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!

O’Dea’s 5th annual Beards for Bros campaign, raising money to support adolescent medicine at Children’s Hospital, is officially underway. Students have until February 22nd to raise money for the campaign, and students who raise at least $100 can grow a beard from February 25th through March 29th, when we hold our closing Beards for Bros assembly which includes the official “beard judging” ceremony. Donations should be made through O’Dea’s Fighting Irish Fighting Cancer guild website. Donors should specify which student’s fundraising efforts they are supporting by putting the student’s name in the “Name of student I am supporting” section. Any student raising a minimum of $100 by February 22nd is eligible to participate in beard growing!

Students do not have to raise $100 to participate! They can also simply donate towards a classmate’s fundraising efforts, and/or they can purchase exclusive B4B merchandise! This year we have long-sleeved t-shirts, lanyards, and decals for sale. All proceeds go towards the Fighting Irish Fighting Cancer guild. The purchase of a B4B shirt earns a student free relaxed dress every Friday in March (he needs to wear the shirt to get relaxed dress). Let’s get 100% participation from the student body!

Thank you to all students, families, alumni, faculty and staff for their support of this important campaign!

The 2018 O’Dea Holiday Broadcast, held at St. George Parish School on December 4th was an evening of music and drama. Music Director Paul Marenco led the O’Dea Band in performing Ancient Echoes, Hark! The Herald Angel Sings, We Three Kings, and American Bell Carol. Holy Names Academy and O’Dea actors performed the December 21,1950 radio episode of Suspense: Christmas for Carole. The evening ended with the O’Dea Choir performing For My Brother and Joshua Fit de Battle of Jericho. We thank St. George Parish School for their incredible hospitality and participation in O’Dea Arts.

Thank you to the O’Dea community for all your support of the Canned Food Drive for Northwest Harvest. As a school we collected 4,221.9 pounds of food! We also raised a donation of $2,398 between our relaxed dress day and the generous gift of an anonymous O’Dea donor. Thank you to the National Honors Society students who weighed the donations and did all the heavy lifting. Another great example of the young men at O’Dea High School living lives of character, faith, and service.