Brendan Cabrera ’19, a Youth Ambassador for the Washington Trails Association, recently arranged a Trail Work Party at Soaring Eagle Park in Sammamish.  Nine student volunteers from O’Dea worked for eight hours to create new drainage ways for standing water. At the end of the day, students had managed to create 42 different drainage systems along the trail.  These gentlemen worked hard and had fun while maintaining one of the many trails in Washington. Thank you to Brendan for organizing such an important act of service, and for the rest of the student volunteers for giving so generously of your time.

From Left to Right: Alec Feldman, Jayan White, Hank Przelenski, Pete King, Marc Pavlovec, Jackson Allison, Brendan Cabrera, Michael Miner, Zach Lee

Peter Gockowski ’18 recently organized a group of Eagle Scouts to help restore a wall outside of Seattle Center’s Memorial Stadium. After one of Peter’s football games he learned that Memorial Stadium was built in 1947 to honor Seattle high-school student alumni who died in World War II. Nearly 800 people are listed on the wall. After noticing that the wall was partly obscured by trash-strewn, overgrown hedges, Peter obtained permission from Seattle Public Schools for a cleanup.

Click HERE to read the full article in The Seattle Times and HERE to listen to an interview with Peter, his Dad and Monte Kohler on the Dave Ross Radio Show.

Thank you to Peter for all of his hard work and for noticing the important need in our community. Yet another example of the young men at O’Dea living lives of character, faith and service.

The Seattle Chapter of the National Football Foundation held their 52nd Annual Scholar-Athlete Awards Banquet on February 25, 2018 at Century Link Field. Each year, the Seattle Chapter awards scholarships to local Scholar-Athletes who are nominated by their coaches. A selection committee consisting of former coaches, players and administrators perform the difficult task of narrowing the list down to four backs and four linemen. Congratulations to Fighting Irish linemen, Jack Markowitz ’18, on being honored with the top scholarship of $2,000. Go Irish!

O’Dea and Holy Names drama students are busy rehearsing for their newest drama and can’t wait to share the laughs with you. The Imaginary Invalid will be performed at Holy Names Academy February 23rd at 7:00pm, February 24th at 2:00pm and 7:00pm, and February 25th at 2:00pm. Admission is $5 for students and seniors and $10 for adults. All are welcome!

The No. 4 Irish used a 16-0 run to open the second half and beat the No. 8 Panthers 62-48 to wrap up the regular season. The Irish will now enter the Metro League Playoffs. To view the 2018 Metro League 3A Boys Boys District Championship bracket click HERE.

And click HERE to read the full article in the Seattle Times recapping the Irish victory over the Seattle Prep Panthers.