During the summer 2019, three O’Dea student leaders attended a five-day Mt. Olympus Leadership Camp.  Aarun Hendrickson ’20, Konrad Gerhardt ’20, and Thomas Endashaw ’21 joined over 250 students from around Washington State to learn leadership skills, develop relationships, and create action plans to implement during the upcoming school year. Thank you to these young men for taking time during their summer break to represent O’Dea and plan for the coming year.

The Fighting Irish teamed up with the Seattle Seahawks to put on the school’s first ever Gatorade Football Camp at Genesse Playfield. The camp was a huge success with over 150 kids in attendance, ranging from ages 7-14. Together they learned football fundamentals from over 25 O’Dea football Coaches and current players. Seahawks legend, wide receiver, Ben Obomanu, also helped with drills, signed autographs and gave a motivating talk to wrap up the day. An awesome time was had by all. GO IRISH!

During the 2019 Easter Vacation, eleven O’Dea students spent their time in a small town outside of Cusco, Peru, working to help build Greenhouses for the community. After four days of hard work at 10,000 feet elevation, the Irish finished one Greenhouse and dug the foundation for another. The community was so grateful for all the work done which will allow the community to grow and sell crops and flowers year round to sell at the local market to support their families. In addition, the boys got to visit World Heritage site, Macchu Picchu. It was an amazing experience that benefited both the community of Cusco and all the young men at O’Dea who attended.

The 5th Annual Beards for Bros campaign has come to an end and the O’Dea students and community raised over $10,000 for adolescent medicine research at Seattle Children’s Hospital. The closing assembly featured the popular beard contest in which student judges from Holy Names Academy judged student beard growers in categories such as “Best Chinstrap,” “Best Goatee”, and “Best Effort!” Thank you to all students, faculty, staff, families, community members, and alumni that helped support this important cause!

Pictured in this photo is the Fighting Irish, Fighting Cancer Junior Guild members: Matthew Suk, Hank Przelenski, Jack Irwin, and Mishael Powell, with our invited guest speaker, Milton Wright III, Children’s Intensive Care Unit employee and cancer survivor.

Congratulations to Coach Jason Kerr and the Fighting Irish Basketball Team on bringing home the State Championship with an astounding 70-39 victory over #2 seed, Mt. Spokane, in the WIAA 3A Hardwood Classic.

Click HERE to view the whole article in The Seattle Times. GO IRISH!