Welcome to Oldenburg Academy!
Our beautiful and historic campus is a place like no other. It is a place where students feel supported and encouraged to go beyond what is expected. A place that challenges students to be critical thinkers, diligent learners, and effective communicators. A place where students are inspired to be intentional discerners, global ambassadors, and community supporters. A place where students are prepared for the next step in their journey...wherever that might lead them.
We are here to help you and your family every step of the way.
Schedule a Visit
Any 8th grade student interested in learning more about Oldenburg Academy is invited to come for a 'shadow day' visit on a Twister Tuesday during the school year. Visiting students will be partnered with an OA student who will serve as their host during their visit to campus. Visiting students will attend classes, meet teachers and students, and see first-hand how they can Go Beyond at OA!.
Visiting students will begin their visit in the main lobby at 8:30 AM and will conclude at 1:30 PM. Lunch will be provided in the Twister Cafe.
Call the Admissions Office at 812-934-4440 ext. 250 to schedule your visit for one of the following days.
August 20th & 27th
September 3rd, 10th, 17th, & 24th
October 1st, 15th, 22nd, & 29th
November 5th, 12th, 19th, & 26th
December 10th & 17th
Shadow Day Visits - Twister Tuesdays
Wednesday Walk-Through
When | August 21; September 4 & 18; October 2 & 30; November 13
Time | 8:30 - 10:30 AM
Where | Main Academic Building
Parents of 7th and 8th grade students are invited to spend a morning at Oldenburg Academy. During the Wednesday Walk-Through, parents will hear a brief presentation from a member of our Administrative team, take a tour of the school while it is in session, and ask any questions about the high school experience at OA.
We will meet at the entrance to the Main Academic Building promptly at 9:00 AM with a 45 minute presentation followed by a 45 minute tour of the school. The morning will conclude at approximately 10:30 AM.
Parking will be available along the circle drive in front of the school as well as at the Feldhaus.
To reserve your spot for one of our upcoming Wednesday Walk-Throughs, please click the button below.
If you have any questions, contact Molly Freeland in the Admissions Office. mfreeland@oldenburgacademy.org | 812.934.4440 ext 250
Welcome Class of 2028!
We are so excited to have this great group of freshmen join us as our newest Twisters in our OA family!
“Now what I am commanding you today is not too difficult for you or beyond your reach.”
Deuteronomy 30:11
College to Career Readiness Program
Freshman Academy
During the first nine days of school, freshmen will attend a “Freshman Academy.” The goal of the Freshman Academy is to ease the transition for freshmen into high school and will welcome them into the OA family. Topics discussed during the Freshman Academy: service/volunteer hours, note-taking skills, technology, student resources at OA, organization, and test-taking skills.
Internship/Capstone
To complete the four-year college to career readiness program at Oldenburg academy each senior will be provided with a community-based internship and/or capstone project. This experience will provide real-world experience students as intended college major. Students will be challenged to go above and beyond the textbook and apply their knowledge from the past four years assisting them to narrow down there college major, that’s preparing them for college, all the way to their career.
Activities to assist in preparing for college and/or career may include:
Freshman:
Positive study habits
Test taking skills
Technology skills
Career Guest Speaker Program
Career Exploration Program
Sophomore:
ASVAB Workshops
Sophomore:
ASVAB Workshops
PSAT preparation
Ivy Tech Dual Credit Program
Career Guest Speaker Program
SAT/ACT Preparation
Junior:
College representative visits
PSAT preparation
SAT/ACT preparation
Resume-building workshop
Career Guest Speaker Program
Seniors:
College representative visits
Presentation of internship/capstone projects
Scholarship application work
Senior Exit Interviews
AP Workshops
Why OA?
All of us at OA believe that we are indeed the best choice for what matters most – your children. We believe we have the perfect recipe for success: a rigorous and diversified curriculum, an extraordinary faculty and staff, this amazing collegiate style campus, and multi-faceted co-curricular, athletic and fine arts programs. Plus – and most importantly – we offer this premier educational experience in a vibrant, faith-filled environment where your sons and daughters become equipped with the values and beliefs so essential in this complex and often confusing world.
Our mission and vision statement focuses and frames all that we do at OA. You will notice that at its core are our Franciscan sponsorship values: prayer, care of creation, dignity of the individual, justice/peace, and reconciliation/conversion. We choose one of these values to focus on every year and integrate into our classes and school culture.
