State BPA contest set for March 14-16 in Minneapolis

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Six Henning School students have advanced to the state BPA contest. The six students include: Elin Smith, Emmie Smith, Lillian Moench, Tiffany Weber, Monica Hansen and Isabelle Godding. 

Six Henning students have advanced to the state BPA contest. The students qualified for state after competing in the Regional BPA contest in Detroit Lakes on Wednesday, Jan. 24. 

Due to some illnesses and other conflicts Henning only had nine students who competed in the regional contest. The nine who competed in the contest were: Junior: Tiffany Weber, Sophomores: Isabelle Godding, Monica Hansen, Elin Smith, Emmie Smith, Lillian Moench, William Schwartz, Ryan Despard and Freshman: Luke Schmidt. 

The Region had the most students competing in the 25 years that advisor Mike Hepola has been with the program with over 270 students competing. Hepola said the team had a really good showing as six of the nine students placed high enough in their events to advance to the State BPA contests, which will be held in Minneapolis from March 14-16.

Henning students advancing to state include: 

• Tiffany Weber first place in Intermediate Word Processing and fourth place in Advanced Office Systems and Procedures

• Monica Hansen first place in Advanced Word Processing and third place in Prepared Speech

• Isabelle Godding first place in Basic Office Systems and Procedures

• Elin Smith third place in Intermediate Word Processing and 4th Place in Fundamental Spreadsheet Applications

• EmmaLee Smith third place in Legal Office Procedures

• Lillian Moench fifth place in Medical Coding

Hepola congratulated the students who advanced to state and said that a great job was done by all nine students representing Henning School at the regional contest. He said the students had great behavior and results in the contest.