As we wrapped up the first quarter of a new school year, we look back at what we have done, and among the many things, is PowderPuff! In 2023, our DECA members brought PowderPuff back to OOHS after COVID-19 to raise money for Project Woman Ohio. This October we continued the annual event with 100%…
Category: Social Responsibility & Ethics
DECA + PowderPuff…for a cause
{Written by DECA senior, Poorvi P with edits by Mrs G} Mark your calendars for next Tuesday, September 24th, PowderPuff is almost here! This annual event combines fun, competition, and school spirit, all for a good cause! PowderPuff allows OOHS girls to join together on the football field and show off their skills, while raising…
DECA Campaign 2022-23 Recap
We don’t always get around to blogging in the midst of some of our busier times of the year… but wanted to do a Throwback Thursday to recap last year’s hard working DECA Campaign Team! The following was originally written by Senior Marketing + DECA member, Jessie M with some edits by Mrs G. We…
“It’s Coffee Cart Day!”
Written by Maithreyi, edited and contributed by Mrs Gellenbeck Every Wednesday morning, we see a group of students with the brightest of smiles, selling fresh coffee to wake us all up. This mini business is called Coffee Cart and is run by our Olentangy Orange High School students, with assistance from their teachers, in our…
OOHS National Business Honor Society organizes service projects
We have done a lot of fun service projects over the last year and are finally taking the time to recap them! Service learning is an opportunity for club members to get involved, work together and “give back” to our community. NBHS members are encouraged to earn a minimum of ten service hours throughout the…
EntrepreNEERS collect toys for children in our 2019 Toys for Tots drive
Olentangy Orange HS and our EntrepreNEERS Business Club are proud to have our very own chapter of National Business Honors Society (NBHS)! If you don’t know, NBHS is a society for passionate business students in high schools across America, meant to promote and recognize these exceptional students. As a chapter of the NBHS, we are…
World Down Syndrome Day
World Down Syndrome Day Student/guest post, Joanna We have an awesome special education unit here at Olentangy Orange HS, including a few students who have Down Syndrome. We wanted to come together as a school and bring awareness to World Down Syndrome Day. What is Down Syndrome? Down Syndrome is a condition in which a…
Social Responsibility
We’ve talked a lot about social responsibility in class and on this blog! Businesses, small and large, often care about more than just “profit” and although Kevin O’Leary may beg to differ – watch the Ten Tree Apparel episode on Dragon’s Den – the “People, Planet, Profit” model can be a very successful one. In…
World Heart Day & The American Heart Association, 2017
Olentangy Orange High School business students sold t-shirts to fundraise for the American Heart Association again this year. Since October 2014, when Mrs Gellenbeck took over this project, the business students have raised over $4,000 for the charity and this year, our goal was to raise over $1,000. Thanks to the hard work of business students, led…
What can businesses in America do to promote Social Responsibility?
Guest post by Business Foundations student, Carrian O How are businesses so successful? Many companies are held to social responsibilities beyond “profit” to help their business & workforce grow. All companies should consider being socially responsible in the categories of… Environmental Protection– Show customers and employees your businesses views on the environment and help better…
American Heart Association Recap
Olentangy Orange High School has helped raise money and awareness for the Amercian Heart Association for the last five years. One of the biggest ways that Orange has raised money for the AHA is by selling t-shirts. The theme for the football game on October 28th was a red-out so the business classes decided to sell…
PowderPuff Football game raises funds & awareness for Human Trafficking
Olentangy Orange High School DECA members hosted a fundraiser in early October to support Freedom A La Cart & TraffickFree’s SOAP, bringing awareness & promoting the prevention of Human Trafficking. You can learn more about the startup stages of the fundraiser HERE. We had a huge school event that covered almost the whole half of the stands. This…
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