Chinook High School Students Excel at Regional Business Professionals of America (BPA) Event
February 1, 2017
Business Professionals of America is the national student organization for students preparing for careers in the business world. The organization consists of local chapters in middle schools, high schools and colleges all across North America.
The mission of Business Professionals of America is to contribute to the preparation of an excellent workforce through the advancement of leadership, citizenship, academic, and technological skills. Business Professionals of America will:
• Be a cohesive agent in the worldwide networking of education, business and industry.
• Be the leading student organization in preparing a world-class workforce.
• Set a standard of excellence for career and technical student organizations.
Business Professionals of America is one of the national career and technical student organizations recognized by the US Department of Education.
Membership in the organization affords students many opportunities to expand their knowledge and experience. BPA's co-curricular approach integrates its programs and services into the business classroom curriculum complementing, supplementing, and enhancing the student experience. Both students and teachers benefit from their association with BPA.
The Regional Leadership Conference held at Sidney High School on January 18th, 2017. This qualification at Regionals allows you to compete at the State Leadership Conference held in Billings, March 12th – March 14th. Our Region 8 is composed of students from the following communities: Bainville, Chinook, Circle, Culbertson, Froid, Jordan, Glasgow, Lambert, Malta, Opheim, Plentywood, Poplar, Saco, Scobey, and Sidney.
Results for
Chinook Students include:
Parli Pro Team - 1st Place: Taylor Neibauer, Tate Niederegger, Kelsey Mathon, Nicole McCracken, Kourtney Hanson, Hunter Neibauer, Carrie Hofer, Rio Overcast, Sierra Swank
Parli Pro Open Test - 1st Nicole McCracken, 2nd Kourtney Hanson, 4th Carrie Hofer, 9th Sierra Swank.
Advanced Interview - 2nd Kourtney Hanson
Human Resource Management - 3rd Kourtney Hanson
Legal Office Procedures - 5th Madison Inman, 6th Jaye Anderson
Medical Office Procedures- 3rd Nicole McCracken, 4th Taylor Neibauer, 5th Kelsey Mathon, 6th Brandon Paulson, 8th Rio Overcast
Small Business Management Team - 2nd Place; Tate Niederegger, Carrie Hofer, and Sierra Swank
Broadcast News Production Team - 2nd Place; Kelsey Mathon, Nicole McCracken, Taylor Neibauer, and Rio Overcast
Banking and Finance - 1st Hunter Neibauer, 2nd Charley Anderson, 7th Brandon Paulson
Fundamental Word Processing - 7th Taylor Neibauer
Fundamental Accounting - 3rd Charley Anderson, 8th Madison Inman
Business Meeting Management Concepts
5th Brandon Paulson, 9th Madison Inman, 10th Charley Anderson
Basic Office Systems and Procedures -
2nd Charley Anderson, 3rd JT Hauer
4th Madison Inman, 5th Brandon Paulson
6th Jay Anderson
Administrative Support Concepts - 5th Brandon Paulson.