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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?
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 (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.
The Cyber program represented itself well at BPA Nationals on May 7 - 11, 2025 in Orlando, Florida. We had seven students competing in various events, from Networking, to Cyber Security, to Digital Portfolio and Interview skills. The results 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.
Sumaya Alawi - 5th - Virtual Interview and Digital Portfolio
Ariss Broom, Amelia Simmons - 4th Network Design Team
Saleem Wood - 51st Python Programming
Ray Wheaton - 35th Computer Security
Aisha Keita Interview Skills Section #2: 8th out of 12
Nady Fotie Interview Skills Section #4: 9th out of 12
390 Computer Programming Concepts - Nady Fotie 110th out of 259
390 Computer Programming Concepts - Aisha Keita 133rd out of 259
390 Computer Programming Concepts - Saleem Wood 164th out of 259
391 Information Technology Concepts Open - Raleigh Wheaton 74th out of 258
391 Information Technology Concepts Open - Nady Fotie 88th out of 258
Certifications achieved while at Nationals:
Nady Fotie - IC3 Level 1
Amelia Simmons - IC3 Level 1
Ray Wheaton - Computing Fundamentals, IC3, Level 1, Level 2, Level 3
Aisha Keita - IC3 Level 1, Level 2
Ariss Broom - Computing Fundamentals, IC3 Level 1
Saleem Wood - Cisco IT Support
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