FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

From Mindy Eggleston, Lauren Cornett, Sarah Sutliff, Laura Wilson

Hillsdale High School and Davis Middle School

517-439-4320 and 517-439-4326

Mindy.Eggleston@hillsdaleschools.org

Lauren.Cornett@hillsdaleschools.org

Sarah.Sutliff@hillsdaleschools.org

Laura.Wilson@hillsdaleschools.org 

 

12 May 2021

 

BPA National Leadership Conference Results 2021

Business Professionals of America Chapter

Attending National Leadership Conference

 

Business Professionals of America is a dynamic youth organization which provides leadership and business opportunities for middle school and high school students to prepare them for their future careers.  The skills that students learn through participating in a variety of business experiences are beneficial and will help prepare students for a career in the workforce. 

The National Leadership Conference took place virtually from April 26-May 8, 2021; over 6,000 students across the nation participated.  At this conference, students participated in business related events and competed for the top spots.  Hillsdale Community Schools had a total of 28 students who placed in the top ten of the nation!

Fourteen Hornets competed at the high school level with six of those placing in the top ten.  Senior Ella Springer placed third in the Graphic Design competition and Grace Shreffler placed fourth in Advanced Word Processing.  The Computer Animation Team of Austin Hall ‘22, Kaigan Keeney ‘24, Jonah Richards ‘22, and Ben Taylor ‘22, placed 7th overall.  

Twenty-one Hornets competed at the middle school level with all 21 placing in the top ten and eighth grader Kate Nolan placing in the top ten in two different categories for a total of 22 students in the top ten. Another thing important to note is that the Davis Middle School chapter performed better at NLC than any other school in the state of Michigan. 

The ML club had three teams place second in the nation. Congratulations to the Introduction to Video Production team of Kate Nolan ‘25, Alexis Panik ‘25, Kennadi Smith ‘27, and Maddy Wilson ‘27; the Website Design team of  Bryn Adams ‘26, Melody Gigowski ‘25, Alivia Martin ‘28, and Grace Yager ‘26,  and the Digital Game Design team of Landon York ‘26 and Logan Youngman ‘27.

The Introduction to Video Production team of Claire Flannery ‘27, Emma Hawkins ‘25, Jillian Monahan ‘25, and Susan Petersen ‘27 placed third in the nation.  Kate Nolan ‘25 placed fifth in Entrepreneurship Exploration, the other Digital Game Design team of Logan Bayer ‘25 and John Petersen ‘25 had to compete without two of their teammates due to quarantine and ended up placing 6th in the nation despite this setback. The other Website Design team of Quinn Ortiz ‘25, Ava Ruley ‘25, and Kassidy Hassenzahl ‘25 placed 7th; in addition, Ava Ruley placed 8th in her prepared speech event. Eighth grader Abby Nolan placed 8th in the brand- new Human Resource Exploration event and seventh grader Noah Widman placed 9th in Graphic Design Promotion.

The high school and middle school teams and advisors celebrated with a pizza party on Saturday, May 8th, as they watched the awards show live.  BPA used new technology so the students could join a Zoom room and were able to be on camera for the presentation.  Awards will be mailed to schools and distributed at a later date. 

The Business Professionals of America Torch Awards Program is designed to promote professionalism and leadership in both career development and personal growth. Students complete activities in the seven Torch categories: Leadership, Service, Cooperation, Knowledge, Friendship, Love, Hope, Faith, and Patriotism – then log their activities in an online Torch Résumé. Awarded at the national level, the Ambassador Torch Award requires 70 points in each Torch category. An Ambassador level status is defined as “a diplomatic official of the highest rank appointed and accredited as a representative of the organization.”  Three seniors earned this distinction at the National Leadership Conference; congratulations to Brylee Boyd, Hailey Granata, and Grace Shreffler. 

  Business Professionals of America is full of bright, young people wishing to enter a business professional career.  This beneficial organization is helping our youth to have a brighter future.  The BPA Clubs are coached by Lauren Cornett, Mindy Eggleston, Sarah Sutliff, and Laura Wilson. 

 

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2021 Business Professionals of America National Leadership Conference
Place	Competition	Student(s)
2nd	Introduction to Video Production - Middle School	Kate Nolan, Alexis Panik, Kennadi Smith, and Madelyn Wilson
2nd	Digital Game Design Team - Middle School	Landon York and Logan Youngman
2nd	Website Design Team - Middle School	Bryn Adams, Melody Gigowski, Alivia Martin, and Grace Yager
3rd	Graphic Design Promotion - High School	Ella Springer
3rd	Introduction to Video Production - Middle School	Claire Flannery, Emma Hawkins, Jillian Monahan, and Susan Petersen
4th	Advanced Word Processing - High School	Grace Shreffler
5th	Entrepreneurship Exploration - Middle School	Kate Nolan
6th	Digital Game Design Team - Middle School	Logan Bayer and John Petersen
7th	Website Design Team - Middle School	Quinn Ortiz, Ava Ruley, Kassidy Hassenzahl
7th	Computer Animation Team - High School	Austin Hall, Kaigan Keeney, Jonah Richards, Ben Taylor
8th	Prepared Speech - Middle School	Ava Ruley
9th	Human Resource Exploration - Middle School	Abby Nolan
9th	Graphic Design Promotion - Middle School	Noah Widman
AMBASSADOR TORCH AWARD		Brylee Boyd, Hailey Granata, Grace Shreffler
11th	Graphic Design Promotion - Middle School	Susan Petersen
14th	Advanced Word Processing - High School	Sarah Korn
15th	Extemporaneous Speech - Middle Level	Jillian Monahan
15th	Intermediate Word Processing - High School	Stella McCourry
20th	Entrepreneurship Exploration - Middle School	Alexis Panik
22nd	Personal Financial Management - High School	Makaiha Donahue
22nd	Financial Literacy - Middle School	Abby Nolan