Published On: April 2nd, 2017By Leticia Fehling

Drew Academy Students Shine at State Business Professionals of America Competition, 7 Advance to Nationals

Through real-world business experiences, BPA students develop professional and leadership skills.

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The Drew Academy BPA team at the state competition in Dallas.

[dropcap color=”#888″ type=”square”]D[/dropcap]rew Academy students shined at the state Business Professionals of America (BPA) competition held March 1-4 in Dallas.

The campus took 29 students to state and seven of those are now national qualifiers.

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.

BPA Students

[ul class=”list list-search”] [li]Explore Careers in Business and Technology[/li] [li]Gain Real-World Business Experience [/li][/ul][ul class=”list list-search”] [li]Develop Presentation Skills[/li] [li]Strengthen Character and the Ability to Work on a Team [/li][/ul][ul class=”list list-search”] [li]Develop Leadership Skills[/li] [li]Learn through Various Assessment Strategies [/li][/ul]

Qualifying students will compete at the national competition as primary or alternate representatives. The National Leadership Conference will take place in Orlando, FL from May 10-14.

Drew Academy State Winners

1st Place in Administrative Support Team — Anaiah Woodard, Alexia Garza, Carla Flores & Ramón Rosales
1st Place in in Entrepreneurship Exploration — Patrice Gatterson
1st Place in Spreadsheet Application — Anaiah Woodard
2nd Place in Keyboarding Production — Jester Urbina
3rd Place in Entrepreneurship Exploration — Tiarra Conner

Kalwenda Lott is a skills specialist for career and technical education (CTE) teacher at [icons icon_name=”icon-external-link” icon_size=”14px”]Drew Academy. She also serves as a BPA advisor and Texas Board member.