BPA

Business Professionals of America

Interactive Media Design, Mobile Apps, and Cyber Security students participate in Business Professionals of America.  Business Professionals of America is a "co-curricular" organization that supports business and information technology by offering curriculum based events on national standards.  Students will get a chance to go to the National Competition if they advance from their Regional and State competition.  

What do we do for students?

Business Professionals of America (BPA) gives students across the country the opportunity to develop, lead and compete as they prepare for careers in today's modern business environment.

Business Professionals of America is the premier CTSO (Career and Technical Student Organization) for students pursuing careers in business management, information technology, finance, office administration and other related career fields.

With 45,000 members in over 1,800 chapters across 25 states and Puerto Rico, BPA is a co-curricular organization that supports business and information technology educators by offering co-curricular exercises based on national standards. 

Participation Requirement: Participation in any student led club/activity is not permitted until a signed Parent/Guardian Permission & Acknowledgement Form has been submitted (new 2025). This requirement is consistent with district expectations for athletics and other extracurricular programs. 

The SWCA IMD, Cyber, and App & Sim program represented itself well at BPA Nationals on May 7 - 11, 2026 in Orlando, Florida.  We had students competing in various events, from Networking, to Cyber Security, to Digital Portfolio and Interview skills.  The results of our State Winners are posted below.  We are very proud of this group.  They competed against the best in the Nation!

Just as a recap  about BPA and the process of how they got to Nationals:

Business Professionals of America (BPA) is a career and technical student organization (CTSO) that prepares students for careers in business, finance, information technology, and related fields.  

• Local/Regional Competitions: Students begin by competing in local or regional BPA events in their selected competitive categories (e.g., finance, graphic design, coding, speech).

• State Leadership Conference (SLC): Top performers from regionals advance to their State Leadership Conference, where they compete against the best in their state.

• National Leadership Conference (NLC): Students who place highly at the state level (usually top 1–3 depending on the event and state rules) qualify to compete at Nationals, held annually in a different U.S. city.