Talk:Bishop Denis J. O'Connell High School

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[edit] More Information Needed (History and Folklore)

I was thinking about things to add to a potential "history and folklore" section of this page. One of them I thought of was the story of a plane crash on the O'Connell football feild, maybe about 20 years or so ago. I was told tha some kind of small aircraft like a cessna crashed into the football field behind O'Connell. If anyone can find any sources that corroborate this story or have anything to add, including other such stories, please let me know. --johnkellystyle 07:18, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

The health teachers are still talking about that one. Maybe also add in something about the school starting out divided by gender originally and how you weren't allowed to cross this one white line painted on campus. Not really appropriate for that section though. Outside Center 03:04, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

The gender division might be appropriate for the history part of that section, actually, so not totally off base. I never heard about the white line, but I can confirm, based on testimonials from family members who went to O'Connell in the 70s, that the genders were divided by building. As they explained, areas in the front (roughly from the cafeteria forward) were for one gender and from the cafeteria back was for another. I'm not sure which was which. Feel free to correct me on this one or clarify. --johnkellystyle 03:24, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Formatting/Organization

As a DJO alum, even though I'm not overcome with pride for the school, I'm a bit disappointed in the lack formatting and thoroghness of the page. I'll be working on updating it during the next few weeks. If anyone has any suggestions or things they'd like to add, let me know... or, just put it up there! --johnkellystyle 19:51, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

- Maybe add a section of famous sports figures for O'Connell. Scratch that just a famous graduates section. Outside Center 19:28, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

- So far, I've been able to add a "Notable Alumni" section to the Varsity Basketball section. I am going to try to look through the O'Connell Atheltic Hall of Fame and start adding some of those names, but that will take awhile. Also, I've looked around and I'm not sure where to find a listing of non-athletic notable alumni. If you are willing ot help at all with this, let me know. --johnkellystyle 06:43, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

-I'll try and help with anything you want on here. I don't know too much about current DJO. Outside Center 16:50, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

- ATTN: Don't forget about Tyler Young. Right now he is serving a 2 year mission, but will play basketball for Bosie State in 2008. If you have any questions regarding DJO Ill be glad to help. I graduated last year. You can email me at Adambaumgartner@gmail.com