The Business Professionals of America (BPA) chapter of Norwell High School attended and competed in the District Leadership Conference on Saturday, January 8, 2011 at Blackford High School. Norwell High School students competed with business students from six area high schools (Adams Central, Blackford, Bluffton, Leo, Heartland Career Center, and West Noble) in contests that measure their skills and knowledge in all areas of business. Fourteen Norwell Students have qualified to go to state competition on February 27-March 1, 2011, in Indianapolis. Seven Norwell students and three Norwell student teams took 1st place in their competition .

The results from Saturday are listed below: (*indicates State competition eligibility)

Fundamental Accounting-

1st *Kyle Sink

3rd *Nathan Rodenbeck

6th Nathan Shelton

7th Garrett Bucher

8th Mitchell Wilson

9th Josh Dickey

Desktop Publishing-

3rd *Katelyn Bunch

6th Carlee Harnish

7th Lexie Myers

Administrative Support Concepts-

2nd Kyle Isch

3rd Adam Datema
5th Josh Dickey

10th Nathan Shelton

Computerized Accounting-

2nd *Alex Eichler

Administrative Support Team-

1st *Adam Datema, *Ben DeVoe, *Kyle Isch, *Luke Batdorff

Information Technology Concepts-

3rd *Ben DeVoe

7th *Kyle Isch

Fundamental Spreadsheet-

1st *Ben Frauhiger

Integrated Office Applications

1st *Kyle Isch

2nd *Adam Datema

Parliamentary Procedure Concepts-

1st Katelyn Bunch

Advanced Spreadsheet-

4th *Brooks Caley

Extemporaneous Speech-

2nd *Kimberlee Bussey

4th Tyler Miller

Financial Math & Analysis

2nd Luke Batdorff

Keyboarding-

10th Carlee Harnish

Database Applications-

1st *Kimberlee Bussey

Management/Marketing/HR Concepts

3rd Tyler Miller

7th Adam Datema

Fundamental Word Processing

5th *Ben Frauhiger

7th Lexie Myers

Video Production Team-

1st *Alex Eichler, *Tyler Miller, *Nathan Rodenbeck

Insurance Concepts-

1st Kyle Isch

3rd Adam Datema

Presentation Management-

2nd *Katelyn Bunch

Small Business Management Team-

1st *Kyle Sink, *Brooks Caley