Oakland Academy would like to express its gratitude to the Harrison Kiwanis for organizing and running the annual Port-a-Pit chicken sale this past April.  The funds raised from this event assist us in providing programming and materials to our students which is deeply appreciated by our students and staff.

 

We are grateful to the members of the Saw Mill Run Homeowners Association who generously donated funds toward the purchase of sweatshirts for all of our Oakland students.  For many of our students their sweatshirt from us is their winter coat.  We are so grateful for their support allowing us to again purchase warm clothes for our students in these cold winter months!

 

We are also deeply grateful to the members of the Community Reformed Church in Lafayette. Both their Women's Bible Study Group and their Congregation as a whole generously donated funds so that we could buy sweatshirts for our students. For many of our students their sweatshirt from us is their winter coat. We are so grateful for their support allowing us to again purchase warm clothes for our students in these cold winter months!

We are very grateful to George and all the members of Phi Beta Sigma for their support of our students.  They put out a donation box (pictured below) and collected non-perishable food for us to distribute to hungry students.  In addition, they wrote a grant so that we could buy a refrigerator so that we could have cold water and milk to give our students during the day.

 

Students in Action (SIA) pictured below sprucing up their Adopt a Spot location in Lafayette was awarded a grant from Multiplying Good Indiana in partnership with Mayor Roswarski.  They will use the grant funds to provide Christmas meals to families of Oakland Academy.

 

Oakland Academy is proud to celebrate the receipt of awards and grants for its efforts to create lasting, authentic community partnerships and high quality, creative educational opportunities all for the benefit of the children we serve.
 

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Congratulations to the 2020 JAG Career Development Conference  winners
 

Macie Maxfield Davis & Steven Ward, First Place, Chapter Marketing Campaign

 

David Atkins, Second Place, Creative Solutions

 

Naterriah Patton, Second Place, Financial Literacy
 

Lily Markert, Third Place, Public Speaking

 

2019 Students in Action 
Silver Leadership School

Thank you to the Greater Lafayette Community for your overwhelming support of our Oakland students!

Art Museum of Greater Lafayette
Harrison Kiwanis
Heith Burrows & Christy Sinnett
Jean Clithero
Junior Achievement
Kids First
Lafayette Civic Theater
Lafayette YMCA
Lala Gallery
Mark Kirgiss
Mike French
Phi Beta Sigma
Purdue University
Ronda Ooms
Stepheney Bauer & The Bauer Community Center
Tender Loving Child Care
The Athlete
Wabash River Enhancement Corporation

Art Museum of Greater Lafayette

The mission of the Art Museum of Greater Lafayette is to celebrate the power of art to inspire, challenge, and instruct our community through collections, exhibitions, and programs.
 

AMGL Info.

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Art Reception

Oakland Family and Friends,
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Thank you for celebrating the art of Oakland students and other Art Museum students at our Art Party Friday evening in the Manya Fan Art Education Center.
 

 

100% of OHS faculty and administrators have visited our exhibit. Special thanks to Ginae and Kiera, student curators, who helped plan, cut mats and create labels.
 

 

Thank you to Museum staff members and faculty for planning and hosting.

Exhibiting OHS artists: Justin, Jake, Aiden, Jasmyn, Aubrey, Salvador, Ashylnn, Joseph, Kiera and seventy others wove their own colors into our T-shirt rugs. Guest art instructor: Judy Titche.  

 

Gratefully,

Sue Carr, OHS/AMGL Art Educator

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Update 2013

 

2-D Art Credit-Earners 2012

Congratulations to Justin, Elisha, Cassie, and Sarah-Lyn for earning 2-D art credit!

Location & Hours

102 South Tenth Street
Lafayette, IN 47905
(765) 742-1128

Daily 11am - 4pm

 

Art Museum of Greater Lafayette
The institution now known as the Art Museum of Greater Lafayette began over 100 years ago, on April 14, 1909. After a “general awakening of art interests all over (the) country and state” Lafayette residents saw a chance to “stimulate and encourage interest in art and to give annual exhibitions, and also to establish and maintain permanent collections of works of art.”
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ArtSmart Indiana
ArtSmart: Indiana, written by Susan O. Chavers in 1985 and copyrighted by the Art Museum of Greater Lafayette, is a visual means of learning about art appreciation and the culture and history of Indiana, 1800 to present day. One purpose of this educational enrichment program is to help promote a sense of pride in the significant role that the arts and artists have had in the growth of the State of Indiana.

