Ben Barber students competed and placed in various career and technology competitions. A few students and student teams will move on to represent MISD at national and international compeititions.

TSA | DECA | HOSA | BPA

The BBCTA Technology Student Association competed in the Region 10 Regional competition on April 3-4 in Mesquite Texas. The student organization consist of students from three out of the four high school campuses. On the page attached is a detailed list of what each student competed in as well has how they placed. All items that are labeled NQE are events that could possibly lead the student to Nationals in Orlando Florida June 28-July2.

NQE—Denotes a National Qualifying Event
Bryce Caruthers
2nd Place Tech Bowl—NQE
2nd Place Chapter Team—NQE
2nd Place Cyberspace Pursuit—NQE
3rd Place Graphic Solutions Tech Systems Modular
6th Place Promotional Graphics

Eric Carver-Simmons
1st Place Electronic Research and Experimentation—NQE
1st Place Engineering Design—NQE
2nd Place Tech Bowl—NQE
2nd Place Chapter Team—NQE
6th Place CADD 3D Engineering

Chris Dickson
1st Place Electronic Research and Experimentation—NQE
Cameron Griffith
2nd Place Medical Technology—NQE
2nd Place Chapter Team—NQE
3rd Place Graphic Solutions Tech Systems Modular

Nate Haefner
1st Place Promotional Graphics—NQE
1st Place Desktop Publishing—NQE
1st Place Scientific Technical Visualization—NQE
1st Place Graphic Solutions Tech Systems Modular
1st Place Brochure 5 or more panels
1st Place Business Card
1st Place Flyer/Poster
1st Place Club T-Shirt
1st Place Computer Generated Graphic Art No Clip Art Single page B/W
1st Place Computer Generated Graphic Art No Clip Art Single page Color
1st Place Computer Generated Original Drawing B/W
1st Place Computer Generated Original Drawing Color
2nd Place Film—NQE
2nd Place Chapter Team—NQE
2nd Place Cyberspace Pursuit—NQE
3rd Place Problem Solving—NQE

Andrea Jennings
1st Place Safety Poster

Richie Lott
8th Place Flight Endurance—NQE

Charles Mason
2nd Place Tech Bowl—NQE
2nd Place Chapter Team—NQE
3rd Place Extemporaneous Presentation—NQE
6th Place Graphic Solutions Tech Systems Modular

Travis Rollings
1st Place School Related Webpage
2nd Place Cyberspace Pursuit—NQE
2nd Place Chapter Team—NQE
3rd Place Problem Solving—NQE
4th Place Graphic Solutions Tech Systems Modular

Marshal Sproull
1st Place Engineering Design—NQE
1st Place Architecture One Photograph B/W
1st Place Landscape One Photograph Color

Raymond Stephney
2nd Place Prepared Presentation—NQE

Travis Welborn
2nd Place Medical Technology—NQE
2nd Place Graphic Solutions Tech Systems Modular
5th Place Flight Endurance—NQE

DECA Wins at State-Headed for Internationals – The Ben Barber DECA team in its’ 3rd year, has returned from State Competition held in Corpus Christi where they accomplished a big win in 10 categories. The students will be representing Texas DECA April 26-30th in Atlanta, Georgia.

Legacy
Calie Boswell won 1st place-Food Branding Event and Senior Management Institute

Summit
Brenda Padilla won 1st place-Job Interview Event and Senior Management Institute
Brenda Padilla/Omar Padilla won 2nd place-Financial Analysis Event
Kait Meehan/Taylor Stephens won 2nd place-Learn and Earn Event

Mansfield
Kristi Martin/Kari Justice won 1st place-Buying and Merchandising Event
Emily Linton-Selected as Voting Delegate for the state of Texas
Ana Garza – Elected District 7 Secretary and selected for Leadership Development Academy and to represent Texas DECA in Washington D.C. in June

Timberview
Kari Justice/Kristi Martin won 1st place-Buying and Merchandising Event
Taylor Stephens/ Kait Meehan won 2nd place-Learn and Earn Event
*Two names together represents a Team Decision Making Event

The purposes of DECA’s competitive events are:

to contribute to the development of skills necessary for careers in marketing, merchandising, management and entrepreneurship
to evaluate student achievement of the skills through careful measurement devices (performance indicators)
to provide opportunities for student and team recognition
to provide constructive avenues for individual or team expression, initiative and creativity
to motivate students to assume responsibility for self-improvement and self-discipline
to provide a vehicle for students to demonstrate (via performance indicators) their acquired skills through individual or team activities
to assist students in acquiring a realistic self-concept through individual or team activities
to help students participate in an environment of cooperation and competition
to provide visibility for the educational goals and objectives of marketing education

There are 185,000 DECA Students world-wide and last year 14,000 made it to the International level; about 7.5%. Our students are excelling and succeeding with students from all over the world.

[Updated July 7, 2008]

Health Occupation Students of America (HOSA) The following students competed at HOSA National Competition late June in Dallas. Students from 48 states competed at the National Health Occupations Students of America competition this year. The following students represented Mansfield ISD:

Elham Rahimy placed first in Medical Terminology and first in the Kaiser Permanente Health Care Issues Exam. Elham also received a $1000 scholarship award for getting first place in the Kaiser Permanente exam.

Faryall Hasan received the third place medal in extemporaneous speaking.

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Health Occupation Students of America (HOSA) students that placed at state recently in Austin.

Elham Rahimy placed 1st in Medical Terminology and will be advancing to Nationals

Faryall Hasan placed 4th in Extemporaneous Speaking

Allyson Weatherhead placed 4th in Interviewing Skills

Business Professionals of America (BPA) students competed recently at the State Contest. The national contest will be held in Reno this May.

Trevor Dawson of Mansfield HS was first in Banking and Finance Charles Celerier was first in Accounting. They will both compete at nationals.

Preston Nix of Mansfield HS was 4th in Extemporaneous Speech and is the first alternate for nationals.

The software engineering team of Bill Jones, Donna Jones, and Javier Torres all from Mansfield HS is also an alternate for the national contest.

The students have all been invited to receive commendations from the MISD Board of Trustees at at upcoming board meeting.