My senior journey has been great. I’m not entirely sure I want to move on past OHP, though. This year has been full of great things. I got to go on trips for Business Professionals of America and placed at state. I have had a blast being a lead ambassador. I will miss getting to do so much. As a senior, I am glad the time has come to say goodbye, but then I’m not so sure. I will miss my friends. Once I have convocated I will be attending UNOH (University of Northwestern Ohio) for Business. I am hoping to start in business and move to a dual major in marketing. I am hoping this will all go well.
OHP has helped me greatly. Coming here helped me find what I wanted to do for the rest of my life. This has helped me prepare to attend college and even get me some college credit that will transfer to my school. OHP was a great way for me to prepare for the future. I have learned the basic knowledge I need to know for my career in business. I have earned Microsoft Certification. These will help with future jobs. Overall OHP I believe was the best way to prepare for my future.

I’m back yet again! Everything at OHP has been going really good.  I have finished Macbeth in my English class. We were supposed to have a test, but that hasn’t happened yet becuse of all the snow days. My new class for the semester is called Success for College. This class is an online class through Owens Community College. We learn skills to help us succeed in college, prep for the ACT, and choose the right college for us. It is brand NEW this year at OHP. So far we have learned things about study skills.
In my government class we are studying civil rights. Ms. Oelker has just given us a huge assignment that will help us learn more aout the civil rights and all the events and importance of them, too.
Math…well is math. It has been going well we just learned about….well i dont know what it is called..but you get to create the formula for a something or other.
Business Administration Lab has been great! I just learned two weeks ago that I get to go to state for competition!! I won first place in two of the three competitions I was in. I get to go to state for Advance Spreadsheet Applications. The other compeition was Administrative Support Concepts. I placed first in that with over 70 people and it came down to how fast me and someone else took the test! I was so excited when I found out!!!
I’m sad that it’s my last year, but hey, I get to go out with a bang in BPA (Business Professionals of America) Region 16!
We have been working on starting medical coding in lab along with filing. We always have something to do. So far this month has been great! Between the snow days and all the good stuff happening…I hope it only gets better.
That’s it for this blog, but i’ll write again soon!

Hey guys I’m back again after what seems like a while…..
Well, this year is flying by!! it is already time for 8th grade tours. I just had my first tour yesterday. it was a group from Kenton. They were pretty quiet for the most part, but man did they ask good questions when they had them. They seemed really ready to learn all about our wonderful programs and their benefits. We started at Cosmetology and slowly worked our way through all of the programs. Several students were glad to see the different labs. I think we may have another guy possibly interested in Cosmetology, which is really good because some people think some labs are just for the girls or just for the boys. That’s not the case at all!! We have guys in Cosmetology and even Health Technology! There are girls in the Auto Labs like Diesel Technology and Auto Collision, too. Everyone can go for whatever they are interested in.

We’ve been working hard at OHP. We are finishing up our senior papers before break and summing up the little tidbits of our academics. In my English class we’re finishing our papers and King Arthur. We have done quite a bit. We just finished watching the movie! In personal finance we’re working on the facts about credit cards and debit cards. We are learning how to properly use them and avoid the risk of identity theft. Government is moving right along. We are learning how we can run for president. I might just decide to be president one day. That’s everyone’s dream right? Math is all about parabolas. These are those u-shaped graph “things.” We are doing something called “completing the square.” This is where we change it from one format of equation to another so we can find the vertex. Overall, its pretty difficult.

Lab is something new all the time. We’re all ready for CHRISTMAS VACATION!!!! We can’t wait. We have planned a dinner and fun day for the last day before break. We’re planning on watching a Christmas movie and having a good lunch of homemade foods and a gift exchange. I got a fellow student in my lab. I hope i can find her something good. Well that sums everything up until next time…….

