Notable Events
The Oley Valley FFA Chapter placed 1st in the United States in Environmental Science and FFA National Convention in Indianapolis, Indiana. The School made the national news on January 24, 2002 when 62 and a half year-old bus driver Otto Nuss took 13 children on an unauthorized five-hour detour of 185 kilometers (115 mi) on what was supposed to be a six-mile, 15-minute trip to Berks Christian School in Birdsboro, Pennsylvania. On September 23, 2003, Nuss was sentenced to four years in prison for federal kidnapping.
A student wearing a gorilla mask climbed onto the school roof on February 15, 2005 as a prank was charged with (but acquitted of) disorderly conduct and trespassing despite prompting police, the FBI, a bomb squad and a state police helicopter to respond.
The school won the 2006 Envirothon, the most popular high school environmental knowledge competition in North America.
The Oley Valley WorldQuest team placed 1st in Berks County in 2007, 2008, and 2009. The team placed 11th in the nation in 2007. In 2008 the WorldQuest team once again placed 1st in Berks. In 2008 at the national competition in Washington DC the team placed 2nd in the nation.
Oley Valley won the team competition for the Berks County Math Championship in 2010 and 2011.
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