In partnership with students and parents, our school strives to foster a safe, nurturing environment that promotes mutual respect among all. We provide an educational environment that inspires academic achievement, fosters spiritual growth, and celebrates the individual. Teachers, administrators, students, and parents partner to ensure a nurturing and supportive community. Our students receive a well-rounded, highly competitive, and individually challenging academic experience, grounded in the value-centered Catholic tradition.
Students are inspired to use the knowledge, skills, and values they acquire at Our Lady Queen of Angels School to share God's message with others. Graduates are confident in their intellectual abilities, secure in their sense of purpose, and committed to improving the world as moral and ethical people.
Message from Our School Principal — Dr. Laura Ismerio
Hello OLQA Family!
I am truly blessed and humbled to be the Interim Principal for the 2024/2025 school year. Last year, when Dr. Tipton came to me and asked if I would consider taking the principal position, I originally said no because as much as I enjoyed working with teachers, students, and parents, I had always seen my role as one of leading from behind the scenes. I often joked with Dr. Tipton that I was Scottie Pippen to her Michael Jordan. However, this year, I was tasked with taking on a bigger role where I helped support all aspects of the school community and recognized that all leaders are called from wherever they are to where they are most needed.
I received my doctorate in Interdisciplinary Leadership from Creighton University, a Jesuit school. One of the main focuses was on Jesuit leadership, which includes several aspects, but the ones that stuck with me most are that we lead with greater love than fear and that leaders imagine an inspiring future and strive to shape it rather than passively watching the future behind them. Not only have these helped me understand the importance of love and compassion in everything we do, but to use prayer, creativity, and courage to do what others feel is impossible.
A little about me, I’ve been married for nineteen years, I have two girls, one almost done with high school and another entering college. I spent the past two years volunteering in my parish Confirmation program delivering weekly chats to the confirmation teens. I love boxing both as a sport and a workout, and I enjoy watching college basketball and especially rooting for my Alma Mater, Creighton University, Go Jays!
I care deeply about Our Lady and want what is best for our students, teachers, staff, and parents. I truly believe that God places us where we are most needed, and I look forward to the work that God has in store for us and the future that we will shape together. I would like to personally invite you to our Administrative Insight Night on Thursday, August 22, 2024 from 6 to 7 p.m. where we will discuss new initiatives and changes.
AMDG,
Dr. Ismerio
Our Lady Queen of Angels Catholic School is a Transitional Kindergarten (TK) through eighth grade parish school. Guided by Christ, we are dedicated to nurturing the whole child to achieve his/her full potential. Spiritual formation is developed through faith-based acts of service and leadership. We are committed to fostering academic excellence and innovative participants in a global society.