OP Stories

The Screenagers viewing scheduled for Thursday, November 15th has been cancelled due to the inclement forecast.

Given the inclement forecast and timing of the snow, Oratory Prep will be on a half-day session for Thursday, November 15th. Students will be dismissed at 11:50. All students should be picked up by noon. Shuttles and buses will run on a half day session. All after-school activities and after-school supervision are canceled.

Several members of the Model UN club attended the annual conference at Horace Mann School on Saturday, October 27. The day was long and tiring but a lot of fun.

Ryan Whyte, 9th grader at Oratory Prep, has achieved the rank of First Class in a Court of Honor ceremony held on October 25th at the Cranford United Methodist Church. Ryan is a member of Boy Scout Troop 75 of Cranford NJ.

Maximus Russo became Oratory’s first cross country Union County champion outpacing the competition with a 16:07. The Rams placed fourth overall behind Max and excellent runs from Eric Rhines who ran his personal best and Fernando Aviles. The top seven finished 18:02 and better. JV also finished fourth in the county, led by Jack Sula.

The Cross Country Team won the Union County Conference Mountain Division Championship yesterday. Junior Maximus Russo took first overall, clocking a 16:10. Congratulations!

The team of William Brown, Colin Reis, Nico Stauffer, Greg Jones, Greg Gentile and Chris Cowell placed 2nd at the Middle School Consortium Chess Tournament on Tuesday, October 16th.

Congratulations to seniors Fernando Aviles and Daniel Malave who were named National Hispanic Recognition Program Scholars. Both Fernando and Dan scored in the top 2.5% among Hispanic and Latino PSAT/NMSQT test takers in our region.

The Associate Head of School, Owen McGowan, of Oratory Prep announced today that Aidan Jones, Chris Ocker, Sean Pelcher, Nick Sannito, and Chris Uustal have been named Commended Students in the 2019 National Merit Scholarship Program. A Letter of Commendation from the school and National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC), which conducts the program, will be presented by the Associate Head of School to these scholastically talented seniors.

Click the headline to see our list of AP Scholars which includes a National AP Scholar, the highest honor awarded.