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More than classes

Friendships, faith, service and a little bit of fun. Here’s what fills the rest of the week at OLA.

Chapel & devotion

Daily devotion in every classroom, and all-school chapel in the community room.

Missions Days

Twice a year, students serve Derby: care kits, cards for veterans, cleanup days and more.

Field trips

Great Plains Nature Center, Exploration Place, the pumpkin patch, and a few movie days for good measure.

Thursday electives

The elective catalog

Open to Full-Time and Homeschool Enrichment students. Offerings rotate each semester.

Kitchen Science

Grades 3–8

Chemistry you can eat. Measuring, fractions and food safety.

Art Studio

Grades K–12

Drawing, painting and clay, ending in a spring gallery night.

Robotics & Coding

Grades 4–12

Block coding for beginners, then real robots.

PE & Games

Grades K–12

Teamwork, sportsmanship and a lot of running.

Spanish

Grades 2–12

Conversation-first language learning with songs and stories.

Creative Writing

Grades 5–12

Short stories, poetry and a class anthology.

Kansas History

Grades 4–8

Pioneers, the prairie and the story of our state.

Garden Club

Grades K–5

Seed to harvest in our raised beds.

Spirit Weeks

Twice a year: pajama day, crazy hair day, dress like a Bible character, and Shamgar Day, when students bring an everyday tool God might use through them.

Meet Shamgar

Family nights

Back to School Night, the Christmas Program, a Valentine’s family lunch and the Portfolio & Science Showcase, where students present a year of work.

See the calendar

Come see a school day for yourself

Tours take about 30 minutes. Bring your questions and your kids. Shadow days are welcome in both tracks.

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