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Office closed beginning March 23, 2020

by hopeacademyrhs / Uncategorized / No Comments / March 19, 2020

Please note: Beginning Monday, March 23, 2020, the Hope Academy office will be closed. Meetings by appointment only. Email Rachelle Gardner at rgardner@hopeacademyrhs.org to schedule.

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Thank you to our 2020 Taste of Hope sponsors

by hopeacademyrhs / Uncategorized / No Comments / January 20, 2020

SPONSORS Summa Cum Laude Irving Materials, Inc. Smeds Charitable Gift Fund Magna Cum Laude Indianapolis Colts Lumina Foundation The Kenney Family Cum Laude Anonymous Apex Benefits Group James Babcock, Inc. Electrcial Contractors Mays Chemical Silverback Baccalaureate Strada Education UnitedHealthcare High Honor Roll Anonymous Betsy Backe Eskanazi Hospital Indiana Laborers District Council Krieg DeVault Martin Marietta Mussett, Nicholas & Associates One

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Hope Academy will present its full proposal for a new charter, November 21. Please join us in supporting Indiana’s only recovery high school.

by hopeacademyrhs / Uncategorized / No Comments / November 18, 2019

Hope Academy will present its full proposal for a new charter to the Indianapolis Charter School Board on November 21 NOVEMBER 18, 2019 – INDIANAPOLIS – Hope Academy, Indiana’s only high school for students in recovery from substance-use

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Hope Academy Needs Your Help

by hopeacademyrhs / Uncategorized / No Comments / October 7, 2019

On Wednesday night Hope Academy presented its new charter application to the Indianapolis Charter School Board in front of a packed room of Hope supporters.  We are asking our supporters, you, our community, to continue to convey your

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Nine Indiana Programs Addressing Addiction You Need to Know About

by hopeacademyrhs / Uncategorized / No Comments / August 21, 2019

Hope Academy is one of nine Indiana programs recognized by the Addiction Policy Forum for innovations in addiction prevent, treatment, recovery, criminal justice, research, and health. Read their blog here to find out more about

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Hope Academy nationally recognized for innovative solution to the addiction crisis

by hopeacademyrhs / Uncategorized / No Comments / August 19, 2019

Addiction Policy Forum awards programs for saving lives INDIANAPOLIS —  Addiction Policy Forum, a leading national nonprofit, recognized the Hope Academy in its Indiana Innovations to Address Addiction report, spotlighting innovative programs that address addiction and provide support

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What would you want to tell families in a similar situation?

by hopeacademyrhs / Uncategorized / No Comments / July 31, 2019

Part 8 of the series, What Parents Need to Know: “Hope Academy Parents Share Their Experiences” “Know the red flags of behaviors related to anxiety, depression, drug use and intervene as early as possible. Find professionals

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What do you wish you had known about teen alcohol and drug use?

by hopeacademyrhs / Uncategorized / No Comments / July 31, 2019

Part 7 of the series, What Parents Need to Know: “Hope Academy Parents Share Their Experiences” “That it is much more prevalent than people think.” “That addiction happens much more quickly the younger you are in the

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Did your child experience any consequences as a results of drug or alcohol use?

by hopeacademyrhs / Uncategorized / No Comments / July 31, 2019

Part 7 of the series, What Parents Need to Know: “Hope Academy Parents Share Their Experiences” “During this time her grades were poor. She was reported to the high school counselor by another student saying that

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What was your first intervention?

by hopeacademyrhs / Uncategorized / No Comments / July 31, 2019

Part 6 of the series, What Parents Need to Know: “Hope Academy Parents Share Their Experiences” “In order: Talk Therapy, Intensive outpatient treatment, Inpatient treatment, Change schools.” “Attempted to get her into private school, but was

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