Grantham Academy Students Shine at Regional Business Professionals of America Competition
The national organization develops students’ professionalism and leadership skills to succeed.
The BPA team from Grantham Academy poses for a picture.
[dropcap color=”#888″ type=”square”]G[/dropcap]rantham Academy students shined at the regional [icons icon_name=”icon-external-link” icon_size=”14px”]Business Professionals of America (BPA) competition.
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.
Qualifying students will compete at the state competition as primary or alternate representatives. It will take place in Corpus Christi from March 2-5.
Winners at Regionals
1st Place in Extemporaneous Speech — Noriah Durón
2nd Place in Keyboarding Production — Anthony Abarca
2nd Place in Presentation Management Team — Alan Álvarez & Kettner Valladares
2nd Place in Entrepreneurship Exploration — Zitlali Valdez
3rd Place in Financial Literacy — Alan Álvarez
4th Place in Graphic Design Promotion — Victoria Cubero
5th Place in Introduction to Video Production Team — Anthony Abarca, Zitlali Valdez & Noriah Durón
Byron Cobbin serves as the exploring careers teacher at Grantham Academy.
Congratulations! Good luck to students competing at the state contest!
[icons icon_name=”icon-external-link” icon_size=”14px”]Grantham Academy is a magnet school for engineering. The campus received a School of Excellence Award from [icons icon_name=”icon-external-link” icon_size=”14px”]Magnet Schools of America in 2006. [icons icon_name=”icon-external-link” icon_size=”14px”]Grantham also received the MSA School of Distinction Award in 2004, 2005 and 2007.
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