Charlo BPA
Spencer Shafter, left, and Kristi Fullerton display their plaques after placing in two events each.
Two Charlo students placed in their Business Professionals of American (BPA) events on March 16.
Kristi Fullerton placed second in Fundamental Word Processing and third in Payroll Accounting. Spencer Shafter placed 3rd in Prepared Speech and 9th in Fundamental Word Processing.
A total of 10 Charlo High School students (Houston Blevins, Austin Bauer, Becky DuMont, Royelle Esterby, Kristi Fullerton, Joel Lewis, Makenzie Merwin, Colt Nagy, Spencer Shafter, and Michael Smith) competed at the BPA state leadership conference in Billings. Over 1100 students from 81 schools across the state attended the conference. In addition to competing in their respective events, the students attended workshops, general sessions, listened to a keynote speaker, and participated in the election of the state leadership team. Each student had earned the right to compete at the state level by placing at the regional leadership conference in Kalispell on January 11.
Business Professionals of America is the leading Career Technical Student Organization (CTSO) for students pursuing careers in business management, office administration, information technology and other related career fields. BPA has more than 51,000 members in over 2,300 chapters in 23 states. The mission of Business Professionals of America is to contribute to the preparation of a worldclass workforce through the advancement of leadership, citizenship, academic, and technological skills.
Fullerton and Shafter have both qualified to go on to the national conference and will compete in their respective events in Anaheim, CA on May 5-8, 2010. It will cost approximately $1,200 for each to attend the National Leadership Conference. The students will be fundraising to pay for the trip. At 11 a.m. on Saturday, April 24, they will be having a bake sale at Harvest Foods.
-Courtesy of Mike Krahn