 1,127 schools for their work toward equal gender representation during the 2022-23 school year.

Caterina Veneziano has always known she would pursue a career in education. Cat is a Duquesne University senior working diligently towards two degrees.

CMU's mobile lab team were on campus to work with Mr. Graner's 3rd period Physics II class.  These CMU students represented their electrical engineering outreach team.

The 2012 OC Chess Team has finally been officially recognized for their PA State Chess Federation Championship!

 Several Class of 2022 graduates agreed to serve as panelists for each class period.  Many of them eagerly committed for the whole day. OC provided a light breakfast and lunch for the panelists.  It was so nice to see these confident and glowing young women come back to share insight and advice with current seniors! 

OC had seven students compete in the PRSEF Fair held at the Carnegie Science Center on March 29th. These students put a lot of hard work into their research, poster, and fair day presentation!

Emma was one of two members of CommRadio, Penn State’s premier student-run radio station, selected to cover Super Bowl LVII as an on-site analyst. She spent three days on Radio Row conducting interviews with former and current NFL players and media personnel as well as co-hosting two pregame shows!

Mr. Steve Graner's EPIC class is highlighted in the Februrary 2023 issue of Parent Magazine! Read the article in the STEAMForward section wtitten by Ann Howley.

Ann K. Howley of Pittsburgh Parent Magazine spoke with OC President, Mary Claire Kasunic about making education decisions. "She advises parents to consider the mission and philosophy of a school..."  Click here to read the full article! 

OC Alumna, Leah Smith was recently awarded the Perseverance Award at USA Swimming's Golden Goggle Awards event in New York City!

OC Alumna, Audrey Hickton Dégez, OCHS'06 has been in the thick of producing, co-directing, and acting with Slovo Theater Group, a unique artistic residency for Ukrainian artists from Kharkiv. Audrey's cast and crew will present their work "MotherMotherLand" in two performances at Point Park Playhouse's Highmark Theatre, December 15 and 16!

Students in Mr. Graner's class built Capacitor Pianos! The goal was to create four touch sensitive keys out of tin foil that would play different frequencies when pressed. 

On Thursday, November 17th, Oakland Catholic inducted 75 juniors and seniors into the National Honor Society. Congratulations to our 2022 Inductees!

Great work being done by OC Alumna Liza Wilson in her research for University of Buffalo and with the National Science Foundation!

OC Alumnae, Leah Smith is nominated for the Perseverance Award, a prestigious award from the USA Swimming Foundation.

Congratulations to OC alumna, Maile Oravitz on her role as Lois/Ensemble in Pittsburgh CLO's production of A Chorus Line.

Mallory Dietrich, OCHS'06 has quite the resume. Mallory attributes the foundation of her success to the regimen she established while at Oakland Catholic.