National BPA contest set for May 6-10 in Nashville

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Members of the Henning BPA team competed at the state competition in Minneapolis from March 5-7. Isabelle Godding and Monica Hansen (below) qualified for the national BPA contest with Hansen capturing first place at the state level in Advanced Word Processing. She also took fourth in Advanced Office Systems and Procedures, while Godding finished eighth in Advanced Office Systems and Procedures. The Administrative Support Team of Elin Smith, Emmie Smith, Elliot Severson and William Schwartz (below) placed eighth as a team. 

The Henning Business Professionals of America chapter had eight students compete at the State BPA contests in Minneapolis from March 5-7.  This was the biggest state contests ever as over 1,500 students from around the state were there competing.  

These students did a great job of representing Henning School and the community not only in their competitions, but also in their overall behavior and actions.  

Because of the huge numbers in Minnesota BPA, the top six in individual non-judged events and top three in team events and individual judged events advance to the National Contests that will be held in Nashville, Tenn. from May 6-10.  

Monica Hansen qualified in both of her events with a great first place win in Advanced Word Processing and a fourth place finish in Advanced Office Systems and Procedures.  

Isabelle Godding will be moving on with an eighth place finish in Advanced Office Systems and Procedures due to a couple others with conflicts with other competitors.  

The top nine in each event were called up on stage and received awards. In addition to Hansen and Godding, Henning had the following students get up on stage.  Administrative Support Team of Elin Smith, Emmie Smith, Elliot Severson and William Schwartz with an eighth place finish, Isabelle Godding with an eighth place finish also in Advanced Word Processing, Ryan Despard with an eighth place finish in Advanced Accounting.  

Other individual finishes were Myiesha Antoni 10th place in Database Applications, Emmie Smith 12th place in Intermediate Word Processing, Elin Smith 15th place in Basic Office Systems and Procedures, Ryan Despard 17th place in Payroll Accounting and Elliot Severson 20th place in Device Configuration and Troubleshooting.  

BPA advisor Mike Hepola said it was a very strong showing from this group of young ladies and men and he is proud of all of them.