December 2016 News
Academy BPA Students Advance to State Leadership Conference
Wednesday, December 14, 2016
Fifteen Academy students who constitute a Business Professionals of America club participated in the BPA Region 9 contest at Hagerstown High School on Saturday, December 10. Members of the club qualified in ten different events to advance to the State Leadership Conference in March.
Qualifying Events
Students advance to the State Leadership Conference from these events. Some events take the top 6 places, others only the top 3 places. Some team events take the top 2 places.
| Event | Team Members | Placement |
|---|---|---|
| 150-Financial Analyst Team | Angela Cardwell, Ben Hiatt | 1st* |
| 155-Economic Research Individual | Ben Hiatt | 1st* |
| 160-Economic Research Team | Juliana Qin, Kole McGinn, Isaac Taylor | 1st* |
| 165-Personal Financial Management | Katherine Klamer | 2nd* |
| 205-Intermediate Word Processing | Katherine Klamer | 4th |
| 225-Advanced Office Systems & Procedures | Allison Johnson | 7th |
| 230-Fundamental Spreadsheet Applications | Isabelle Turner | 7th |
| 245-Legal Office Procedures | Allison Johnson | 1st* |
| 250-Medical Office Procedures | Juliana Qin Nikita Kumar Jakob Barbour Georgia Coffman | 6th* 7th 13th 16th |
| 265-Business Law | Hannah Komanapalli Isabelle Turner | 1st* 2nd* |
| 500-Global Marketing Team | Nikita Kumar, Ritika Mehta | 1st* |
| 515-Interview Skills | Georgia Coffman | 4th |
| 525-Extemporaneous Speech | Zackary Swoboda | 1st* |
| 535-Human Resource Management | Ritika Mehta | 1st* |
| * Advances to State Leadership Conference | ||
Open Events
These events open to anyone and not classified as advancing events yet each top 10 individuals receive medals and certificates.
| Event | Team Members | Placement |
|---|---|---|
| 190-Financial Math & Analysis | Hannah Komanapalli Jian Tao (Isaac) Taylor Zackary Swoboda Nikita Kumar Ritika Mehta | 1st 2nd 3rd 8th 9th |
| 390-Information Technology Concepts | Jian Tao (Isaac) Taylor Nicholas Shaw Nikita Kumar | 2nd 4th 9th |
| 391-Computer Programming Concepts | Hannah Komanapalli Nicholas Shaw Jian Tao (Isaac) Taylor | 1st 2nd 9th |
| 590-Business Meeting Management | Nicholas Shaw Hannah Komanapalli | 3rd 5th |
| 591-Management, Marketing & Home Resource Concepts | Nicholas Shaw Nikita Kumar | 1st 7th |