Bauer Community Center

Civic Theatre of Greater Lafayette

For more than 75 seasons, Civic Theatre has been part of Lafayette's social life. It has grown and thrived entirely through the efforts of those hundreds and hundreds of people who generously have given their time and talents.

Civic has a part for everyone! Whatever your skills, experience or age, we have a way to use your talents. We have opportunities for the physically challenged, and we have training sessions to acquaint the uninitiated with all the in's and out's and how-to's of theatrical production. We also carry acting workshops for beginners and intermediate experience with acting. Besides acting, we need energetic people to help with producing and directing, stage design, costume design, and much more. If you're interested in volunteering, please contact us through our volunteer page, e-mail, or phone (765)423-PLAY.

Visit Our Website!

Civic Theatre of Greater Lafayette
Our Facebook Page

 

Portner, Lori    
Email:  lori@lafayettecivic.org

Food Finders Food Bank

Since 1981, Food Finders Food Bank has worked to provide full service programs that meet the nutritional needs of nonprofit agencies in 16 counties.  The food bank manages programs to secure additional food and nonfood products, provide food safety training, rescue food items otherwise wasted, and to fund essential purchased product items.  With the help of many, Food Finders continues each day to provide a hand up to those in need.
 

Visit Our Website!

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Food Finders Food Bank Website

BackPack Tippecanoe Co SFSP Publicity

BackPack Tippecanoe Co SFSP Sp Publicity

Joab.Howell

 

Habitat for Humanity

Hanban Confucius Institute

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Hanban Confucius Institute

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LSC Confucius Classroom Dedication

Lafayette School Corporation in conjunction with partnering dignitaries from China dedicated the first Confucius Classroom at Edgelea Elementary on November 17, 2011.  Partners at the Confucius Institute at Purdue University wrote the following article about the event: First Confucius Classroom Dedicated in Lafayette.  Oakland High School (OHS) staff members were in attendance at the celebration in anticipation of their very own Confucius Classroom at OHS.

Indiana Historical Bureau

The Indiana Historical Bureau provides publications, programs, and other opportunities for Indiana citizens of all ages to learn and teach about the history of their communities, the state of Indiana, and their relationships to the nation and the world. The Indiana Historical Bureau also administers the Indiana Historical Marker Program.

 

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Indiana Historical Bureau
The website of the Indiana Historical Bureau

Indiana Historical Bureau Resources

Bennett, Pamela 
Email:  pbennett@history.in.gov
Director of the Indiana Historical Bureau

James F. Ackerman Center for Democratic Citizenship

Location

James F. Ackerman Center for Democratic Citizenship
Beering Hall of Liberal Arts and Education, Room 4119
100 N. University Street
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2098

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Ackerman Center for Democratic Citizenship
The James F. Ackerman Center for Democratic Citizenship has as its mission to assume a national leadership role in preparing new generations of American citizens. The focus is to provide programs, institutes, activities and resources for educators to implement more powerful citizenship programs and opportunities that result in active student involvement in schools and communities.

Constitution Day
Ackerman Center hosts Constitution Day, September 17, 2012

Balkute, Asta  
Email:  abalkute@purdue.edu
Assistant Director of the James F. Ackerman Center for Democratic Citizenship

Kids First

Kids First, a coalition of individuals and agencies concerned with special needs children, was established to promote the understanding and acceptance of people with special needs. Kids First has chosen the Kids On The Block puppet shows and materials as the vehicle to help reach this goal. Kids First volunteers manipulate the puppets-affectionlaty known as “The Kids”-and enact the scripts created by The Kids On The Block organization.
 

 

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About Our Visits

Whatever topic(s) you choose to have Kids First address, each of our visits will follow three steps.

• Puppets lively and nearly child-size will perform a show that deals with the topic(s) you have selected. Within the show’s script, the puppet characters will emphasize the similarities among people even while they fully recognize the differences. In place of myths and conceptions about disabilities and differences, the puppets foster understanding and acceptance

• After each performance, the puppeteers-in character-encourage questions from the audience and answer the children’s questions in an upbeat and candid manner. Children ask questions easily of the puppet characters.

