OA at a Glance

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Highlights from 2016-2017 School Year

Academics
  • Earned A rating from the Indiana Department of Education – 5 years in a row this was offered
  • 1 National Merit Commended Scholar
  • 5 Lilly Endowment Finalist representing Ripley County(Josie Wesseler and Margaret Glaser) and Decatur County (Ethan Eldridge, Samantha Nobbe, and Liam Mungcal)
  • 1 U.S. Presidential Scholar Semifinalist
  • 59 members of class of 2017 headed to 23 different schools in 6 states
  • Named 4-Star School rating by the Indiana Department of Education – 7th year
  • Class of 2017 (59 students) earned over $9.6 million in college scholarships (85% received)
  • 100% of graduates are seeking post-secondary education
  • 73% of graduates earned Indiana Academic Honors Diplomas
  • 2 students earned Associates Degree from Ivy Tech as seniors – first students in the area to earn the degree as high school seniors
  • 8 students competed in Regional Maverick Challenge (entrepreneur competition) – a team earned 1st place (Hayleigh Reed, Samantha Nobbe) out of 9 Indiana counties
  • Batesville VFW Voice of Democracy Speech Contest winner
  • A 4-student team earned 2nd place at the Indiana Economics Challenge
Sports
  • 2016 State Champion in Cross Country (Curt Eckstein)
    • 2nd largest winning margin since 1968 – 27 seconds ahead of 2nd place
    • Time of 15:13
  • Charles F. Maas Mental Attitude Award by IHSAA – Curt Eckstein
  • 2016 State Championship Qualifiers in Cross Country – 3 students
  • 2016 Indiana Gatorade Player  of the Year – Curt Eckstein
  • 2016 Sectional Champions – Boys Soccer
  • 2016 Sectional Runner-Up – Girls Basketball
  • 4 students sign to play collegiate sports:
    • Curt Eckstein – Purdue University – Cross Country
    • Benjamin Kinker – The United States Military Academy, West Point, Basketball
    • Sergio Dole – Mouth St. Joe – Soccer
    • Elizabeth Fiutem – Rose-Hulman – Volleyball
  • 2 students names All Conference Players in Football
  • 4 OA Alumni and 1 OA Coach inducted into the OA Athletic Hall of Fame
  • Boys and Girls Basketball – record breaking seasons (Boys 20-3 and Girls 15 -8)
  • 2017 Girls Tennis Sectional and Regional Champions – 3 year in a row
  • 2017 Sectional Runner-Ups – Softball
  • 2017 Regional Qualifiers in Track – 7 students
  • 2017 State Champion in Track (Curt Eckstein)
  • 19 Academic All-State Athletes
Fine Arts
  • 2016 Scholastic Art Awards – 4 students artwork displayed
  • VFW Patriotic Art Contest – 2 Regional winners (Elizabeth Schulte and Stella Hillenbrand)
  • 2017 ISSMA District Finalists – 10 instrumental, 12 vocal, and 1 ensemble group
  • 2017 ISSMA State – Gold Vocal Ensemble
  • 2017 ISSMSA State Vocal – 2 gold and 2 silver
  • 2017 ISSMA State Instrumental  – 7  gold and 3 silver
  • RAA Young Artist Showcase Music – 7 trophies; 5 ribbons
  • RAA Young Artist Showcase Writing – 3 trophies; 4 ribbons
  • RAA Young Artist Showcase Art – 6 trophies, 5 blue ribbons
  • 2 National School Orchestra Award
  • 1 National School Choral Award
  • All State Honor Choir – 11 students
Service
  • March for Life – in Washington D.C. and service and walk in Indianapolis
  • Holidays Under the Spires – Oldenburg community event led by OA’s National Business Honor Society
  • NHS Food Drive – over 400 items donated to local food panty in November
  • 2 students and principal selected to go on Franciscan Pilgrimage to Rome and Assisi with Roger Bacon High School in Cincinnati – September
  • Haiti Mission – collected personal care and tennis shoes for drive
  • APSUH collected items and money for residents of Gatlinburg following fires in Smokey Mts
  • Champions Together – in partnership with Indiana High School Athletic Association and the Special Olympics, OA Student, Lexi Brown, created a program for children with intellectual and developmental disabilities to participate in a unified softball game with high school student athletics.
  • SMASH Cancer – Girls Tennis Team raised
  • OA united with the Rural Alliance for the Arts and the Joan and John W. Hillenbrand Vision Fund to create an 8 ft. by 28 ft. long mural located the Village Store in Oldenburg
  • Class of 2017 provided 5160 hours of service and volunteer hours (service – 1996 hrs. and volunteer 3164)
  • 18 seniors earned Centennial Service Award for 100 or more hours of service
Student Life
  • 2 students runners in the Indiana Bicentennial Torch – Curt Eckstein (Oldenburg) and Justine Stenger (Aurora)
  • Pumpkin Show Queen (Hayleigh Reed) and 1st runner up male (Clay Hunger)