Students Earn High Marks at BPA State Leadership Conference

Students from all three Christina high schools attended the 2010 State Leadership Conference for their school chapters of Business Professionals of America (BPA). The state conference was held at the Sheraton Conference Center
in Dover on March 8 and 9.

Christina School District students earned a total of five First Place awards, five Second Place Awards, two Third Place Awards, two Fourth Place Awards and two Fifth Place Awards to qualify to send chapter members to the 2010 National Leadership Conference in Anaheim, California in May.

Christiana BPA Chapter members Junyi Cao, Adam Ramsaran, and Ashanti West received first and second place awards and qualified to travel to the National Leadership Conference.  Cao is the first Foreign Exchange student in the club to participate, and she placed 2nd in Economic Research.  Ramsaran has been involved in the club for four years and placed 1st in Graphics Design and 2nd in Presentation Management.  West has been in the club for the past three years and placed 1st in Presentation Management.  “The national conference will be the culmination of a school year’s worth of business skills education and training which members of the Christiana BPA chapter have received,” said chapter advisor, Mrs. DeLissa McNair.

At Newark High School, all six members of Business Professionals of America that represented Newark High School at the 2010 State Leadership Conference placed in at least one event and are eligible to participate in the National Leadership Conference. Their winners included Michael Bashkow, who placed 1st in Administrative Support Research and 3rd in Human Resource Management, Austin Biaselli, who placed 1st in both Information Technology Concepts and Medical Office Procedure and 4th in Insurance Concepts, Justin Reamer, who placed 1st in Banking and Finance and 2nd in Insurance Concepts, Rahul Patel, who placed 4th in Medical Office Procedure, Senator Black, who placed 5th in Insurance Concepts, and Tyler Prusisz, who placed 5th in Banking and Finance.

Glasgow’s BPA Chapter will send Julie Amilcare to the National Leadership Conference after she earned 2nd Place, Basic Office Systems and Procedures. In her competitive event, Amilcare had to create business documents on the spot within a specified time limit using the new Microsoft Office 2007 products.   “The test was a challenge this year for all the schools.  The Microsoft Office products were updated this year in our building.  In addition, the Glasgow High School BPA Chapter was recognized at the Conference for their Annual Christmas Party with children from the Terry Center.  The Chapter received the Community Service Award.

Please congratulate these 19 outstanding students who represented Christiana, Glasgow, and Newark High School, many of whom will now represent the state of Delaware at the National Conference.  BPA advisors are Darren Tyson, Newark High School; Sandi Fritzler and Edwin Smith, Glasgow High School; Karen Powers, Carol Schreiber, and DeLessa McNair, Christiana High School.

• Junyi Cao - 2nd Place, Economic Research Presentation
• Adam Ramsaran, 1st Place, Design Graphics; 2nd Place, Presentation Management (Individual)
• Ashanti West - 1st Place, Presentation Management (Individual)

• Julie Amilcare - 2nd Place, Basic Office Systems & Procedures; 14th Place, Insurance Concepts
• Julie Bailey - 12th Place, Fundamental Accounting
• Tamara Backus - 14th Place, Graphic Design Promotion
• Jaden Collins - 12th Place, Presentation Management (Team); 39th Place, Financial Math & Analysis
• Alexus Dover - 14th Place, Presentation Management (Team); 20th Place, Fundamental Spreadsheet Applications
• Taylor Green - 12th Place, Presentation Management (Team); 21st Place, Keyboarding Production; 40th Place, Financial Math & Analysis
• Adrian Keels - 9th Place, Fundamental Word Processing Skills; 14th Place, Presentation Management
• Martha Lopez - 8th Place, Fundamental Spreadsheet Applications; 14th Place, Presentation Management (Team)
• Immani Wells - 19th Place, Insurance Concepts
• Tirrell Williams - 12th Place, Presentation Management (Team); 20th Place, Insurance Concepts

• Michael Bashkow - 1st place, Administrative Support Research Project (Individual); 3rd Place, Human Resource Management
• Astin Biaselli - 1st Place, Medical Office Procedure; 3rd Place, Administrative Support Concepts; 2nd Place, Information Technology Concepts; 4th Place, Insurance Concepts
• Senator Black - 5th Place, Insurance Concepts
• Rahul Patel - 4th Place, Medical Office Procedure
• Tyler Prusisz - 5th Place, Banking and Finance
• Justin Reamer - 1st Place, Banking and Finance; 2nd Place, Insurance Concepts