• We will give you, as teacher/group leader, a packet of materials that offers suggestions for activities to help children fully understand the subject of the script. Disability simulations, discussions topics based on action in the script, art projects, and creative writing ideas-these are among the activities. In each packet is a list of pertinent children’s and adult’s books, sources of audio-visual and teaching aids, and names and addresses of organizations interested in the topic.

Through the combination of performance, question and answer period, and use of the educational activities, Kids First provides a rich learning experience.

About Our Shows

• Kids First enactsscripts and provides materials that The Kids On The Block organization has designed. Most are appropriate for youngsters ages 7-12.

• Kids First makes no charge for the puppet shows or the accompanying materials for Tippecanoe County groups.

• Because of the interactive nature of the Kids First puppet shows, audience size is limited.

• A group of 25-75 children is ideal, but Kids First will perform for groups as large as 100.

• Should it be necessary, Kids First puppeteers are happy to schedule multiple performances at one site.

• Scripts are short enough that Kids First puppeteers can present two topics at one visit.

• Depending upon which topic(s) and script(s) are chosen, a Kids First performance last between 15 and 45 minutes.

• Our coordinator is pleased to speak to adult groups about Kids First.

Our Show Topics

Kids First offers puppet shows on:

• Attention Deficit Hyper Activity Disorder (ADHD)

• Blindness

• Bullying

• Cerebral Palsy

• Deafness

• Down Syndrome

• Learning Disabilities

• Recovery from Stroke

• Name Calling/Teasing (age 6-12)

• Prejudice (ages 10-14)

• Severe Burns

• Coming Soon…ASTHMA

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Kids First on Facebook

Kids on the Block

The Kids on the Block, Inc. originated in 1977 in direct response to US Public Law 94-142, which required that children with disabilities be educated in the least restrictive environment. For many children, this meant being included in a classroom with their non-disabled peers. Mark Riley, who represents a child with cerebral palsy, was the first puppet character created to fill the need of children with disabilities to have their non-disabled peers understand and accept them. Through Mark Riley, the children learned about cerebral palsy and began asking questions directly to Mark. The Kids on the Block, Inc. was launched because of this enthusiastic response from the children. Now internationally acclaimed, Kids on the Block has continued to grow over the years and offers programs on disabilities such as spina bifida and visual impairment, medical differences such as childhood cancer and HIV/AIDS; educational differences including learning disabilities and ADHD, and social concerns including sexual abuse prevention, and alternatives to violence.
Kids First is proud to be one of these troupes.

Gail McCormick, Coordinator  
Business: 765.474.0758
Mobile: 765.409.2148
Email: Tippkidsfirst @aol.com

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About Lafayette Independent

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Mission

"The Lafayette Independent is a non-partisan, self-supporting newspaper produced in the spirit of Thomas Jefferson’s belief that “the best defense of democracy is an informed electorate.”  It provides a forum for mis-, under-, and un-reported news and events of local, state, national and global significance.  Its volunteer staff serves to inform the community by reporting on current issues, including bills of interest, introduced, or being debated in the State legislature, and the voting records of state and national representatives."

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Lafayette Independent
Weekly Newspaper, featuring an Oakland High School page!

Tippecanoe Arts Federation

The mission of the Tippecanoe Arts Federation is to promote the role of the arts in the region and facilitate the artistic activities of member organizations.

The vision of the Tippecanoe Arts Federation is to emerge as a model for arts advocacy in Indiana with shared leadership of an engaged alliance of arts organizations in the region.

Visit Our Website!

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Tippecanoe Arts Federation

Tippecanoe Arts Federation- Educators

Tree Lafayette

Mission Statement..."Tree Lafayette serves our community by providing the leadership and inspiration to engage the community in the activity of planting trees. We are a source of knowledge and information regarding the value that trees provide to the urban setting. We are committed to urban beautification, a healthy environment, and a sustainable quality of life that the urban forest provides."

Vision Statement..."Tree Lafayette by creating an awareness and desire for a tree covered community thereby becoming a premier city for urban forestry in the nation."

YMCA- Lafayette IN Family

 

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Lafayette IN Family YMCA
The Y is the place where everyone can belong, whether you’re looking to improve your health and fitness, enroll your child in a safe and enjoyable childcare program, find support services, experience camp, donate to our mission, or join the team as an employee.This web site provides a snapshot of all the ways the YMCA of Lafayette Indiana, programs and services are making an impact on the communities across the city. We invite you to see how you and your family can enhance your life, connect with your community and become healthier in the process.