Curriculum Highlights

• participating in Nativity pageant each year with the second grade
  
  
• being in charge of several Masses throughout the year, both All School and single grade
  
  
• practicing basic math and language arts skills with a variety of modalities
  
  
• reading a wide variety of literary genre, including realistic fiction, nonfiction, poetry, science fiction, and fantasy
  
  
• publishing four collections of original writing
  
  
• using maps and globes to learn continents, oceans and nearby states
  
  
• raising butterflies
  
  
• hands-on activities in the classroom and the Outdoor Experience
  
  
• safety and bullying lessons with Crestwood D.A.R.E. officer

Patti Loehnig

I earned a B. S. in Elementary Education from the University of Missouri - St. Louis. I have also completed graduate work in Environmental Studies at S.I.U. Edwardsville. I have a Lifetime Missouri Teacher Certificate for Grades K - 8 and for Grades 7 - 9 Math and Science. I began my years at OLP as the first grade teacher’s aide. After four years I became the first grade teacher and have completed ten years in that position.

I like the way teaching at OLP is like being part of a very big family. “We show our interest in each other in many different ways, by praying for each other and cheering each other on. Every year I have been impressed by the level of student preparedness and the level of involvement and support from their parents. What lucky kids we have at OLP!”