{"id":1361,"date":"2011-03-18T10:11:11","date_gmt":"2011-03-18T15:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/social.plymouth.k12.in.us\/perspective\/?p=1361"},"modified":"2014-04-07T07:16:30","modified_gmt":"2014-04-07T12:16:30","slug":"business-professionals-of-america-excel-at-state-leadership-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/social.plymouth.k12.in.us\/perspective\/?p=1361","title":{"rendered":"Business Professionals of America Excel at State Leadership Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"
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PHS had a record high of twelve national qualifiers this year. Photo contributed by: Josh Zehner<\/p><\/div>\n

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\ufeffBy Maggie Morrow<\/em><\/p>\n

Recently, the Business Professionals of America (BPA) team traveled to Indianapolis to compete at the State Leadership Conference. With five State Champions and six State Runners-Up, this year marks the most successful State Leadership Conference in PHS history.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThis has been a fantastic year for Plymouth BPA! Not only did we continue to have tremendous success at the district and state levels, but we had a record twelve people qualify for nationals,\u201d senior Bryt Hiatt says.<\/p>\n

For several BPA veterans, advancing to Nationals is not a new concept. Seniors Sarah Gouker and Scott Cawthon will each be advancing for the second year in a row, competing in Prepared Speech and Administrative Support Team, respectively. Also, Hiatt has advanced for the second time in his four years, winning his second state championship as well. Senior Eric Blake was also a state champion in Fundamental Spreadsheets. Individual State Runners-Up were juniors Kelly Bryant in Keyboarding Production, and Logan May in Computer Security. Bryant also finished fifth in Fundamental Word Processing, which will serve as her second event to be competed in this spring. May, a first year competitor, also placed in Marketing, Management, and Human Resource Concepts; Information Technology Concepts; and Financial Math and Analysis.<\/p>\n

When it comes to preparing for a competition, the students\u2019 ideas and tactics vary. \u201cI was basically just tested over computer knowledge,\u201d says May. \u201cI felt comfortable with what I know, so I didn\u2019t really study at all,\u201d he adds. Singleton, however, took a different approach. \u201cFor Small Business Management, we have to practice our presentation several times before presenting,\u201d says junior Lane Singleton. \u201cIf we want to do well, it just takes practice, practice, and more practice,\u201d he adds.<\/p>\n

Several events that Plymouth has proven to be successful in have little or no returning competitors. Plymouth\u2019s Administrative Support Team is advancing for its second straight year; however, it will be with three new members. The Small Business Management Team won its third state championship title in four years, as well, consisting of seniors Courtney Harris, Bryt Hiatt, Maja Howard and Lane Singleton.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like this has been a really rewarding experience. I enjoyed it. The test for Payroll was hard, but it\u2019s all a learning experience. It is definitely something that everyone should try. This year\u2019s BPA team was really close and I feel like we all make up this big family.\u201d Hill said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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