Congratulations to our Business Professionals of America (BPA) students at Dr. Gene Burton College & Career Academy!
Twenty-nine of our students competed among approximately 711 students in more than 30 school BPA chapters in the 2024 Texas Regional Leadership Conference (RLC), held Saturday, January 27, at Mesquite Vanguard High School.
Of our 29 students, 25 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 10 State Qualifiers (SQ) and two State Alternates (SA). Of our seven team events, our students won first place gold medals in two events, 2nd 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 O. (RHS Sr) - Advanced Desktop Publishing, 2nd place [SQ]
Riley R. (RHS Sr) - Advanced Desktop Publishing, 3rd place [SQ]
Birt F. (RHS Jr) - C# (C-Sharp) Programming, 3rd place [SQ]
Andrew H. (RHS Jr) - C# (C-Sharp) Programming, 4th place [SQ]
Roman P. (RHS Jr) - Device Configuration & Troubleshooting, 7th place [SQ]
Nico P. (RHS So) - Device Configuration & Troubleshooting, 8th place [SQ]
Jacob G. (RHHS Sr) - Extemporaneous Speech, 2nd place - [SQ]
Holly N. (RHHS Sr) - Fundamentals of Desktop Publishing, 2nd place - [SQ]
Maureen F. (RHHS Sr) - Fundamentals of Desktop Publishing, 5th place [SQ]
Madison S. (RHS Sr) - Graphic Design Promotion, 2nd place - [SQ]
Sergio P. (RHS Jr) - Java Programming, 1st place - [SQ]
Richard D. (RHS Sr) - SQL (Structured Query Language) Programming, 1st place - [SQ]
Micah S. (RHS So) - Python Programming, 6th place [SA]
Harrison M. (RHS So) - Extemporaneous Speech, 5th place [SA]
*SQ= State Qualifier
*SA= State Alternate
TEAM EVENT RESULTS
Broadcast News Prod Team, 1st place - [SQ]: Jake G. (RHHS Jr), Camdyn L. (RHS Jr), & Jacob K. (RHHS Sr)
Computer Animation Team, 1st place - [SQ]: Philip F. (RHHS Sr), Kyle S. (RHHS Sr), & Trinity S. (RHS Sr)
Computer Animation Team, 2nd place - [SQ]: Aidan C. (RHHS Sr) & Isaac F. (RHHS Sr)
Network Design Team, 2nd place - [SQ]: Micah S. (RHS So) & Sergio P. (RHS Jr)
Podcast Production Team, 2nd place - [SQ]: Sebastian B. (RHS Sr), Jacob G. (RHHS Sr), Harrison M. (RHS So), & Jayson W. (RHS Sr)
Visual Design Team, 2nd place - [SQ]: Arissa H. (RHS Sr), Holly N. (RHHS Sr), Casey O. (RHS Sr), & Riley R. (RHS Sr)
Video Production Team, 4th place [SA]: Jaydon C. (RHHS Sr), Adam L. [RHHS Sr], & Fynn T. [RHHS Jr]
Website Design Team, 9th place [SA]: Roman P. (RHS Jr) & Nico P. (RHS Jr) [note: both SQ in NDT]
Visual Design Team, 4th place [SA]: Maureen F. (RHS Sr), Madison S. (RHS Sr), & Rhoswyn W. (RHS Sr)
OPEN EVENT RESULTS
Sergio P. (RHS Jr) - Computer Programming Concepts, 3rd place
Roman P. (RHS Jr) - Digital Communication Design Concepts, 4th place
Sergio P. (RHS Jr) - Information Technology Concepts, 3rd place
Andrew H. (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.
