BPA chapter competes at state
The local Peabody-Burns High School chapter of Business Professionals of America competed at the 2007 state leadership conference held in mid-February in Wichita.
"Destination: Success," was the theme for the conference in which 435 high school students competed.
Four PBHS students, Joseph Brunner, Derrick Simmonds, Laura Hoffmann, and Danyel Kallansrud, were honored with a Statesman Torch Award.
The award is presented to students who show outstanding professional qualities in the areas of leadership, service, cooperation, knowledge, friendship, love/hope/faith, and patriotism.
Results
Joseph Brunner, advanced accounting, first; financial math concepts, top 10 (qualifying for national competition); administrative support team, fourth.
Andrew Topham, digital video, first; banking and finance, second; computer security concepts, human resource concepts, parliamentary procedure concepts, top 10 (qualifying for nationals).
Derrick Simmonds, entrepreneurship, sixth.
Laura Hoffmann, graphic design promotion, third (qualifying for nationals); presentation management team, fifith.
Jarred Weems, graphic design promotion, ninth; digital video, sixth.
Rachel Womack, advanced interview, fifth; administrative support team, fourth.
Ethan Riggs, administrative support concepts, top 10 (qualifying for nationals).
Ben Eldridge, web page design, fifth; desktop publishing, 15th.
Deidra Garcia, presentation management team, fifth.
Seth Metvin, prepared speech, third, (qualifying for nationals); small business management team, seventh.
Alex Holm-McDowell, small business management team, seventh.
Jake Middleton, presentation management team, fifth.
Kendall Wiebe, small business management team, seventh.
Cade Middleton, legal office, sixth; accepted into leadership academy.
Brian Wingert, small business management team, seventh.
Julie Wedel, keyboarding production, fifth; administrative support concepts, top 15 (qualifying for nationals); web page design team, fifth.
Traylee Woodruff, medical office procedures, fourth (qualifying for nationals); presentation management team, 10th.
Paige Barnes, legal office procedures, 13th; desktop publishing, 20th.
Kaitlyn Preheim, administrative support team, fifth.
Danielle Savage, legal office procedures, 12th. administrative support team, fifth.
Seth Alstrom, web page design team, fifth.
Garret Weems, presentation management team, 10th.
Martin Hofkamp, human resources concepts, top 10 (qualifying for nationals).
Aaron Topham, administrative support team, fifth.
Danyel Kallansrud, administrative support team, fourth.
Jacob Simmonds competed in spreadsheet analysis and banking/finance.
Garrett LaFoy competed in PC troubleshooting and medical office.
The national leadership conference will be held May 7-13 in New York City. Students who qualified for national competition are raising money to fund the trip. For more information, contact PBA sponsor Jana Wedel.
