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Inaugural Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration Urges Unity

O’Dowd’s Black Student Union (BSU) hosted a hopeful celebration commemorating Martin Luther King Jr. that featured songs, poetry...

Volleyball Team Recognized as NCS D2 Scholastic Team Champion

With a composite grade point average of 3.73, the O’Dowd varsity volleyball team was recognized as the North Coast Section D2 Scholastic...

January Alum of the Month

Daniel Stephens ’94 an Advocate for Underserved Youth As a fourth grade teacher in the Compton Unified School District, Daniel Stephens...

Why comics belong in the classroom | Gene Yang | TEDxManhattanBeach

Mr. Gene Yang taught at O’Dowd for 17 years. He currently writes Superman and is the well-known author of “American Born Chinese”. In...

Alums of the Month

Though they work in completely different fields, Rhonda Jackson Morris ’83 and Tim Sommer ’04 have found a way to work together to...

Alumni Water Polo Game

Many thanks to all the alumni and current players that showed up last Saturday at Holy Names University to play in the Annual...

Alumni Basketball Game

Alumni hoopsters returned to the Bishop O’Dowd High School campus on Friday, Nov. 25, to participate in the annual alumni basketball...

Alumni Weekend 2016

The weather did not deter 100+ alumni from attending O’Dowd’s 4th annual Alumni Beer Garden on Friday, October 28. Alums spanning seven...

Jamal Habibi ’07 Seeks to Make an Impact on the World

Growing up with a Muslim father and a Christian mother, Jamal Habibi ’07 was fascinated by both religion and politics. From the time he...

Students Learn About the History of the World Trade Center

But the students had the opportunity to gain a better understanding about that fateful day in American history from someone intimately...

O’Dowd Thanks Top Supporters

More than 100 supporters of Bishop O’Dowd High School gathered for a reception held at the Center for Environmental Studies (CES) on...

Adam Herndon ’92 Passing on an Inspiring Legacy

Adam Herndon understands that preserving a legacy is dependent on educating the next generation. That’s why he chose to write a...

O’Dowd Named a Top Green School in the Nation

Earth Day 2016 held special significance for Bishop O’Dowd High School. That’s when U.S. Secretary of Education John B. King Jr. and...