DECA States competition starts a week from today! March 17th, 2017 at the Convention Center in Columbus, Ohio. As a result I’d like to bring out some ideas when presenting in front of the judges… You have to look at each competition and each person as a separate thing and know when you should look…
Fort Orange: Home of the Pioneers
Our school store, Fort Orange, is ran by Olentangy Orange High’s Marketing teacher & DECA advisor, Chrystal Shanahan. Our junior marketing students are all assigned a day of the week to come in and work during their lunch periods while all of our senior members rotate to manage the fort on a week-to-week basis. In…
Breakdown of Nonverbal Communication
Communication is an important factor of any relationship, whether it’s personal or professional. But communication is not just about verbalizing things, communication is also understanding and interpreting nonverbal signals. The ability to understand and use nonverbal signals will be a powerful tool to help develop strong relationships. Any nonverbal behaviors that were made, carried meaning…
About Our Guest Blogger: Madeline Simonds
Hello world! I’m Madeline Simonds, a senior at Olentangy Orange High School. I am currently the president of this years chapter of DECA and a current student in Personal Communications. Next year I’m super excited to be attending the Farmer School of Business at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio where I will major in entrepreneurship. I…
Choosing Your Dream Career
Guest post by student, N.T. // Personal Finance class, Fall 2016 Choosing your career can be one of the most important decisions you make in your lifetime. It can contribute to your lifestyle and working hours/conditions. When it comes to choosing your career, be careful not to choose one JUST because of a high salary….
Guest speaker highlights: Jacqueline Walker, accountant
Guest speaker highlights: Jacqueline Walker, accountant Guest blog post by Kayla W Jacqueline Walker is an accountant who kindly visited our accounting class this semester to share her knowledge, widsom and real-world experience. She graduated from Lehman College in 1991 with a Bachelor’s degree in accounting. She chose to go into accounting because she was…
How the market works
Guest bloggers: Alex C, Carson S, Drew H Before you can understand how the stock market works you need to know what the stock market is. In the simplest form it is a market that corporations offer up shares of their company. These are traded through exchanges. Now you can fully understand and comprehend…
T-shirt business coming soon!
Applied Econ students and EntrepreNEERS Business Club will soon begin producing their own tshirts to sell at Fort Orange and within the 2005-6 Business wing. More info coming soon! For now, we leave you with these images…. Parker, President, CEO & Model Andy, model in training Manny, designer and model Team “Finesse” – aka THE…
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…
American Heart Association 2016
The American Heart Association is a non-profit organization that has been working to save lives for over 90 years. Their goal is to build healthier lives, free of cardiovascular diseases and strokes. They are the nation’s oldest and largest voluntary organization committed to fighting heart disease. Their organization includes over 22.5 million volunteers and supporters….
Officers elected for EntrepreNEERs Business Club
Business club has kicked off for the year! At our last meeting, we elected officers for business club. Those who will guide the club through our various goals and events. Meet the team –> CEO – Parker Castillo VP – Sara Watson Marketing – Nick Chugh, Zaida Jones Accounting & Finance – Evan Bidstrup, Bobby…
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