Hey guys! Long time no post. Anyway a lot of things have been happening since I last updated.

To start with I’ve been doing a lot with Ambassadors lately. Two weeks ago I went to the all boards banquet and gave tours at the school for the new board members. Tommie, Michael, Michael and Jamario were there too. We gave tours of the school and got to eat a bunch of great food that the Culinary Arts students made.

Last week we (Meaning BPA students) had our competitions. In the picture above is all the students advancing to Regional Competitions. Regional competitions is where all the local schools from Region 16 get together and compete to see who will advance to state. Tomorrow are Regionals so wish me luck!

Last Friday was the Marysville Highschool Job Fair. Myself and 3 other Student Ambassadors went to Marysville to help promote Hi-Point and talk to Sophomores. It was a lot of fun and I got to talk to the different venders there as well as talk to students.
Until Next time!

Well we (meaning my lab and I) started BPA (Business Professionals of America) projects today. I am working with JT and Zach on a website based on nutrition. BPA projects are what we take to competitions every year.

There are all kinds of projects to choose from, everything from group events to individual competitions. This year I chose to do Human Resources Concepts, Advanced Interviewing Skills and a group web design team. Last year I did a news broadcasting project (team event), Graphic Design and IT Concepts.

I am particularly excited about Advanced Interviewing Skills competition. I really like interviewing with people and last year we had an ‘interview off’ and I placed 2nd among the two labs participating. There’s just something extremely fun about talking to people reviewing your skills and trying to compete for the job.

The competitions are in January and we start at a local level competing with students from our school. If we win local competitions it goes up to a Regional level and we compete with all students from Region 16. If placing in a Regional level it then advances to State and then on to Nationals. It’s really exciting to win and advance. Last year we had several students go to state competitions. I unfortunately didn’t advance but I am really hoping to go this year (:

Thats all for now folks!

Alex (:

So I’ve been posting a lot lately but I kind of just wanted to talk a little bit about what it like for me to be an Ohio Hi-Point Student.

When I first got here my junior year I was kind of nervous. I mean I was just another home-schooled student who up until this point hadn’t set foot in any kind of public school building. I had already met with my lab teacher on multiple occasions and felt comfortable around her but I hadn’t met any of my academic teachers or for that matter any of the other students.

As the weeks went by I began to grow comfortable and made friends here. It was really cool, I got to spend time doing things I love and learned more about my future field. I had contests to go to because of BPA (Business Professionals of America) and my public speaking skills improved because of the things I was involved in here.

Ambassadors really helped bring me out of my shell because I had to go and talk to students other than my friends and help with fundraisers and all other manner of things that we do.

Towards the end of my Junior year I had the opportunity to get involved in the writing club and Bloggers. I took both chances and loved both. I was also able to stay actively involved in Center Stage Productions (homeschool drama club) and play basketball.

Hi-Point really means a lot to me because it helped bring me out of my shell and helped me choose a career. I was able to come here not knowing anything and then after talking with the teachers finding out what I wanted. Now here I am in my Senior year and I know that I want to go to college for Marketing and Graphic Design.

I suppose this really is a challenge to the Sophomores, I really encourage you to come to Ohio Hi-Point. You won’t regret it I promise. Remember school is what you make it. If you enjoy what your doing school is fun and the day goes by really fast. If you don’t like school the day just never seems to end. Here you have the opportunity to explore possible career paths and not have to pay a college to explore those options.

I really hope to see you out here at least considering OHP tomorrow at Taste Of The Future. Come talk to one of us bloggers we will tell you how much fun it is to be able to have this opportunity.

~ Until next time!

Alex

Last week was so busy, hence my being late with posting. Anyway! I’ll just jump right in and point out a few highlights to the last week of September. There really was nothing super exciting Monday, I just had normal classes, so I will start with Tuesday.

Tuesday- I went to a Job Fair in Marysville. That was so cool! Myself, Tommie, Anthony, Alley, and Seth, -all lead ambassadors- went and helped with this Job Fair. While we were there we gained the opportunity to talk to possible future employers. Everyone that I talked to were very informative and it was great experience getting out there to see what kind of jobs are available.

Wednesday- J.T., Michael and I -Business Professionals of America Regional Representatives- had our Regional Officer Training Seminars. We met up with 18 other students from local BPA chapters for Region 16. They all were nice and I had a great time. We did some getting to know you/ice breakers and listened to some great speakers.

Thursday- During the day I had regular classes and then headed to work. After work a close friend of mine and myself went to the park, in the rain. We thought we’d just sit in the shelter house but ended up taking pictures outside instead

I also went to the OHP Board meeting for September where I was honored as Student Of The Month.

Friday- It was the first Blood Drive of the year. And that is how I ended my school week

Until next time,

Alex

Wow it’s almost December! My lab started last week putting up Christmas decorations and we put up the Christmas tree. The seniors and juniors decorated their own ornaments for the tree.

So almost halfway through this school year, and I’ve always been told it happens in a flash. This is true. I feel like I just blinked and we’re almost halfway done. We’ve done so much, but it hasn’t fully hit me yet. I’m getting ready for next Friday to film the video for the BPA (Business Professionals of America) contests, hoping to make it to nationals with it. The video is going to be about “The Dangers of Texting and Driving” and we have a lot of new things my group and I are going to learn in the editing and the effects we can use. My group and I are going to go deeper into the editing to more advance than what we’ve questioned so far on how to do. This video will be very exciting to get done. The video should be very amazing and have some great facts and meaning to it.

So Ohio Hi-Point is a great choice for anyone who might be interested in knowing what it is like with hands-on experience in the job field. So if you’re sophomore or junior and there is something up here for you filled out an application. The labs up here get you prepared for college and going into the career field.

What OHP has to offer for you is that it has hands-on learning and bigger responsibilities. It also allows you to be seen more as an adult because you have more freedom to express yourself. I think OHP has let me be more open to being more creative. With my lab I get to show my creativity with my videos and photos I make in my lab. This expression allows me to see my potential in a future career. I believe everyone should take up this opportunity to be a shining star because Ohio Hi-Point can help you succeed in being out there and open.

Hey everyone! Here at Ohio Hi-Point to gain the college credits in labs you have to take the certifications and become certified in the areas that are fitting to your lab’s job field course.  My lab, Information Technology, has several such as IC3, Microsoft Office Specialist, Adobe, and CompTIA_A+, Electro-Static Discharge certifications.

Each one of these certifications is great way to get a good foundation in Microsoft office, Adobe, and computer related areas. Having all these certifications can be great on resumes also. So far all the seniors almost have all of them done, the juniors are just starting in the IC3 certifications. So you have about two years to get them done, but you want to get them done as soon as possible because my senior year is packed full with my Senior project paper and product building.

Right now I’m ESD certified, a Master in Microsoft Office, and IC3 certified as well. The things I want to have accomplished before I graduate is to get certified in Adobe, have my senior project all finished in the best fashion it could be done in. I also want to make it far in BPA (Business Professionals of America) competitions this year. Hoping my team video project does well and my Accounting contest takes me further this year than just fourth place in regional.

So I’m going to be a busy bee, with my lab, Marysville High school course work, awaiting to see if I get into Wright State University, looking into scholarships, work, and helping get events organized for Business Professionals of America since I’m Ohio Hi-Point’s BPA chapter’s Vice-President alongside Shelby as President. So I’m going to have a schedule filled up, so lots to get done. Can’t wait for this great opportunity to bring future success!

Check ya Later!