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The Washington High School Business Professionals of America (BPA) sent 40 students to compete at the Iowa Spring Leadership Conference in Des Moines. Group members competed against others from across Iowa, testing their skills in business, finance, and leadership events to qualify for the BPA National Leadership Conference. Twenty-one total Demons qualified for the national event, with eight earning state championships. Multi-category qualifiers included Josh Anderson as Advanced Desktop Publishing champion and in Basic Desktop Publishing, Ellie Farmer as Administrative Support champion and in Integrated Office Applications, Kaleb Orr as Integrated Office Applications champion and in Administrative Support Team, Ruby Witthoft as Fundamental Desktop Publishing champion and in Administrative Support Team. Ella Greiner in Administrative Support Team and Intermediate Word Processing, Caden Heisner in Administrative Support Team and Integrated Office Applications, Aliza Hoyle in Integrated Office Applications and Administrative Support Team, and Nelly Martinez in Healthcare Administration and Health Administration and Billing,

Other champions were Carson Brown in Administrative Support Team, Ruby Brown in Health Administration, Aleigha Medley in Database Applications, and Carys Miler in Administrative Support Team. Abby Philips, Johan Recendez, Blaine Rees, Joseph Schreiber, Rachel Sands, Sydney Stouder, Mia Schrock, Cole Vetter and Grant Whisler were all single category qualifiers.

The BPA National Leadership Conference is May 7th through the 11th in Orlando, Florida.