Academics

OLA students make great strides in academics. Test scores for reading and math during the 2022-2023 school year showed constant improvement for nearly every grade in both subjects. Reading and math aides are provided to help students who need assistance, and it makes a difference. Due to COVID setbacks, some students fell three to four years behind their grade level peers, but several of those students jumped up two to three levels in only one year due to support from OLA, and their own dedication to personal advancement.

“We've worked incredibly hard to fill the COVID gaps that many students experienced. We took a very direct and targeted approach to those students and we're incredibly happy for their success,” said OLA Principal Trevor Seivert. “Our school also charts alumni, and the data shows that 92 percent of our alumni are National Honor Society members in high school. We also hear from high school teachers that they can tell who the OLA students are, because our alumni are respectful, hardworking, smart, diligent, and well rounded students who excel.”

Yet, there is so much more to OLA than academics alone.

“At OLA, we recognize that there is more to a child's development than their academic performance, and we therefore strive to guide the kids intellectually, academically, physically, and spiritually,” said Fr. Lawrence Oparaji. “So we not only send out into the world good humans and citizens, but also children who know that there is more to life, that their lives have meaning, and it is an adventure with Christ.”