Cardinal O'Hara High School is one of many Catholic high schools in the Delaware County area. O'Hara is a cluster of all the local Catholic grade schools, and even the local public middle schools too. Being an O'Hara student automatically makes you a member of a big family. With pride, excellence, and tradition, we are all proud to be an O'Hara Lion, and display our pride in red and blue!
You know you went to Cardinal O'Hara when:
1. You started your day with prayer in your homeroom.
"Good morning Cardinal O'Hara, please stand for our morning prayers."
2. You had three minutes to rush to class.
There were barely any breaks in between classes, so hurry and get to class before you get written up!
3. You bragged to other schools about your early Friday dismissal.
We all looked forward to Friday's knowing we got out of school at 1:35 p.m. instead of the usual 2:30 p.m. dismissal. Such a privilege!
4. We all wore the same uniform.
Shirts "tucked in," skirts rolled up, holes in tights, bucks, and that awkward hole in your sweater where your elbows are. Even though we all agree they were very comfy.
5. The candy counter trips.
Watermelon lollipops and mambas were an everyday thing.
6. Having the biggest rivalry in DELCO.
O'Hara VS. Bonner athletic games were the best to attend.
7. Having to pay $10 to get your own phone back.
Cell phones were strictly prohibited during class. If a teacher caught you, you would have to pay $10 for it back and attend a Saturday morning detention.
8. Love to sing along at Mass.
Indescribable... uncontainable....
9. Earning different colored lanyards.
If you kept a certain GPA, and were involved in school, you were awarded a different colored lanyard and a doughnut. Whoo!
10. Your classroom was stinkbug infested.
Wherever you looked, in every corner, there would be at least 10 stink bugs.
11. You had no air conditioning.
We all dreaded those long summer school days. Our thighs sticking to the chairs, and being so uncomfortably hot.
12. You went on Kairos.
Everyone enjoyed the Kairos experience their senior or junior year. It is a memory most will hold onto for their lifetime!
13. You owned a Jansport backpack.
Chances are you had a Jansport, put no books in it, and wore it with the strings all the way up. That's just how it was.
14. We were "all in"
We heard and proudly strutted this saying almost every day. We never let any member of the O'Hara community "fight alone." Being an O'Hara lion meant you were a part of a family, and always had a second home.