I chose to come to Hi-Point for many reasons. One was the college credit I can get with the labs I was looking at. The other was the opportunity to start a career while I am still in high school. Most of our labs are tech prep. This means that you can get college credit while in high school. This would be the main reason someone would want to come to OHP. It was a major factor for me. If that’s not good enough, there is always the fact that you can go into immediate employment after your two years with 90% of our labs. This allows you to learn skills and get an edge for the growing careers out in the world. OHP allows you to be ahead of others in all they do to prepare you.

For me, my choice was made when I heard college credit and immediate employment possible after graduation. OHP opens many opportunities also. I have taken advantage of these. I have been able to get hands-on experience for my career. I have worked as an assistant to a staff member and created different items that have come into our lab. OHP allows all their labs to get these experiences. Just last week the Health Technology students were out at a nursing home training for their STNA! Every week the Construction Trades students go out to the house they’re building. Every lab does some sort of hands-on training. These are just a few reasons to come to OHP.

This school year has started out better than I imagined. I got ahead and have started on my senior project for Logan County Family and Children’s First Council, though I am stuck for the moment. Overall everything has gone well. I have gotten student of the month for this month. Just like one would at a home school. The other student and I went with Mr. Staudter (High School Director) to Kiwanis just last week to get recognized.  It was a lot of fun. We even got certificates to put in our career passports. We also got to attend a Board Meeting to be recognized. This was a lot of fun also.

School has been flying by so far. We are already into senior projects! We have been doing a lot with OGT (Ohio Graduation Test) week going on here. I have been working on getting my research paper done for English. This week is catch-up week for most students since the nine-weeks is about to end, which is really hard to believe. It doesn’t seem like it’s been that long.

It was hard choosing a program at Hi-Point.  I came for Sophomore Career Days my sophomore year and went through the Printing and Graphics program and then Business Administration.  I enjoyed both programs greatly.  It was a hard decision to make. I weighed the pros of each program.  Business allows me to start my own business and learn all the ideals of running a business or working for a large company and even launching and creating websites.  Printing and Graphics would have allowed me to take, edit, and create different pictures, and also create screen tees, for example.

At that time I was looking for something more towards the website career.  I chose my Business Administration program because it interested me the most and also allows me to do things that Printing and Graphics does, but not to the same extent.  So it ended up being a win-win for me. Business Administration so far has been a lot of fun.  I have learned how to create websites using Dreamweaver and also had launched one last year for a team competition.  I enjoyed it greatly.  I have also learned many other useful things in my lab such as how to create different things in Word, PowerPoint, and Publisher. I also ended my junior year with my Microsoft Office Certification in PowerPoint.  At the end of this year I will be certified in all Microsoft Office Applications.

Ashley B., our student blogger in Business Administration Technology, decided to take us inside some of OHP’s classrooms.  With her photos she shows off the use of technology in the classroom, whether it’s students on their laptops or teachers using various technology to instruct.  She also takes us inside a Business Professionals of America (BPA) student organization meeting.  BPA is one of many student organizations that OHP students can get involved in to build their leadership, management, organizational and speaking skills.

Her full set of photos is on the Hi-Point Journeys Flickr Page.

I’ m Ashley B. Im a senior at Triad High School, and I am in the Business Administration program.   So far not a whole lot has gone on at OHP.

In English we have done power writing and a PowerPoint. We’re going to start reading Beowulf soon.  Personal Finance is a class teaching me how to manage my money. We have done a PowerPoint over ourr wants and needs. We have also learned to set smart goals, which are things that help you decide how to save your money.

Government class has been movin right along, and we have already covered chapter one and now are starting chapter two with a PowerPoint over vocabulary. College Math has been pretty simple for me. We have done information on calculators and other review from Algebra.

My Business Administration Lab has been long! We just started accounting, medical terms, and Advanced Word. Accounting is pretty easy so far. Advance Word is so far a review of last year: doing mail merges. It’s pretty cool how it allows you to type a letter and just insert something and it makes it go or insert the address of all the people you want to send it to. Medical Terms is funny kind of because the pictures they give you to try and remember the words! Overall the senior year is off to a great start with classes!