Plymouth High School BPA Shines at District Competition

Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 10:00 PM

Plymouth High School’s Business Professionals of America (BPA) chapter celebrated outstanding achievements at the District competition held on Saturday. Several students excelled across various categories, with many earning spots to compete at the State level. Those advancing to State are marked with a star (*).

Competition Results include Calvin Cerrato*, who was 4^th in Fundamental Accounting. For the Banking & Finance, PHS had five students ranked, 1st Jenna Blake*, 3rd Kadyn Ellery*, 5th Blake Mackey*, 6th Hayden Feldman, and 7th Haylee Busse. Kadyn Ellery, Hayden Feldmen, and Blake Mackey* took 1^st place in the Financial Analyst Team, while Kevin Nataren was 5^th for the Economic Research Individual.

Under Personal Financial Management, Davis Jones* brought home a 3rd, and Lillian Narantic* was 4^th. Calvin Cerrato* was also first in Advanced Spreadsheet Applications, and Birkley Cooper* finished the event with a 4^th place finish in Business Law & Ethics. Jason Weber* had a 4^th place finish in Device Configuration & Troubleshooting and a first place for Computer Security.

Alexius Borys* brought home a 3^rd place win for C++ Programming. At the same time, Katie Phipps* finished in 2^nd place, Carleah Morrison* finished in 3rd place for Fundamentals of Desktop Publishing, and Abby Lewallen finished in 4^th for Graphic Design Promotion.

The Broadcast News Production Team category had the PHS team third with members Zoe Allen, Sydney Heims, Chloe Horton, and Abby Lewallen*. Alexius Borys was third in Interview Skills, and Sophie Miller* was second in Human Resource Management.

The 1^st place Prepared Speech winner was Marley Christy*, and Tynley Gantz* was 3^rd for Presentation Management Individual.
Health Administration Procedures had 3 PHS students place with Haileigh Olivarez* 4^th, Kevin Nataren* 5^th, and Ana Slattery 6^th. The Health Leadership / Special Topics category finished with PHS student Kyndall Marcum* as 2^nd.

Plymouth High School students achieved 16 top-three placements in individual and team events. 25 students and teams advanced to the State competition.

Notable victories included 1st place in Banking & Finance, Financial Analyst Team, Advanced Spreadsheet Applications, Computer Security, and Prepared Speech.