OP Stories

Congratulations to OP juniors James Kim, Steven Fudenna, and Jack Coyne on their performance with the CJMEA Symphonic Honors Band. The band is comprised of students recommended by their directors from all over central New Jersey. The boys rehearsed and performed with nationally renowned composer and conductor Patrick Burns.

Catholic Schools Week is an opportunity to showcase and celebrate the rich traditions and the incredible value of Catholic education on both a local and national level. The theme for Catholic Schools Week 2019 is Catholic Schools: Learn. Serve. Lead. Succeed. Each day of the week focuses on a particular celebration. Click the headline for Oratory Prep’s schedule of events.

Eighth grader Brandon Franks was recently awarded a Silver Key Scholastic Award for his magnificent Raku pottery named Black Sea. Congratulations Brandon!

Senior John Spitznagel, of Summit, scored the 100th point of his high school hockey career on Monday in a game against St. Rose.

Click the headline to see the Class of 2019 Early College Returns. The list denotes colleges that our Class of 2019 has heard back from as of January 11, 2019. Regular decision applications and some Early Action decisions have yet to be included.

On Friday, January 18, Oratory Prep will be on a two-hour Delayed opening. All students should report to school by 10 AM. All buses and shuttles will run on a two hour delayed schedule. Please drive carefully.

Junior Jeff Jarvis got the 100th point of his high school hockey career on Sunday night in a matchup against Bayonne. He is the first player in the program's history to achieve this distinction.

OP hockey won their bracket's championship in the Essex Holiday Tournament after going 3-0 and out scoring opponents 18 to 7. The team picked up wins over Pascack Valley, Parsippany and Mendham. Great job by all the players.

At the Consortium Spelling Bee today, 7th Grader Michael Pasnik took 3rd place for JV and 8th Grader Quinn Boylan took 3rd place for Varsity. Congrats boys!

Click the headline to read an Advent reflection from Fr. Scott Pontes, Academic Dean of Religion at Oratory Prep.