Eleven Laurel Oaks students are on their way to Columbus in March for state Business Professionals of America (BPA) competition as a result of their outstanding scores in regional competition.

The state-qualifying students are:  Brandon Bartlett, Sheena Drake, Jessi Estep, Miranda Gardner, Jackie Hensley, Matt Howard, Alex Johnson, Zach Paul, Breah Robinette, Seth Shoemaker, and Karina Smith.

In BPA competition, students are given real-life business situations and must, individually or as a team, develop solutions and demonstrate their skills.  Categories cover a wide range of business applications including payroll accounting, graphic design, web design, interview skills, global marketing, human resources, economic research, and other areas.

The top-finishing Laurel Oaks students and their home high schools are:

Administrative Office Support Team

1^st Place

Alex Johnson – Miami Trace

Jessi Estep – Clinton Massie

Miranda Gardner – Miami Trace

Breah Robinette – Greenfield

6^th Place

Holly Carson – East Clinton

Miranda Wilkin – Hillsboro

Jessica Lovely – Hillsboro

Basic Office Systems and Procedures

1^st Place--Karina Smith – East Clinton

2^nd Place--Jackie Hensley – Wilmington

Advanced Word Processing

5^th Place--Jessi Estep – Clinton Massie

Fundamental Accounting

5^th Place--Karina Smith – East Clinton

6^th Place--Whitney Speaks – Clinton Massie

Extemporaneous Speech

1^st Place--Alex Johnson – Miami Trace

Interview Skills

3^rd Place--Brittany Koster – Wilmington

Advanced Interview Skills

1st Place--Miranda Gardner – Miami Trace

Payroll Accounting

2^nd Place--Sheena Drake – Lynchburg

Desktop Publishing

3^rd Place --Miranda Wilkin – Hillsboro

4^th Place --Juliette Viassy – Miami Trace

5^th Place --Dustin Kinnison – Fairfield

6^th Place --Chris Edwards -- Blanchester

Presentation Management – Individual

3^rd Place--Juliette Viassy – Miami Trace

PC Servicing And Troubleshooting

1^st Place--Matt Howard – Lynchburg

6th Place--Zach Hilton – East Clinton

Computer Security

1^st Place--Seth Shoemaker – Hillsboro

2^nd Place--Brandon Bartlett – Wilmington

3^rd Place--Daniel Ward – Wilmington

5^th Place--Kevin Brewer – Greenfield

Microsoft Network Administrator

1^st Place--Matt Howard – Lynchburg

2^nd Place--Zach Paul – Miami Trace

Fundamentals of XHTML

4^th Place--Aaron Burgess – Greenfield

Information Technology Concepts

1^st Place--Matt Howard – Lynchburg

2^nd Place--Stacey Davidson – Fairfield

4^th Place--TJ Howard – East Clinton

6^th Place --Nathan Lander – Wilmington