The Carroll ISD Business Professionals of America chapters hosted the Regional Leadership Conference on Saturday, January 25, at Carroll High School, and were again successful in achieving many state qualified placements.
Business Professionals of America is a national organization for middle school, high school, and college students preparing for careers in business and office occupations. The organization’s activities and programs complement classroom instruction by giving students practical experience through the application of the skills learned at school. Business Professionals of America acts as a cohesive agent in the nationwide networking of education and business and industry and is contributing to the preparation of a world-class workforce through the advancement of leadership, citizenship, academic, and technological skills.
Below is the list of top results from the January 25 competition.
INDIVIDUAL EVENTS:
Elizabeth Hamel – Advanced Interview Skills – 2nd Place
Amay Ghia – Advanced Interview Skills – 5th Place
Uma Datta – Banking & Finance – 5th Place
Brady Miller – Basic Office Systems & Procedures – 1st Place
Sophia Polisetty – Business Law & Ethics – 1st Place
Matthew Merino – Business Meeting Management – 1st Place
Lauren Galbraith – Computer Modeling – 2nd Place
Abby Dickerson – Digital Marketing Concepts – 2nd Place
Deenah Quadeer – Economic Research Individual – 3rd Place
Arnav Koppala – Economic Research Individual – 5th Place
Zane Qureshi – Entrepreneurship – 1st Place
Ramitha Mallavarapu – Entrepreneurship – 3rd Place
Caitlyn Petescia – Extemporaneous Speech – 4th Place
Hutton Seltzer – Extemporaneous Speech – 5th Place
Shivang Jain – Fundamental Accounting – 1st Place
Anika Bajpai – Graphic Design Promotion – 3rd Place
Andrew Keady – Graphic Design Promotion – 5th Place
Alysa Lakhani – Human Resource Management – 2nd Place
Annabelle Martin – ICD-10-CM Diagnostic Coding – 1st Place
Marianna Torres – ICD-10-CM Diagnostic Coding – 2nd Place
Alisha Choudry – Interview Skills – 4th Place
Aanya Jayasekera – Interview Skills – 6th Place
Andrew Eaton – JAVA Programming – 2nd Place
Jacob Welch – Legal Office Procedure – 2nd Place
Cristina Petescia – Legal Office Procedures – 3rd Place
Kendall Lyman – Medical Office Procedures – 3rd Place
Vansh Shah – Medical Office Procedures – 5th Place
Daniel Eldred – Parliamentary Procedure Concepts – 5th Place
Aarin Bindlish – Payroll Accounting – 2nd Palce
Surina Kisinchandani – Prepared Speech – 1st Place
Joe Gardner – Presentation Management Individual – 2nd Place
TEAM EVENTS:
Sophia Polisetty, Cristina Petescia, Katie Hick, Andrew Eaton – Broadcast News Team – 1st Place
Aanya Jayasekera, Annabelle Martin, Jenna Neves – Broadcast News Team – 2nd Place
Ramitha Mallvarapu & Elizabeth Hamel – Economic Research Team – 2nd Place
Alina Khawaja & Megan Wolf – Economis Research Team – 3rd Place
Aarin Bindlish, Shivang Jain, Keedy Shore & Surina Kishinchandani – Financial Analyst Team – 1st Place
Gabriella Morisano, Francesa Morisano & Andrew Keady – Global Marketing Team – 3rd Place
Uma Datta & Saad Mohammed – Presentation Management Team – 2nd Place
Amay Ghia, Moritz Proell, Ian Kwon – Small Business Management Team – 3rd Place
Arnav Koppala, Abhinav Pemmasani, Shane Patel, Adhitya Ravikumar – Small Business Management Team – 4th Place
Vansh Shah, Jacob Welch, Brady Miller, Joe Gardner – Website Design Team – 2nd Place
Deenah Quadeer, Hibba Khurshid, & Alisha Choudry – Website Design Team – 3rd Place
MIDDLE LEVEL (Carroll Middle School)
Tarun Lucas – Extemporaneous Speech – 1st Place
Spandan Patel – Spreadsheet Applications – 1st Place
Sidhi Devireddy & Siri Gangireddy – Administrative Support Team – 3rd Place
Tarun Lucas & Spandan Patel – Website Design Team – 1st Place
Sharjeel Amin & Raghav Katta – Presentation Management Team – 2nd Place
This year the Carroll ISD BPA membership continues to grow and we welcome our newest chapter at Carroll Middle School this year. The State Qualified students from Carroll Middle School, Carroll High School, and Carroll Senior High School will be attending the Business Professionals of America 2020 State Leadership Conference March 5-7 in Dallas. The Carroll ISD chapter members will join over 2,800 other conference delegates from across the state to participate in state-level business skill competitions, general sessions, and the state officer candidate campaigns and elections.
