Community Engagement

Classroom learning alongside real-world impact that helps students realize their power for good as citizens of local and global communities

How do I use my skills, knowledge, passions, and convictions to make change?

Students at OES experience Community Engagement in three ways:

  • integrated into classroom curricula
  • embedded in school-wide ongoing commitments and Seasons 
  • experienced through initiatives focused on impact in our broader community

The school year is broken into three seasons: the Season of Light, Season of Action, and Season of Commitment. By coming together school-wide in these shared seasons, students, faculty, and families can take collective steps toward justice. Each season provides opportunities for different styles of engagement, whether it’s through raising awareness, building relationships, taking direct action, or committing classroom learning to ongoing impact in the community. Click here to read more about our Seasons of Commitment. 

Kristen Haferbecker

Kristen Haferbecker

Lower School Music, All-School Community Engagement Coordinator
Melissa Robinson

Melissa Robinson

Middle School Chaplain, Middle School Community Engagement Coordinator, Middle School Religion Teacher, Lower School Interim Chaplain
Maria McIvor

Maria McIvor

Upper School Spanish Teacher, Upper School Community Engagement Coordinator