The outward movement of these values generates the key attributes of our mission statement that direct who we want our graduates to become – a sort of “grad at grad” statement: men and women who are exemplars of Academic Excellence, Social Responsibility, Leadership, Personal and Spiritual Growth. Under each of these you see some specific descriptions of what that actually means in day-to-day life. (effective communicator, a global ambassador, a critical thinker, etc.)
But this infographic can be a bit overwhelming at first glance. We like to chunk it into 3 themes: FAITH, FUTURE, and FAMILY that we believe will help you answer the question “Why I will choose to send my son or daughter to OA”.
Here is a high-level overview, a trailer of sorts, for each theme.
Faith
To give you some examples of how our Catholic identity is central and integrated into our day-to-day life (which is really where it counts, eh?), let us share with you some memos posted in a recent Twister News, our weekly parent newsletter.
Wednesday Morning Prayer: ALL are welcome to join us in the old gym (or in front of school if weather permits) each Wednesday morning from 7:45-7:55 am. This is in addition to new daily opportunity to pray the Liturgy of the Hours in the ICA oratory each morning. Let's pray, OA!
Advent Confessions:
students will have the opportunity to go to confession during religion class.
Advent Prayer services:
All-school Advent prayer service is held during REACH each Monday of Advent.
On December 8 is the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception and our namesake “Feast Day” commemorating the date that the Sisters Chapel was first opened in 1890 but also the recognition that the Academy has always been consecrated to the Blessed Virgin Mary and blessed under her protection and guidance.
As a school community we will commemorate this special day together by celebrating Mass at 2:00 at Holy Family. Freshmen will receive a “miraculous medal” during Mass as well. This has been a tradition for all students new to the Academy for several years.
Archdiocesan Senior Mass:
The Senior Class traveled to Brownsburg to St. Malachy to celebrate Mass with their Senior Classmates from throughout the Archdiocese. Archbishop Thompson celebrated the Mass and shared about how life is full of 'Mountain' and 'Valley' moments. Senior year is one of those "Mountain Moments". It is a big deal. Archbishop Thompson also told the Seniors that they are the leaders of all schools. More than anything any school leader or teacher could do, the senior class sets the climate of the school.
Information about 2 future opportunities for our students to grow in their faith:
Indy March for Life
Summer High School Youth Conference:
Strong, clear Catholic beliefs, values, rituals, sacraments, and disciplines have always been our guideposts for OA. We join you as the primary role models and leaders for your child’s spiritual growth. It is our greatest differentiator and a responsibility we take seriously.
Future
If your son or daughter is your oldest child, you may already be shaking your head at how quickly you got to this moment – choosing a high school for your baby! Those of you with older children are nodding your heads saying – hold on to your hats – it only speeds up from here!
OA is dedicated to offering our students a rigorous, diverse, and dynamic college preparatory curriculum. Even though you may be uncertain at this moment whether a 2 or 4-year college is your child’s next step after high school, we can assure you that the content and skills developed and reinforced here are essential for future success whatever the next step in their journeys.
Specific strengths we bring to the table for this are
Small class size
Personal attention and mentoring
A 4-year College to Career readiness program
Gifted, engaged, qualified teachers
Family
We regularly describe our school as the “OA Family”. This is intentional. We are passionate about the philosophy that being “known”, listened to, supported and challenged are keys to a students’ capacity for growth and learning. When we ask our graduates what was most important to them about their years at OA, the consistent response “my teachers…. They believed in, helped me believe in myself, and encouraged me to try new things and be successful”.
For the past 2 years, we’ve been focused on developing a multi-tiered support system plan that will provide the scaffolding for ALL students to meet and even exceed academic and social-emotional goals. We recently dedicated an entire professional development day to continued work on this.
Family = safety, identity, camaraderie and fun. In addition to the classroom, this is generated in co-curricular activities such as athletics, academic team, art club, drama. A small school means there is the opportunity for ALL to find a place (often several!) to connect with friends, unleash the power of collaboration and teamwork, and share their talents and skills with others.
We hope we’ve whetted your appetites in anticipation of discovering more about the OA advantage. One final note is that if this seems great but perhaps beyond your family’s financial resources, we are delighted to say that we’ve never felt more confident about the resources we now have to make an OA education accessible for everyone.