While most OHS seniors are getting ready for a typical college life just a few hours from home, Lacey Dreppard (12) and Austin Leicht (12) are preparing for much more.
Dreppard received a full scholarship from the U. S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, CO. With only six weeks of leave per year, Dreppard will receive four years of undergraduate education before her five years of required service. She is excited to travel often and get an education that is, “beyond anything [she] would get anywhere else.”
“It’ll be hard on my family, but they’re proud,” Dreppard said.
Leicht decided to attend the U.S. Naval Academy in Maryland after attending a seminar there this past summer. His brother, a current member of the academy, originally opened up the idea to him.
“I didn’t want to sit behind a desk but still wanted a college education,” Leicht said.
Like Dreppard, Leicht will also receive four years of education and officer training before starting his five year service commitment.
Both seniors are nervous about what their futures will bring, but are anxious and excited to start the next portion of their lives.
[nggallery id=8 h=350 w=250]
Dreppard and Leicht
![Julian Jackson (10) work with his father to make custom sweatshirts. “I really want to make it [bigger] because right now we make the hoodies in his basement and I eventually do want to make it a lot bigger. I want to get an actual store or an actual place outside the house and start selling them outside to other people who don't know who we are because we mostly sell them to family and friends and stuff like that…” Jackson said. “But I eventually want to get it to people who don't know who we are…” They started the business a few years ago.](https://myohsonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/IMG_3386-1068x1200.jpeg)
