The 2016 Science Fair was a great success! More than 130 people were involved in the annual fair, held on February 3rd, and which included students, teachers, parent volunteers, administration, staff and judges. Fourteen judges from the community and local universities interviewed eighty participants from the 7th and 8th grade classes. The judges gave 26 awards to […]
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Catholic School’s Week – Special Person’s Day & Gizmo Guys!
Special Person’s Day As part of Catholic Schools Week, Special Person’s Day is when students celebrate a special person in their life. It is a tradition at OLQA to invite a “special person” to join us for Mass and lunch. Each student brought a lunch for themselves and a “special person” and enjoyed it together […]
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Catholic Schools Week is a joint effort of the National Catholic Education Association, NCEA, and the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. Over the last few years, Catholic schools across our nation have focused on making a world of difference. Together with more than 2.6 million other students across the nation, we wish to extend our […]
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Our enthusiastic students helped with the auction excitement by participating in a special “Children’s Auction” at school on the Thursday before the big event. Our wonderful volunteer committee organized 47 different raffle items. Each student was given 10 free tickets to take a chance on the items of their choice. The energy was contagious!
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The live auction featured two adorable puppies looking for their forever families! The precious Maltipoo was adopted by the Nguyen family and the beautiful black labrador was on his way to surprise the children in the Burns family. What lucky pups!
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The OLQA School Auction, “Trailblazing….Forging a path for our children’s future”, was a grand success and an evening to be remembered by all! Our 2016 Auction Co-Chairs, Leslie Boyd & Dana Strader, did an outstanding job spearheading the event and the effort from the team of tireless volunteers was tremendous. […]
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Our 5th grade students participated in the much anticipated Walk Through The American Revolution interactive learning event. Each student portrayed a historic character from this time in our country’s history.
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As the official kick off for Catholic Schools Week, our school Open House was held Sunday, January 30th. All school families were invited to attend the 8:30 am Mass where students proudly wore their uniforms and 8th graders served as Ambassadors. Immediately following Mass, coffee and donuts were served in the school Jr. High Courtyard […]
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On the morning of January 20th, our 6th grade students waived goodbye to their parents as they departed for their 4-day Outdoor Science Camp in the San Bernadino mountains. Students learned about ecology, botany, animals, and astronomy while enjoying the outdoors and having fun. 6th grade teachers, Mr. Landero and Ms. Szeibert accompanied the students. […]
Read the rest of this entry »A Healthy Holiday Luncheon
The OLQA School and Parish Staff were treated to a special Christmas luncheon on behalf of the Orange County Diocese and PSA Hospitality Board. While listening to beautiful Christmas songs being played on the OLQA grand piano, Carol Noya prepared the most wonderful lunch! She demonstrated how to prepare a delicious holiday meal while incorporating healthy […]
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