Monday, January 10, 2011


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

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