The O’Neal Quarterly •
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Model UN travels to Washington D.C. to compete for the first time. The 7-member team is awarded Outstanding Small Delegation. Senior Andrew Martin wins Best Delegate Award in the Cabinet of China and Diplomacy Award. Freshmen Jamie Wenzel and Téa Waldt receive Verbal Mention for Peru’s representation in INTERPOL. Thanks to The Country Book Shop, guest author Lauren Myracle visits lower school students. She is the coauthor of the Upside Down Magic series. Varsity girls basketball wins the Eastern Plains Independent Conference (EPIC) regular season undefeated 12-0.
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AFRIZO, a student vocal group from Daystar University in Kenya performs for O’Neal students.
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O’Neal freshmen Chloe Shen, Téa Waldt, Zoey King and Naomi Johnson all earn honorable mention awards for their short stories submitted to the 2018 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards.
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O’Neal cheer teams do well at the Liberty Classic. The exhibition team wins an Excellence Award. The middle school team wins 2nd place in their division. The varsity team wins 1st in their division as well as GRAND Champion out of 11 teams! O’Neal hosts the 3rd annual middle school Science Olympiad Invitational with sixteen teams from around the state participating.
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Senior Ellie Henry is elected Homecoming Queen by her peers. She is escorted by her brother, sophomore Sam Henry.
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Upper School trims the tree with hats, mittens and scarves as well as hosts a coat drive for the Coalition for Human Care. A Toys for Tots Drive is held in the Middle School and Upper School. Lower School donates “Bags of Cheer“ to the Coalition and Guardian Ad Litem. The O’Nealers and Middle School Chorus visit assisted living facilities to sing to residents for the holidays.
WINTER 2018 •
The FCA makes gifts for “Build the Village”, an orphanage in Kenya.
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Nine students from the Class of 2018 and 2019 were inducted into the National Honor Society. They are: (Class of 2018) Xirui Du, Jieying Han and Signe Healy (Class of 2019) Tazreean Ahmed, Zirui Guo, Talia Ferrerio, Fanqi Meng, Ryan Ritter-Diosdado, and Peter Seifert.
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O’Neal runners, cheerleaders and Key Club members all participated in the annual community Reindeer Fun Run. O’Neal’s 4th grade student Corbin Weeks placed 16th overall and 1st place in his age group of 84 9-year-olds!
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O’Neal’s international students were invited to dinner at the Chancellor’s home by Robin and Rebecca Cummings to meet UNC-Pembroke international students.
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The Parents’ Association holds a successful annual book fair leading up to Special Persons’ Day in the Lower School.