Congratulations to our BPA students at Dr. Gene Burton College & Career Academy!
Twenty-nine Business Professionals of America (BPA) members, representing the Dr. Gene Burton College and Career Academy (GBCCA) in Rockwall ISD, competed among 711 students in over 30 school BPA Chapters in the 2024 Texas Regional Leadership Conference (RLC), held Saturday, January 27, at Mesquite Vanguard High School.
25 of 29 students are State Qualifiers, invited to compete in their respective events at the State Leadership Conference (SLC) in Corpus Christi, Feb 28- Mar 2, 2024. Our BPA students competed in eight Individual Events, winning six medals, and producing ten State Qualifiers (SQ) and two State Alternates (SA). Of our seven Team Events, our students won first place Gold Medals in two events and second place Silver Medals in four events, and six teams qualified for State, plus one State Alternate. Students contested three Open Events, winning two medals.
INDIVIDUAL EVENT RESULTS
Casey Ong (RHS Sr) - Advanced Desktop Publishing, 2nd place [SQ]
Riley Rabe (RHS Sr) - Advanced Desktop Publishing, 3rd place [SQ]
Birt Finney (RHS Jr) - C# (C-Sharp) Programming, 3rd place [SQ]
Andrew Hesser (RHS Jr) - C# (C-Sharp) Programming, 4th place [SQ]
Roman Patrick (RHS Jr) - Device Configuration & Troubleshooting, 7th place [SQ]
Nico Patrick (RHS So) - Device Configuration & Troubleshooting, 8th place [SQ]
Jacob Gumm (RHHS Sr) - Extemporaneous Speech, 2nd place - [SQ]
Holly Niemeyer (RHHS Sr) - Fundamentals of Desktop Publishing, 2nd place - [SQ]
Maureen Fay (RHHS Sr) - Fundamentals of Desktop Publishing, 5th place [SQ]
Madison Smith (RHS Sr) - Graphic Design Promotion, 2nd place - [SQ]
Sergio Perales (RHS Jr) - Java Programming, 1st place - [SQ]
Richard Dinh (RHS Sr) - SQL (Structured Query Language) Programming, 1st place - [SQ]
Micah Sadler (RHS So) - Python Programming, 6th place [SA]
Harrison McDonald (RHS So) - Extemporaneous Speech, 5th place [SA]
*SQ= State Qualifier
*SA= State Alternate
TEAM EVENT RESULTS
Broadcast News Prod Team, 1st place - [SQ]: Jake Gist (RHHS Jr), Camdyn Livers (RHS Jr), & Jacob Kocurak (RHHS Sr)
Computer Animation Team, 1st place - [SQ]: Philip Filic (RHHS Sr), Kyle Siefer (RHHS Sr), & Trinity Sudderth (RHS Sr)
Computer Animation Team, 2nd place - [SQ]: Aidan Castillo (RHHS Sr) & Isaac Fortner (RHHS Sr)
Network Design Team), 2nd place - [SQ]: Micah Sadler (RHS So) & Sergio Perales (RHS Jr)
Podcast Production Team), 2nd place - [SQ]: Sebastian Borges (RHS Sr), Jacob Gumm (RHHS Sr), Harrison McDonald (RHS So), & Jayson Welch (RHS Sr)
Visual Design Team, 2nd place - [SQ]: Arissa Hampton (RHS Sr), Holly Niemeyer (RHHS Sr), Casey Ong (RHS Sr), & Riley Rabe (RHS Sr)
Video Production Team, 4th place [SA]: Jaydon Campbell (RHHS Sr), Adam Lambert [RHHS Sr], & Fynn Taylor [RHHS Jr]
Website Design Team, 9th place [SA]: Roman Patrick (RHS Jr) & Nico Patrick (RHS Jr) [note: both SQ in NDT]
Visual Design Team, 4th place [SA]: Maureen Fay (RHS Sr), Madison Smith (RHS Sr), & Rhoswyn Wallace (RHS Sr)
OPEN EVENT RESULTS
Sergio Perales (RHS Jr) - Computer Programming Concepts, 3rd place
Roman Patrick (RHS Jr) - Digital Communication Design Concepts, 4th place
Sergio Perales (RHS Jr) - Information Technology Concepts, 3rd place
Andrew Hesser (RHS Jr) - Information Technology Concepts, 4th place
Congratulations to all 29 of our students who competed!!
The GBCCA BPA Chapter co-advisors are Misty Rayson, Naposhi Amos, Marcia Eddy, and Jeff Burkham.
