7-12th grade questionnaire with no Optional Modules
Who Are We
About Oakland Academy
Are you looking for something different?
Would you benefit from...
- a small learning community?
- individualized instruction?
- an integrated curriculum?
- relevant community experiences?
- being a part of a school family?
If so, consider...
Oakland Academy!
Our Vision
is to establish and sustain a school that is highly regarded for its academic excellence and its contribution in actively serving and improving the community in which it operates.
Our Mission
is to provide a comprehensive, rigorous secondary educational opportunities and relevant community experiences that will prepare students for work, active citizenship, and post secondary endeavors.
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Student Voices
Second chances...
"I am committed to trying my hardest to succeed and to help others to succeed too. I will be one of the most motivated, hard working students you will ever come across if you give me a chance."
~ Senior, OA
I am excited...
"I am really excited about going to Oakland. I know I am going to do really well. The teachers seem really nice, fun, and caring. They want me to succeed."
~ Sophomore, OA
"I am really excited that I have an opportunity to get the credits I need to graduate on time. Also you guys will help me find something I am good at. I really like that a lot."
~ Senior, OA
"I have always wanted a good education, but I don't seem to doing the right things to make it happen. This opportunity at Oakland Academy will help me focus on the type of career I would like. I have goals and wants in my life and I want to start working towards those goals."
~ Sophomore, OA
" I think Oakland Academy will benefit me because it's going to be a smaller school. I will have more one on one help with my school work and I think I can learn a lot more. When I know what I am doing and I give my best effort my school work gets done and it's really good."
~ Junior, OA
"I am excited to be going to Oakland Academy next year. They will provide everything I need to graduate on time and help me get into a good college."
~ Junior, OA
I need a smaller school...
"I get distracted easily, so I need a lot of hands-on work with fewer students. I'm not sure what I want to do and I think Oakland will allow me find out because it is more individualized."
~ Sophomore, OA
"Oakland is a smaller school and I need that kind of family environment where I know everyone cares about me."
~ Sophomore, OA
I can be myself....
"I look at Oakland as an opportunity to meet new people, make new friends, a place where I, and me alone, will get to create my own learning environment - be who I want to be - and by all means, be in a place that I feel like I belong."
~ Sophomore, OA
I can make up for bad choices...
I have been up and down with my grades and now I am behind in my credits. I feel that Oakland will be helpful to me because I don't have to wait a whole semester to move on to the next class.
~ Junior, OA
This year I have lost all of my progress from last year and I have made some bad choices. I think that Oakland will help me reach my goals again and to graduate from high school
~ Sophomore, OA
I want a future...
I would love to graduate from high school and go to college to make a better future for myself.
~ Junior, OA
I feel like my determination to graduate would help everyone realize that Oakland is not a school for bad kids or underachievers, but for kids who want to do better.
~ Junior, OA
Credits Earned by Year
Contact
Have a question or concern? Need to contact the office or a teacher about an assignment or upcoming event? Please feel free to send an email, call, or book an appointment to review any pressing issues or concerns you might have.
General Information:
- Address: 1100 Elizabeth Street
- School phone: 765-807-8550
- School fax: 765-476-2910
To report student absence: Call 765-807-8550
To contact a teacher: Staff Directory
Policy on Electronic Devices
Oakland Academy Parents, Guardians, and Students,
To preserve the academic integrity of our academic courses and our school hours, the decision has been made to enact a new personal electronic devices policy. Due to the advancement of technology, apps and social media sites have been created that distract and sidestep the students’ learning experience in a way that teachers are unable to distinguish whether work submitted was completed by the student without assistance. While this type of assistance can be an appropriate tool at times, the use of this type of technology on school work and assessments can also hinder Oakland Academy staff from gaining a true representation of a student's capabilities.
Due to this ongoing struggle, students will be required to turn in their personal electronic devices at the beginning of each class period to their teacher. Teachers will have the option to allow students access to their personal electronic devices once graded classwork for the period is completed and checked by the teacher. Students who do not turn in their personal electronic devices, and are subsequently caught using their personal electronic devices during class time, will be subject to disciplinary consequences. These consequences will include, but not be limited to, turning the personal electronic devices into the office at the beginning of the school day.
Our intention is not to prevent you from contacting your child during the school day, but to ensure contact with your student is maintained through the appropriate channel. If there is any type of emergency, please contact the front office immediately, and we will ensure that your student has access to his/her personal electronic devices in the front office area to avoid disruption of the school day for all of our students and staff. In most cases, students will be able to check their personal electronic devices during transition periods, and before and after school, per our handbook policy.
We recognize that your goal of academic success for your student is one of the many reasons you have chosen to send your student to Oakland Academy. We share that goal of academic success for your student as well. By their very nature, grades, credits and diplomas are important indicators of student knowledge and capabilities. Due to the need to protect the integrity of these academic measures and the structure of school hours, we feel it is necessary to enact this policy. In the Spring semester of the 2020-2021 academic year this personal electronic device policy and all of information surrounding this decision was discussed with your student. If you have any questions or concerns, we would be more than happy to speak with you. We deeply appreciate your support in the academic success of your student at Oakland Academy.
Sincerely,
Oakland Academy Staff
Dave Walker Principal
MaryBeth Yeaman School Counselor
Kristine Kealey English Teacher
Kalisa Mitchell Social Studies Teacher
Wendy Towle Mathematics Teacher
Jesse King Science Teacher
Jennifer Smith-Margraf Spanish Teacher