Senior Year! It is almost over. How was the journey? When thinking of my senior year many feelings and emotions go through my head. In one way, I feel this year drug on and it was a tough one, I kind of feel excited that I will be done with school. At the same time, it is sad and scary. It is sad to think that the days of school and friends are part of the past and are just going to be memories. Ending my senior year is also a very scary thing for the fact it is time for life-changing decisions. I have to decide where to go from here and what I truly want out of life.
After school, I plan to work at the same salon that I do now as a receptionist full-time until a chair becomes open. When that happens, I will work as a commission girl and build up my clientele to soon be on my own and rent a booth. Since I will be receiving my Cosmetology license right out of school, I will not be attending college right away. A long term goal that I have is to eventually go to spa school and get into a more spa environment.
Overall I am truly excited for graduation and the next couple weeks! Attending Hi-Point has helped me to feel a lot more secure for my future and know truly where I belong in life. It has helped me to achieve my goals and maintain a job in my field right out of high school. I couldn’t have accomplished what I have without Hi-Point!

I can’t believe this will be one of my last blogs, and that this is one of the last ones some will read. My senior year was more than I had ever planned for myself. I always pictured senior year being great, but it was a lot more than that. I’ve been given many opportunities this year that have made the year worthwhile. I’m headed off to Rhodes State Community College to receive my Registered Nursing license. Then I’ll be transferring to get my Bachelors in Nursing. How’d Ohio Hi- Point help me?

Honestly, I’d be so far behind if I wouldn’t have came to Hi-Point. OHP has put me far ahead of the other seniors in my graduating class from my home school. In order to get into the coursework part of the Nursing program, there is core work that needs finished in order to take those classes. Part of the core work is a computer class, in which my whole lab took at Hi Point, in which I passed. Another part is the State Tested Nurses training, in which I passed back in November with OHP. Both tests were completely free for me take, and usually costs over $500. This means out of the core work that Rhodes requires, I only have one class to take in order to get into the Nursing coursework. Out of five requirements I had all except one. I would’ve had the last one, if my COMPASS score would have been a little higher. I had almost every requirement because of Ohio Hi-Point Career Center. I will never be able to thank this school enough for giving me the amazing opportunity that I received. I not only got a great head start to the future, but I feel more prepared than I ever have for college. Out of the schooling I’ve had, OHP was one of the best decisions I’ve ever made, and was the very first step for my Nursing career. And as I get older, I’ll never forget what this school has done for me.

As senior year comes to a close, I think about the others that are thinking of coming to Hi-Point, and I’m a strong advocate for that choice. I hope everyone enjoys their summer, be safe, and careful! And don’t forget about the very FIRST bloggers (:

Hey! My senior journey has been a blast. I couldn’t have asked for more between all of my friends, a great school, and all of the new opportunities that have been opened up for me. I spent time doing things that every senior could dream about doing. Working at my job, doing what I love in Information Technology, looking for the right college to go to and the field I want to stick with for the rest of my life. OHP has helped me out so much. It made me decide what I like to do, what I wouldn’t want to do, made me mature and become completely ready for the rest of my life.
I have a lot of friends getting ready to graduate back at my home school, and they still don’t even know what they want to do. They don’t know what field they want to go in, what school to go to or anything. I feel I am so far ahead of everyone because not only do I know what I want to do, but also I’ve already been doing it for two years. It gives me confidence and experience to do what I love. I had the next 4-5 years of my life planned out, but unfortunately some things have come up and I wasn’t able to go to the school that I was originally accepted to and was on the path to go to. I will be going to Clark State for Cyber Security and Networking Administration for the first year and hopefully by the next year I will be financially stable enough to move around to Columbus State Community College for the same field. I couldn’t be more sure that Ohio Hi-Point has made me who I am today and has opened my life up for so many more opportunities. Even though I am graduating I will still be checking up on the site. I hope I have made a positive influence on you and how you choose to start off the beginning of your life. Have a good summer!

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.

Well, well, day after day we get closer and closer to graduation and I never know what the next day is going to bring. This last Tuesday I was recognized at Clark State for an outstanding tech prep student award, and then Thursday I had a banquet and recognition for the top 15 students at Hi-Point. In between that I worked Monday and Wednesday and had a track meet on Friday. Whoever said that the end of your senior year was a time to relax and just enjoy the ride was lying. It seems that the end of the year is bringing my busiest times and is luckily keeping me on my toes and not letting me slack off. One thing that is going to make the end of the year even more difficult is the task of trying to juggle the graduation activities at my home school and at Hi-Point all at the same time, all while finishing up my last track season. All I can say is that when all of this is over I don’t know what I’m going to do with myself, it will be such a letdown to not be busy all of the time, I’m sure I’ll enjoy myself for awhile though. All I can say is bring on the graduation and bring on the summer fun.

