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February 12, 2021

Ready for Our Close-Up!

Oak Hill Academy’s Student Affairs Director shares a little game he created. How often do you notice the little things? The yard sign on your way to class in the morning, the pattern of the brick walkway, the statue in the garden? In an effort to get students into the… Read More
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February 5, 2021

Oak Hill’s Core Values

Like many organizations, Oak Hill Academy has established a set of core values.  These four central statements of purpose drive our procedures and inform our practice.  They’re non-negotiable. Our students know them.  Our parents know them.  And our school community revolves around them. Community, Responsibility, Moral… Read More
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February 4, 2021

Peers Helping Peers

Oak Hill Academy’s Student Affairs Director describes another layer of academic support: students helping one another.   At Oak Hill we provide academic support to students who may be struggling in certain content areas. And that support comes not just in the classroom. It comes also with one-on-one… Read More
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February 1, 2021

Benefits of Dorm Life

OHA’s Student Affairs Director highlights the social and emotional learning that takes place in our dormitories. One of the values of boarding school, and Oak Hill Academy in particular, is that we live together. Students don’t just attend class and go home; this is their home. When students leave the… Read More
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January 27, 2021

Developing Leaders

OHA Student Affairs Director outlines some of our campus leadership opportunities. Being a student leader at a boarding school can be challenging. We ask students to lead peers who may be their same age, or even older. Leaders also live together with those they lead. Despite (or maybe because… Read More
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January 22, 2021

Meet OHA’s latest “Student of Distinction”

Cocobella P. ’24 Principal Todd Giszack announced recently that Cocobella P. is Oak Hill Academy’s newest “Student of Distinction.” Cocobella is a freshman from Maryland. She is in her first year at Oak Hill. Though she’s been here a short time, Cocobella already has distinguished herself as a positive force… Read More
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January 21, 2021

College Applications … Stressful?

In our culture today, the words “college applications” and “stress” seem to go hand in hand for high school students and their parents. Just give it a try – think for a moment about the words “college applications” and notice how you feel. Relaxed, calm, giddy? Most likely not! There is… Read More
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January 20, 2021

OHA Routines Soothe Teens

OHA’s Counseling Director highlights our school’s reassuring structure. Teenagers have so much to accomplish! Not just homework and extracurriculars … but internal work, too. Their brains are developing rapidly. They’re trying to figure out who they are–and how to manage their thoughts and emotions. They’re making constant social and academic… Read More
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January 20, 2021

January 2021 Update from Student Affairs

Oak Hill Academy Student Affairs Director offers observations and a hopeful outlook for our Spring Semester. We are more than one week into our second semester, and midway through “phase 2” of our COVID mitigation plan as we work toward a more normal semester here on “The Hill.” We’re tucked… Read More
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January 9, 2021

Campus Life Update: Highlighting the Deans

One of the defining aspects of Oak Hill Academy’s Residential Life program is our dedicated staff. We are unlike many (if not most) boarding schools across the country. Because at OHA, serving as a resident manager is our staff’s primary job – not just a secondary role behind teaching or… Read More
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