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Our Lady of Victory Catholic School

800 Westerly Parkway 

State College, PA 16801 

Phone: 814-238-1592 

Fax: 814-238-4553 

www.olvcatholicschool.org

Quality Catholic Education

Preschool through 8th Grade

U is for Uniform

An Introduction for Kindergartners to 

Our Lady of Victory Catholic School

Created by

Jessica Hauser, Teacher KA

Jennifer Rogan, Teacher KB

Melissa Coudriet

Kathryn Peters

Second Edition

Spring, 2016

Dedicated to 

all the boys and girls who are 

ready for Kindergarten

A is for AT THE DOOR,

This is where we will greet you

Whether you take the bus 

  or your parent drops you off

We're so happy to meet you!

At Our Lady of Victory Catholic 

School, the day starts at 8:00 AM. If 

you ride the bus, you will enter the 

school by the front gym doors. If your 

parent drops you off or you walk to 

school, you can enter either through 

the doors that face the back parking 

lot or that are outside the school 

office.

Mrs. Samantha Weakland, OLVCS Principal, 

holding the door for OLVCS Students

B is for BUS

That many children ride to and from OLV

It is yellow and has a special number

And big windows out of which you can see!

In the afternoon, you will ride the bus home with only students from OLVCS.  

Before school starts, the OLVCS office staff will tell your parents the numbers 

of buses you will ride each way.    

Busing service to OLVCS is 

provided by local area school 

districts.   Before school starts, 

the OLVCS office staff will give 

your parents   your busing 

assignment. 

In the morning, you will likely 

ride the school bus with other 

OLVCS students as well as 

children who are going to other 

area schools.  

C is for CLASSROOM

With a table 

     at which you will sit

Your spot has your name on it

So you won’t get mixed up 

    one bit!

KB Classroom

KA Classroom

C is also for CATHOLIC.    OLVCS 

is a Catholic school.   This means 

that during school, in addition to 

learning to read, write, and do 

math, you will learn about Jesus 

and the Catholic Church. 

Students who graduate from 

OLVCS are ready to go to a 

Catholic high school called Saint 

Joseph’s Catholic Academy, in 

Boalsburg, PA.   In Kindergarten, 

you will get to know students from 

SJCA because they will come to 

help with special events in your 

classroom.

D is for your DEDICATED TEACHERS

You wonder what their names will be…

Mrs. Rogan and Mrs. Steyers?

Mrs. Hauser and Mrs. Brignati?

You have to wait until school starts to see!

Mrs. Jessica Hauser

KA Classroom

Mrs. Jennifer Rogan

KB Classroom 

Our Lady of Victory Catholic School has two Kindergarten classrooms, KA 

and KB. If you are in KA, Mrs. Hauser and Mrs. Brignati will be your 

teachers. If you are in KB, Mrs. Rogan and Mrs. Steyers will be your 

teachers.    All of the teachers are looking forward to helping you learn many 

new things in Kindergarten.

Mrs. Sue Steyers

KB Instructional Aide

Mrs. Jennifer Brignati

KA Instructional Aide

E is for EVERYTHING

That you bring in your 

backpack each day

A pencil, a folder and 

sometimes something special 

to share

It is fun to wear your backpack 

each day!

As a student at Our Lady of Victory 

Catholic School, you will need to 

have your own backpack.   You will 

use it to bring things to school and 

take your work home each day.   You 

will hang it on a hook in your 

classroom, along with your coat.  

Each day you will put your completed 

work in your folder to take home in 

your backpack.   Sometimes you will 

also bring notes home to your parent 

from the school office or your 

teacher.  

F is for FIELD TRIPS

That you take with your class and your teacher

You may walk or ride a bus to a new place

To play, watch a show, or learn 

   about a new creature!

A field trip is a special trip that you take with your Kindergarten friends during a 

school day. You will likely go on a field trip to a big auditorium at Penn State to 

watch a funny play. On another field trip day, you may also go to a local farm or 

environmental center.   Your grandma or parent can volunteer to go with your 

class and help on the field trip.

G is for GINGERBREAD HOUSE

This you can decorate 

   with your mom or your dad.

It is an OLVCS Christmas tradition

That makes every Kindergartner glad.

At Christmas time, Kindergartners decorate Gingerbread Houses.   Your 

parents will be invited to come to school and help you put on the frosting and 

candy decorations on your own house.   You will get to take your Gingerbread 

House home to share with your family and eat!  

In Kindergarten, there will be other days that members of your family can come 

in for fun activities with you: Thanksgiving Play, Grandparents' Day, OLV Day, 

and many more!

