Local business students qualify for national
Peabody-Burns High School Business Professionals of America (BPA) members competed Feb. 24-26 during the state leadership conference at Wichita Airport Hilton and Friends University.
Of the 21 local BPA members, 15 qualified for the national leadership conference set for April in Anaheim, Calif.
Qualifying for nationals in the various categories were:
Fundamental accounting, Joseph Brunner; medical office procedures, Jesse Riggs; website development team, Brandon Crabtree, Zach Dameron, Tyler Litton, and Kurt Phillips.
Digital media production, Dameron; graphic design promotion, Phillips; interview skills, Jade Garcia and Stephanie Vetter.
Advertising interview skills, Kate Topham; banking and finance, Andrew Topham.
Administrative support team, K. Topham, Vetter, Megan Cox, and Rachel Womack.
PC troubleshooting, A. Topham. Administrative support, Laura Hoffman; information technology, Riggs; and parliamentary procedure, Hoffman.
During the state meeting, PBHS students competed in two events per person. There are 545 BPA students members in Kansas. Following are the PBHS state placings:
Fundamental accounting, Joseph Brunner, first.
Banking and finance, Andrew Topham, seventh; and Derrick Simmonds, 14th.
Basic office systems, Megan Cox, fifth.
Medical office procedures, Jesse Riggs, third; and Jennifer Schmeling, sixth.
Administrative support team, Kate Topham, Stephanie Vetter, Rachel Womack, and Megan Cox, fourth.
C++ programming, Brandon Crabtree, fourth.
PC troubleshooting, A. Topham, eighth.
Website development team: Crabtree, Zach Dameron, Kurt Phillips, and Tyler Litton, second; J. Riggs, Simmonds, Ethan Riggs, and Nathan Bishop, fifth.
Digital media production, Dameron, second.
Graphic design promotion, Phillips, third; Litton, top 10.
Interview skills, Jade Garcia, second; Vetter, third.
Advanced interview skills: K. Topham, second.
Prepared speech: Jarred Weems, eighth.
Administrative support concepts, Laura Hoffman, fifth.
Information technology concepts, J. Riggs, 10th.
Parliamentary procedure concepts, Hoffman.
