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Students Receive Top Honors at Business Professionals of America Competition JVS Students in the Business Professionals of America March 14, 2008 -- Lorain County JVS students received high honors at the state Business Professionals of America (BPA) Competition in Columbus. Four students received qualifying scores to advance to the National BPA Competition in Reno, Nevada in May. Michelle Adams (Brookside), Huan Dinh (Keystone), Brittany Hicks (Midview), and Travis Williams (Amherst) will advance to the national BPA Competition in May. The students listed below competed at the state BPA Competition. Amherst Steele High School Sean Davis competed in the top 10 in the Presentation Management Individual Event Briana Palacios placed in the top 10 in the Web Design Team Event Brookside High School Michelle Adams placed first in the Advanced Word Processing Skills Event Leslie Miller placed in the top 10 in the Fundamental Word Processing Event Chanelle Williams competed in the Advanced Interview Skills Event Clearview High School Kevin Koziura competed in the Fundamental Accounting Event Twylla Stone placed in the top 10 in the Basic Office Systems & Procedures Event Columbia High School Ashley Carter competed in the Spreadsheet Applications & Analysis Event Elyria High School Alison DeLapp placed in the top 10 in the Administrative Support Team Event Stephanie Vargas competed in the Legal Office Procedures Event Firelands High School Gina Dominico placed in the top 10 in the Banking & Finance Event Keystone High School Huan Dinh placed fourth in the Fundamental Accounting Event Alyssa Hovinetz placed in the top 10 in the Administrative Support Team Event Midview High School Brandon Brennan competed in the Spreadsheet Applications & Analysis Event Zack Bykowicz placed in the top 10 in the PC Servicing & Troubleshooting Event Brittany Hicks placed second in the Graphic Design Promotion Event Kevin Rák placed in the top 10 in the Extemporaneous Speech Event Malissa Ware competed in the Computerized Accounting Event Tierra Wiggins competed in the Banking & Finance Event North Ridgeville High School Collin Gillespie placed in the top 10 in the Web Site Design Team Event Wellington High School Juliann Bockmore placed in the top 10 in the Basic Office Systems & Procedures Event Erika DeArmon competed in the Medical Office Procedures Event Tricia Wetherbee competed in the Payroll Accounting Event Additionally, Jevon Armstrong (Keystone), Brittany Hicks (Midview) and Chanelle Williams (Brookside) will also receive their Ambassador Torch Award. The Torch Awards are given to students who have demonstrated excellence through projects, events and volunteer hours in seven different categories – leadership, service, cooperation, knowledge, friendship, love-hope-faith, and patriotism. The Torch Awards are awarded on four different levels – the Ambassador award being the highest level of achievement. These students have worked on reaching this award over the past 18 months. The Business Professionals of America organization acts as a cohesive agent in the nation-wide networking of education, business and industry. The student organization is contributing to the preparation of a world-class workforce through the advancement of leadership, citizenship, academic and technological skills.