H is for HEALTH ROOM

Where the school nurse sits during the day

She is there to help you feel better

So you can go back to the classroom 

   to learn and play!

The Health Room is right by the Kindergarten classrooms.   Some kids think 

Mrs. Weakland, the OLVCS principal, sleeps in there.   But, that is not true!! 

If you have an accident at school, you can go to the Health Room to get a 

Bandaid or ice pack to help you feel better.   If your tummy feels bad, you 

can lay down on the health room bed. 

I is for INTERESTING

Books, games, crafts and events

At OLVCS,

   you will be having so much fun 

learning

You won’t want the school day to 

end!

I is also for parent INVOLVEMENT.   Your teacher would love to have your parent 

come into your classroom to help with Literacy Centers.   During Centers, you will do 

a learning activity in one area of the classroom for about 10 minutes.   Then, your 

teacher will tell you to move to another Center to do new activity.   You keep moving 

from area to area until you do all the fun learning games or crafts.  

J is for JESUS

The reason Catholic schools 

are around

At OLVCS, you will learn all 

about the Son of God

And the Church, which He 

asked Peter to found.

Jesus Sacred Heart Statue

in Courtyard

Jesus loved us so much that he died 

on the cross, so we can be with Him 

heaven.    At OLVCS, you will hear 

lots of stories about Jesus and his 

friends, like Peter and the other 

apostles.  

You will also do crafts and other fun 

activities to help you remember these 

stories.   In this way, OLVCS hopes 

you will grow to love and be more 

like Jesus each day.

K is for KINDERGARTNERS...

That probably goes without saying

Boys and girls who are your age

and will be your friends 

    when you are learning and playing!

Each Kindergarten class will have about 20 children in it.   On the first day, 

some children may already know a few kids because they went to OLV 

Preschool or have brothers and sisters at OLVCS.   Other children in 

Kindergarten will be completely new to OLVCS.   Your teacher will make sure 

that by the end of your first day you and all the other children in your class 

are friends.   

L is for LUNCH CHOICES

Do you want choice 3, 2, or 1?

Each day the lunch program 

   offers tasty, healthy meals

And making your own choice is lots of fun.

Workers from the State College Area 

School District Food Service 

Department make lunch for the 

students at OLVCS.   At lunchtime, you 

will go with your class to the lunch 

line.  

You will get a tray and put your lunch 

choice on your tray.   You will then take 

your tray to a table in the gym and sit 

with your Kindergarten friends to eat 

your lunch.   If you prefer, you can bring 

your lunch from home.

M is for MIDDLE SCHOOLERS

Who look really tall

They will help you do crafts and learning games

So be sure to say “Hi” to them in the hall.

At OLVCS, Middle Schoolers are students who are in 6th, 7th, or 8th grade.  

They wear a uniform that looks a little different from the one that you and the 

other Kindergartners wear.   Middle Schoolers will come into your classroom 

on special days to be your reading partner and do art projects with you.

N is for NOTES

That your parent gives you to bring in

It is important that you give them 

   to your teacher

Don't throw them out in the trash bin!

Mrs. Cawley, the 

OLVCS secretary 

collects all the notes.

At OLVCS all Kindergartners have the important job of bringing notes to school 

and home about activities happening in Kindergarten and other parts of the 

school.    Your teacher may also send your mom and dad email messages.   Your 

teachers will also post important information about Kindergarten on your 

classroom’s website.

Looking at the KB Website

O is for OUR SPECIALS TEACHERS:

Music, PE, Library, Spanish, Computers, 

   and Art

These teachers make their classes 

   so much fun,

That kids say Specials are a school day’s 

   very best part!

Mrs. Julianna Little

Computer Lab

Mrs. Heather McQuery

Art

Mrs. Julie Swenson

Spanish

Mrs. Sherry Capozzi

Music

Mrs. Susan DeMetrick

Library

Mr. Marty 

Tierney

"Mr. T"

PE/Health

P is for PRAYING

Which is something you might 

   already know about

At OLVCS, you will learn 

   how important prayer is

So in God’s image you can grow both 

   inside and out!

In Kindergarten, you will learn how to talk to God in your own words.   You will 

also learn to talk to God using formal prayers.  

Some formal prayers you will learn (or might even know already) are the Sign of 

the Cross, the Our Father, the Morning Offering, the Hail Mary, and the Guardian 

Angel Prayer.  

In Kindergarten, you will go to Mass with the rest of the OLVCS students once a 

month.   Your family is welcome to come to the school Mass with you.

Q is for QUEEN OF HEAVEN

A special name for Mary, 

   the mother of Jesus

Mary is also called 

   Our Lady of Victory

Which makes Mary 

   the OLVCS patroness.

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