Update on May 1: Frontier STEM Academy tenth-grader Kaden Nguyen won first place in Fundamentals of Web Design at the Business Professionals of America nationals competition held April 26-30 in Anaheim, California. 

Additionally, eleventh-grader Isaiah Gomez of Frontier STEM Academy finished top 10 in the Microsoft Server Administration category at nationals.  

Business Professionals of America (BPA) prepares students to be global professionals through the advancement of leadership, citizenship, academic and technological skills. Teacher Deon Martinez is the advisor for Ben Barber Innovation Academy's BPA team. 

More than a dozen Mansfield ISD high school students competed at the Business Professionals of America State Leadership Conference last week.

Three Mansfield ISD high school students will be advancing to the national business competition after bringing home gold and silver medals at the state level.

The Ben Barber Innovation Academy and Timberview High School students are part of Business Professionals of America (BPA), which prepares students to be global professionals through the advancement of leadership, citizenship, academic and technological skills.

Each year, BPA members from several school districts come together to compete in regional competitions that are focused on career and technology education. The top winners advance to state and then nationals.

Congratulations to the MISD students who medaled at the BPA State Leadership Conference March 2-5 and will head to the national competition:

• Isaiah Gomez, Frontier STEM Academy, 11th Grade (Microsoft Server Administration, 4th place)
   
• Salem Iranloye, Lake Ridge High School, 12th Grade (Python Programming, 5th place)
   
• Kaden Nguyen, Frontier STEM Academy, 10th Grade (Fundamentals of Web Design, 4th place)

The BPA national competition will be held April 26-30 in Anaheim, California, where they will compete with thousands of other business professionals from across the country.

Congratulations to the all the students who competed in the BPA State Leadership Conference:

Team Events:

• Website Design Team: 2nd place in the region, state qualifier
  • Ryan Allen, Lake Ridge High School, 12th Grade
  • Salem Iranloye, Lake Ridge High School, 12th Grade
  • Kaitlyn Ferguson, Frontier STEM Academy, 10th Grade 
  • Kaden Nguyen, Frontier STEM Academy, 10th Grade 
     
• Network Design Team: 2nd place in the region, state qualifier
  • Nicholas Tenorio, Mansfield High School, 10th Grade 
  • Brandon Laliberte, Legacy High School, 9th Grade
     
• Small Business Management Team: 1st place in the region, state qualifier
  • Allison Pope, Timberview High School, 12th grade
  • Karin Ly, Timberview High School, 12th grade

Individual Events:

• Hannah Van, Lake Ridge High School, 12th Grade
  SQL Database (2nd place in the region, state qualifier)
  Python Programming (2nd place in the region, state qualifier)
   
• Gabriel Gomez, Frontier STEM Academy, 11th Grade  
  Microsoft Server Administration (1st place in the region, state qualifier)
  Device Configuration & Troubleshooting (1st place in the region, state qualifier)
   
• Nicholas Tenorio, Mansfield High School, 10th Grade
  Network Admin using Cisco (1st place in the region, state qualifier)
   
• Kiana Shen, Lake Ridge High School, 12th Grade
  SQL Programming (3rd place in the region, state qualifier)
  Java Programming (4th place in the region, state qualifier)
   
• Ryan Allen, Lake Ridge High School, 12th Grade
  Computer Security (2nd place in the region, state qualifier)
   
• Kaitlyn Ferguson, Frontier STEM Academy, 10th Grade
  Computer Security (4th place in the region, state qualifier)
   
• Brandon Laliberte, Legacy High School, 9th Grade
  Java Programming (1st place in the region, state qualifier)
   
• Salem Iranloye, Lake Ridge High School, 12th Grade
  Python Programming (1st place in the region, state qualifier)
   
• Kaden Nguyen, Frontier STEM Academy, 10th Grade
  Website Design (2nd place in the region, state qualifier)
   
• Maribelle Lebyit, Timberview High School, 10th grade
  Prepared Speech (2nd place in the region, state qualifier)
   
• Ashlyn Gilbert, Timberview High School, 9th grade
  Graphic Design Promotion (1st place in the region, state qualifier)
   
• Deborah Adeyemi, Timberview High School, 10th grade
  Entrepreneurship (4th place in the region, state qualifier)
   
• Hudson Trueblood, Timberview High School, 12th grade
  Fundamental Word Processing (state qualifier, national alternate)
   
• Gabriel Franco, Timberview High School, 12th grade
  Banking and Finance (state qualifier, national alternate)
   
• Darien Douglas, Timberview High School, 9th grade
  Computer Network Technology (2nd Place in the Region, State Qualifier)

In addition to the students’ achievements, Dr. Ketra Davenport-King, business teacher and Timberview High School’s BPA advisor, was presented with the Area I Outstanding Advisor Award.

The sponsor for Ben Barber Innovation Academy's BPA team is vocational informational technology teacher, Deon Martinez.