by Laura Phipps | Jan 27, 2021 | Admissions, Campus Life, Oak Hill Academy, OHA Parents
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....
by Laura Phipps | Jan 22, 2021 | Admissions, Oak Hill Academy, OHA Parents
Principal Todd Giszack announced recently that Cocobella P. is Oak Hill Academy’s “Student of Distinction” for the 4th interim. Cocobella is a freshman from Maryland. She is in her first year at Oak Hill. Though she’s been here a short time,...
by Laura Phipps | Jan 21, 2021 | Admissions, College Planning, Oak Hill Academy, OHA Parents
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...
by Laura Phipps | Jan 20, 2021 | Admissions, Oak Hill Academy, OHA Parents
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...
by Laura Phipps | Jan 20, 2021 | Admissions, Oak Hill Academy, OHA Parents
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...
by Laura Phipps | Jan 9, 2021 | Admissions, Oak Hill Academy, OHA Parents, Today on the Hill
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...
