The Parent-Teacher Organization (PTO) directly supports the school through various events and fundraising activities throughout the school year. Traditional activities supported by the PTO are Back to School Night, the Faculty & Staff Christmas Breakfast, the Foreign Language Honor Society Induction Ceremony, the Baccalaureate Breakfast and the All-Night Grad Party. Each year the PTO donates approximately $25,000 to the school and $3,000 to the Sisters of the IHM who teach at the school. The PTO supports various other initiatives to benefit a majority of O'Connell students as fundraising efforts allow.
As parents of students at O'Connell, we are all members of the PTO, and parent involvement is the key to the PTO providing for the O’Connell Community. Please visit our Volunteer Sign-Up Page to view a comprehensive list of volunteer opportunities.
The September General PTO meeting is held with the full membership on Back to School Night in the auditorium. The PTO Board usually meets the first Monday of the month during the school year. Check the PTO Calendar below for the specific time and place. We welcome any parent or faculty member to join us at our monthly PTO Board meetings. If you would like to attend a monthly meeting or become involved in one of our committees, please contact one of the PTO Officers listed below.
For more information about our PTO Spiritual Life Committee, visit www.bishopoconnell.org/spirituallife.
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If you have any questions, please feel free to email ptowaysmeans@bishopoconnell.
President
Brenda Hawk
pto@bishopoconnell.org
Vice President
Stephanie Brenickmeyer
pto@bishopoconnell.org
Treasurer
Maria Rudolph
ptotreasurer@bishopoconnell.org
Secretary
pto@bishopoconnell.org
Ways and Means
Stephanie Brenickmeyer
ptowaysmeans@bishopoconnell.org
Used Book Sale
Melody Ballesteros
usedbooksale@bishopoconnell.org
Communications
pto@bishopoconnell.org
Faculty Representative
Monica Stabile
mstabile@bishopoconnell.org
Athletics Boosters
Fine Arts Boosters
Volunteer Coordinator
Priscilla Giannelli
ptovolunteercoordinator@bishopoconnell.org
Hospitality/Mothers’ Club
Karen Becht
ptohospitality@bishopoconnell.org
All-Night Grad Party
ptoangp@bishopoconnell.org
Baccalaureate Breakfast
Marylou Bergeron
Cath Drahozal
ptobacbreakfast@bishopoconnell.org
Spiritual Life Committee
Lori Koch
ptoedspirit@bishopoconnell.org
We all grocery shop anyway, so why not put your regular shopping habits to work for O'Connell. Please register your store cards now and designate O'Connell as the beneficiary of these cash-back programs.
1) Giant A+ Bonus Bucks—Go to www.giantfood.com/aplus, enter your card number, and our school code: 02225.
2) Harris Teeter Together in Education —Go to www.harristeeter.com/community/together_in_education, click on “Link your VIC card” (at the bottom of the page), and enter our school code: 5121.
3) Safeway eScrip-Go to www.escrip.com, click on “Sign up—it’s Free!” and enter our school code: 6475797.
4) Target Red Card—Go to www.target.com, click on “RedCards” at the top of the page, then click on “Enroll in Take Charge of Education,” and enter our school code: 18499.
If you have ANY questions or would like a registration sheet sent directly to you, contact ptowaysandmeans@bishopoconnell.org.