Oscar Smith IB

📜 Congratulations to Samuel Crowe, a 2021 graduate of the IB Program at Oscar Smith High School, on being named a Rhodes Scholar! 👏 🎥 Check out this WAVY 10 story about Samuel: wavy.com/news/local-new…

Three of our students were recently honored by C-SPAN for their entries in the 2024 StudentCam Documentary Contest! 🎬🎥 Learn more here: studentcam.org/winners24.htm 🎉 Anderson Chan, Grassfield High School 🎉 Gabe Laney & Dayana Lynch, Oscar Smith High School

Every year, the IB Visual Arts seniors leave their marks on the walls of Oscar Smith with these beautiful murals. Congratulations to our Class of 2024!

Mrs. Sweimler's IB Seniors celebrated the end of the year with a kindergarten day. They had snacks, read Oh, the Places You'll Go, and made a hot air balloon craft in their college colors.

Thank you to our amazing IB parents who provided a delicious taco lunch for our teachers. It was incredibly thoughtful, and we are so fortunate to have them as part of our IB community.

Our intrepid Physics students were the first to sit for exams last week. Over the course of four weeks, our IB Seniors will take between 15-18 exams in pursuit of their IB Diplomas.

Congratulations to the Dewey Decimators, a team of English teachers including IB teachers Mr. Fipps and Mrs. Sweimler, for winning the CPS Educators Battle of the Books. They took home the bookworm trophy as well as $1,000 for the OSHS library!

Award-winning poet, Phoenix Banks has been selected to serve as the Hampton Roads Youth Poet Laureate Ambassador for Chesapeake. In addition, she recently won first place in the Longwood Young Writers Competition for her poem “Black Like Coal”. @OscarSmithHigh

Many thanks to IB English teacher, Marianne McMillin, for her commitment to Holocaust Education and for helping our students become "caring young people who help to create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect."

Congratulations to McKayla for placing Second in the Elie Wiesel Senior Essay Division, sponsored by Holocaust Commission of the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater. This is the 19th year a student from @OscarSmithHigh has placed in the competition.

Congratulations to D'mya. She was named the 2024 Norfolk Naval Shipyard Military Youth of the Year. She recently attended the Boys and Girls Clubs of America Virginia State Youth of the Year Competition in Roanoke, VA. What an incredible honor!

@vmfa is streaming into Ms. Jones’ IB Visual Arts I class @OscarSmithHigh & we are analyzing a piece in the museum. Great discussion. Beautiful artworks. Art inspires critical thinking! #YAM2024 @IBatSmith

Thank you to Hazen and Sawyer for celebrating World Water Day with us and talking to our sophomores about what it takes to be an engineer, sharing their local projects, and giving our students some hands-on experience solving a water problem.

The HUGE Life After High School event is a little more than a week away. #smithset @ofsambushnation

Thanks to @ChesHealthcare for letting our IB Juniors visit their facilities to learn about the variety of health careers available!

Congratulations to @OscarSmithHigh IB Sophomores Dayana and Gabe for earning honorable mention in C-Span's Student Cam 2024. They competed with 3,200 students nationwide. Thank you to teacher Marlana Gibson for guiding your students through this project! youtube.com/watch?v=dLfFUj…

Started the day with World Languages, & ended with Art! The @IBatSmith Senior Exhibition was outstanding. Students proudly & confidently spoke of their visions & artistic process when creating their pieces. @OscarSmithHigh #YAM2024

Congratulations to our talented IB Seniors, and their teacher Ms. Cat, for a successful Visual Arts Exhibition!

Congrats to the #Smith Chamber and Concert Orchestra on receiving the highest rating of SUPERIOR at the VBODA District IV Orchestra Assessment at GFHS the last two evenings. An amazing accomplishment for the young musicians and Ms Kringel. #smithset @ofsambushnation

C. Sarvis places FIRST in prose the VHSL Super Regional Forensics competition. She advances to the state competition! Congrats!!!