Minnesota BPA State Spring Leadership Conference Results
We couldn’t be more excited or prouder of the efforts of our WHS Business Professionals of America members that competed for the past few days at the Minnesota BPA State Spring Leadership Conference in the Cities. Represented by 9 – WHS BPA members and 1 – WMS BPA member, we have some serious hardware and awards coming home to WHS!
Congratulations to the following:
Peer Htoo – 3rd Place advancing to BPA Nationals in Fundamental Desktop Publishing
Martha Garcia-Fonseca – WMS 8th grader in the BPA Middle Level Division – First Place advancing to BPA Nationals in Business Communication Skills Concepts, along with placing 2nd in Word Processing, Business Math Concepts, and Computer Literacy Concepts. Martha will be competing in all events at the Nationals!
Kaw Tha Blay – 4th Place advancing to BPA Nationals in Advanced Desktop Publishing
Alondra Leon Flores – 2nd Place advancing to BPA Nationals in Administration Research Project, Individual; Statesman Torch Award winner
Alexia Puente – National Runner-up in Fundamental Desktop Publishing
Administration Team of Alondra Leon Flores, Kaw Tha Blay, Peer Htoo, and Edgar Mendez Ochoa. They finalized and will be a National Runner-up.
The WHS BPA Chapter also earned a number of awards for their service projects that helped our school and community.
They will continue to work on their skills in preparation of moving onto the Business Professionals of America National Leadership Conference to be held May 7 – 11 in Orlando, Florida.
The National Conference will cost approximately $1,500 which covers only registration fees, hotel, airfare, and ground transportation. We will be raising funds and requesting donations to help cover these expenses so these amazing students can attend the BPA National Leadership Conference. BPA is a nonprofit Career Technical Education (CTE) organization that does not receive state funding. All funds for this organization are raised by the advisor and student members through the school clothing store, District 518 contribution, concessions, and local fundraisers.