Wow, oh, wow!  -It’s May already? As we draw closer to the end of this school year, and GRADUATION the more excited I get! I can’t wait to walk down that hill here at Ohio Hi-Point.  Convocation is just around the corner!  I can still remember my oldest sister Tara’s graduation/ convocation just like it was yesterday, and the feeling I had that one day this would be me, and that was back in 2004. My older brother Matt’s convocation was just a few years back in 2008, which made me that much closer and excited!
Everyone has told me since I started high school that the years would fly by, and I was like “yea right,” but now I realize that they were all right because it has really flown by! I can really say that I can’t wait to be out of school, but at the same time I know I will miss it. Everyone has also told me that I will miss high school and wish I still was in school, and I do not doubt them on this!
Hi-Point has given me so much, that when I look back on it now I am seriously wowed!  I have gained so many new friends that I probably would have never met if I hadn’t come. I was privileged enough to be a lead ambassador for both years, which has really helped improve my leadership skills. I was also one of the first groups of Hi-Point Journey bloggers, which has been a great experience! All of our readers get told first-hand how life is here at Hi-Point and that can really give you the inside scoop on what is happening and  what to be ready for and to look forward to! Mr. H. has really spoiled us with our FlipCams and digital cameras, and the luncheons at Bob Evans and Tumbleweed!  Not to mention our boost in popularity! Hah! I feel like everyone knows who I am, and I’m still meeting new people who seem to already know me, because they read my blogs! –So thank you!
I actually feel like I mean something to Hi-Point!  The staff here does their best to make your last two years great!  I would like to thank all of my teachers that had the privilege of having me in class and putting up with me! I’ll remember each of you forever!

Hey Hey!  What’s goin’ on Hi-Point fans? Hope all is well your way ☺ I am in an incredible mood! I FINALLY finished my senior project in my lab. I seriously have so much stress off me now! My project was a beauty box. The thesis statement on my research paper was “Engineering and electronics benefit the 21st century woman’s goal of looking beautiful.” I had to prove my point, so I made a beauty box. This box is magical! It holds my straightener, my curling iron, my hair dryer, and all the other accessories that I have to use on myself in the morning while getting ready.  Of course I added diamonds and glitter…and painted it purple… It just wouldn’t be “Mikki” without it : ) Sweet, huh? Yeah!
So it feels as if I haven’t blogged, in like, forever. So much has been going on at OHP. Two weeks ago, I went to the SkillsUSA competition. I competed in the video product competition. I talked about how career-technical schools benefit our community, and our students. I didn’t place, but it was the first time I have ever done anything with video, so that’s my excuse, lol.  I had sooo much fun at Skills, though. We stayed in an awesome hotel, we swam, and went to a dance ☺ The best thing about Skills was when these rapper dudes sang a song titled “New Sneakers.” Five other kids and I, out of like 1000 people were the only ones who enjoyed this song. They wanted everyone in the audience to stand up and take their right shoe off and put it in the air. So we stood up and fist pumped with our shoes. Talk about fun, son!  Gladly, I’m one who loves attention, so I was happy all eyes were on me
Sad sad story… I gave my last tours last week ☹ It was the final time I will ever be able to talk to students about how great OHP is, and show them around the school. So I made sure they enjoyed their tour…and was able to teach the lovely Mercedes (other lead ambassador) how to give a fabulous tour, so that she’s ready for next year without us seniors.  : )  Everything is coming to an end for my senior year. I graduate in a month!  I do keep this quote in my head, though, “Graduation is not the end, it’s the beginning.” I like that, it’s perfect.   Bell just rang, so I will talk to you next week!  Ta ta for now!

It has been too long since I’ve had a chance to write to you all, but now I’m back and here to share my experiences with the college process. The first thing I had to do was pick out the colleges that I thought I should apply to, which included the ones that I could transfer my credits from Hi-Point to and the ones that included a class in the health care field. I applied to Clark State Community College, Rhodes State, and Mercy College of Nursing. Applying to the college wasn’t a very complicated process as it just involved filling out their application form, sometimes submitting an official transcript and paying the usually small application fee. But what is like getting into college without having money? I for one can’t afford to pay my way completely through college without some help somewhere along the line, so scholarships are the way to go. Scholarship applications are somewhat alike but also different from college applications. They include all of the basic personal information, but usually include a written part where you state why you deserve this scholarship, and sometimes you have to get letters of recommendation to go along with them. But preparing for college is the biggest challenge of it all, because right now all I want to do is finish up my senior year and get to the summer, but I know in the back of my mind that I have to start preparing for college so when the time comes I’m not behind in the process. But no matter what happens, going to college is in my opinion the best thing to do, getting scholarships will be an immense help and preparing early is the best way to go about it.

It’s hard to believe we only have a couple more months left of our senior year. People always say it will go really fast, and I didn’t believe them, but I just got done with two sports seasons and now on to my third, and it’s crazy to think we’re going to be graduating soon.
What it means is we have more things to get ready for: state boards, senior project presentations, and this Saturday, I’m going to a SkillsUSA competition for Cosmetology.
Along with all of this, I have to fill out scholarships and apply to colleges. My advice to juniors, fill out as many scholarships as you can and apply early on and not at the last minute because I don’t want to admit it but I am still uncertain of what I want to do when I graduate. I have ideas but I haven’t made a complete decision yet. As of right now I’m trying to get ready to go to state boards and get my cosmetology license and then find a salon to work at.

We haven’t really been at school a lot this month. So much snow has caused all schools to close causing some of us to stay home and still continue to work. Although I haven’t been at school, I’ve been working more and more on my college options.  I’m trying to plan as far ahead as possible for my future. Being in Information Technology I plan to stay in that field of study when I leave for college this coming fall. I will be working mainly on Computer Information Technology with a degree in Network Administration. I’m very excited for my future and plan to stay on track to get there.