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BPA Competes at Regional Competition
Students in Tri Star’s Business Management and Interactive Media programs did very well at the Business Professionals of America (BPA) regional competition. Business Professionals of America is a national student organization. Competitions allow students to test their skills in real-world settings
Seventeen students competed in a variety of events with seven of them qualifying for state competition. On Friday, January 27th BPA members traveled to the University of Northwestern Ohio (Lima, OH) for the awards ceremony. And the winners are:
Heather Brackman: Digital Publishing - 4th , Financial Math & Analysis - 6th
Ryan Bruening: Payroll Accounting - 3rd, Fundamental Spreadsheet - 4th
Sophia DiSalvo: Prepared Speech - 3rd
Toby Drexler: Advanced Spreadsheet - 2nd, Computer Programming Concepts - 4th
Sydney Dues: Payroll Accounting - 4th
Hannah Evers: Fundamentals of Web Site Design - 1st, Digital Publishing - 3rd, Management, Marketing, & HR Concepts - 5th
Dylan Gilbert: Fundamental Accounting - 3rd, Financial Math & Analysis - 1st, Legal Office Procedures - 2nd
Paige Hemmert: Payroll Accounting - 2nd, Accounting Mathematics Concepts - 3rd, Video Production Team - 4th, Financial Math & Analysis - 5th
Ed Hemmert: Payroll Accounting - 5th
Brent Holtevert: Visual Basic/C# Programming - 2nd, Information Technology Concepts - 5th, Video Production Team - 4th,
Allison Lefeld: Payroll Accounting - 6th
Anthony Kemper: Computer Programming Concepts - 2nd, Information Technology Concepts - 4th, Video Production Team - 4th
Seth King: Personal Financial Management - 6th
Jared Naviello: Information Technology Concepts - 1st, Fundamentals of Web Site Design - 2nd, Business Meeting Management Concepts - 6th
Carri McNelly: Computer Programming Concepts - 6th
Gage Schmidt: Information Technology Concepts - 3rd, Video Production Team - 4th
Those who will move on to compete at the state level are:
Jack Bohman for Entrepreneurship
Toby Drexler for Advanced Spreadsheet
Hannah Evers for Fundamentals of Web Site Design
Dylan Gilbert for Fundamental Accounting
Paige Hemmert for Payroll Accounting
Brent Holtevert for Visual Basic/C# Programming
and Jared Naviello for Fundamentals of Web Site Design
These students will compete March 16th and 17th during the BPA State Leadership Conference in Columbus. Tri Star’s BPA advisors are Lynne Ray and Lisa Sheppard.
