Oakland Catholic High School

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Departments

Science

The Science department at Oakland Catholic strives to provide high quality science experiences for students of all ability levels. Students learn science best when laboratory experiences enhance their understanding of the science discipline. The science department provides hands on laboratory experiences in all science classes. With a wide variety of electives at all ability and interest levels, most students at Oakland Catholic take four years of science. With a strong foundation in the sciences, Oakland Catholic graduates are prepared to be scientifically literate citizens.

Mrs. Loraine Benedik

Mrs. Loraine Benedik, chair of the Natural Sciences Department, joined Oakland Catholic in 1989 and has taught AP Biology, Honors Biology II, Honors Biology I and CP Biology I during her yea...
Mr. Eric Huber

Eric K. Huber, has taught chemistry at O.C. from 1990 to the present. Prior to this, he taught chemistry at St Paul's Cathedral H.S. and Sacred Heart H.S. He has an associate degree in water...
Mrs. Melissa Kavanshansky

Mrs. Melissa Kavanshansky graduated from Indiana University of Pennsylvania with a BS in Biology Education with one semester completed abroad at the University of Worcester, UK. Previous to ...
Mr. James Lear

Mr. James Lear has taught at Oakland Catholic H.S. since the fall of 1989. Mr. Lear has taught Physics and Biology at Oakland Catholic. He received a B.S. in Biology Education f...
Mrs. Olivia Heeter

Mrs. Olivia Heeter graduated from Allegheny College with a BS in Chemistry and spent a year doing organic chemistry research at the University of Rochester. She obtained her Master's degree ...
Ms. Mary Mosley

Ms. Mary Mosley, chair of the Health and Physical Education Department, teaches Physical Education and Anatomy and Physiology. She has a Bachelor's of Science from Slippery Rock University a...
Mr. Steven Graner

This will be Mr. Steven Graner's first year teaching at Oakland Catholic High School. He graduated from Slippery Rock University in May of 2011, where he earned a ba...