BPA Competes in Regional Competition

The Business Professionals of America at the Greeneville-Greene County Center for Technology attended the BPA Regional Conference and Competition in Morristown on January 30, 2004. The sponsor of BPA is Mrs. Glennis Huffman.

Prior to attending the conference each member prepared his/her Torch Award resume’. The Torch Award requires students to achieve 30 points in each of the following areas: Leadership; Service; Cooperation; Knowledge; Friendship; Love, Hope, Faith; and Patriotism for a total of 210 points.

Six students earned the Torch Award at the Executive level (local) and Diplomat level (regional): Nikki Cole, Chad Riley, Leanna Metcalf, Zelly Anicic, Amanda Devoti, and Ashley Martin. These students are now eligible to advance to the state level and earn the Statesman award in the Torch Awards Program. Regional competition revealed 100% of the students from the Center received the Diplomat level Torch Award.

Torch Awards Recipients

Students who earned awards in BPA Regional Competition are eligible to travel to Nashville in March to compete in the  BPA State Competition include:                                

1st place—Zelly Anicic—Keyboarding Production                                              

 2nd place—Leanna Metcalf—Basic Office Systems & Procedures                               

 4th place—Dustin Ayers—Desktop Publishing

Competition Winners