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Valedictorian took back life through online school

6/27/2018

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PictureRichard Ostergaard
Greenwood resident Richard Ostergaard, who graduated earlier this month from Indiana Connections Academy, was named to the school’s valedictorian. Ostergaard enrolled in the academy in eighth grade due to health issues that caused him to miss more than 60 days in a traditional school.

While attending the academy – a K-12 virtual charter school authorized by Ball State University that offers a tuition-free, public education option – he served as student government president for two years and National Honor Society president for one year.

“If I had been in a traditional school, I wouldn’t have been able to graduate from high school because of how sick I had become,” Ostergaard said during his commencement speech.

“I used to spend 60 days per school year at home because I was sick. I was able to take my life back with INCA. “I have met some of my best friends at INCA and truly have made ones that can’t be replaced,” said Ostergaard, who received a full-ride scholarship to study mechanical engineering at Tennessee Tech.

“I think a strange component of the stigma against online schools is that there isn’t enough communication between the student and the teacher and within the student body. I really can’t see that. You can be about as active as you want to be.”

​In addition to a diploma, each of the nearly 500 graduates received a small stone meant to symbolize time spent together, overall accomplishments and connections made at the online school. With the ability to work anywhere there is an internet connection, the academy’s students hail from small and large cities all over Indiana.

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RHS athletes honored

6/27/2018

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Three former St. Roch Grade School classmates garnered some of the top awards at Roncalli’s recent All-Sports Banquet. Nick Schnell (from left) was selected as the Outstanding Male Athlete. He was drafted by Tampa Bay’s baseball team and hit a home run at his first at-bat for one of the Rays’ developmental squads.

​Amelia Banister accepted the Outstanding Female Mental Attitude Award. A standout volleyball and softball player, she plans to major in psychology at the University of Indianapolis.

Sam Hansen was honored with the Outstanding Male Mental Attitude Award. He finished second in the 195-pound class of the state wrestling tournament and earned a scholarship to Wabash College, where he may major in finance or economics.
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