The Portage High School Business Professionals of America students brought back multiple honors last weekend after competing at the annual BPA Regional Competition.
Regionals, which took place at Kankakee Valley High School on Dec. 8, is the first of three major competitions this school year. Students who obtained a sixth place or higher at regionals qualify for the state competition this March in Indianapolis.
PHS BPA students who qualified for the state competition in March are Harbir Aujla, 6th place in Intermediate Word Processing and 3rd place in Fundamental Spreadsheet Application; Gina Kapinos, 1st place in Personal Financial Management and 2nd place in Medical Office Procedures; Sasha Hancock, 2nd place in Personal Financial Management; Cody Leslie, 4th place in Banking & Finance; Sanja Kirova, 3rd place in Visual Basic/C# Programming and 2nd place in Entrepreneurship; Lilliana Hassinger, 2nd place in Small Business Management Team and 1st place in Economic Research Individual; Alyssa Mitchell, 1st place in Business Law and 2nd place in Small Business Management; Truman Edwards, 4th place in Personal Financial Management and 5th place in Advanced Interview Skills; Tyler Polarek, 4th place in Basic Office Systems & Procedures; Rogelio Murillo, 1st place in Advanced Accounting; Andres Martinez, 5th place in Personal Financial Management; and Hannah Doell, 3rd Place in Desktop Publishing and 2nd place in Banking & Finance.
BPA students are enrolled in business classes during the school day and attend practices after school to learn how to apply their knowledge in competition. Portage High School’s BPA is sponsored by business teacher Lisa Melendez.
Congratulations to the team on an excellent performance and your much-deserved awards.