Published On: May 21st, 2015By

Hambrick Middle School Team Wins 3rd Place at National Business Professionals of America Competition

Hambrick-Middle-School-National-Business-Professionals-of-America-Competition-1Four student members of the Business Professionals of America (BPA) at [icons icon_name=”icon-external-link” icon_size=”14px”]Hambrick Middle School competed at the national competition. The BPA National Leadership Conference took place in May 6-10 in Anaheim, CA. The team brought home a third place win.

[icons icon_name=”icon-external-link” icon_size=”14px”]Business Professionals of America is a career and technical student organization. BPA is for students and leaders in the community. It aims to develop leadership, academic, and technological skills in the workplace.

The students also advanced to nationals based on their performance at the [icons icon_name=”icon-external-link” icon_size=”14px”]state competition.

Hambrick Middle School BPA Team @ National Event

Liliana Campa
Mía Martínez
Karina Méndez
Herson Mercado

Students competed in Web design event. They created a [icons icon_name=”icon-external-link” icon_size=”14px”]travel website that focused on Costa Rica.

Chutney Hines and Harold Guillory are proud of the students. Both serve as sponsors of the BPA organization at the campus.

“They worked really hard to create an awesome website,” Guillory said. “At the event, they encountered some technical difficulties. But they persevered during their presentation. It has been a privilege to work with them. They proved that hard work and dedication brings success.“

Congratulations!

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