Top Laurel Oaks Career Campus students are headed to state competition after qualifying for Business Professionals of America (BPA) events.
Students demonstrated their knowledge and ability in a variety of ways. The competitions included financial analysis, website design, marketing research, computer programming demonstrations, video creation, and more.
Those who received a qualifying score in any of the 90 events advance to state, where they test their skills against other top Ohio high schoolers.
The state qualifiers from Laurel Oaks are:
• Samuel Miller of Wilmington — first place, Computer Network Technology
• Samuel Miller, Wilmington — first place, Computer Security
• Antonio Gonzalez, Wilmington — second place, Computer Security
• James Yaegel, Blanchester — first place, Python Programming
• Bradley Close, Wilmington — first place, Computer Modeling
• Amy Bates, East Clinton; Marinah Beener, Clinton-Massie; Alexander Napier, Blanchester; and Nigel Fagan, Hillsboro — first place, Podcast Production Team
• Ian Fleming, Washington Court House — second place, Computer Network Technology
• Jordan Fryman, Hillsboro — first place, Device Configuration & Troubleshooting
• Jacob Michael, Washington Court House — second place, Device Configuration & Troubleshooting
• Audrey Lotz, Washington Court House — first place, Advanced Desktop Publishing
Students who excel in state competition can advance to the National Leadership Conference in May.
BPA is a national student organization promoting business, technical and marketing skills, with 43,000 members in over 2,300 chapters in 23 states.