Business Professionals of America, Ohio Association
Today's Students, Tomorrow's Business Professionals
As the beginning of the 2017-18 school year quickly approaches please use the calendar below to help plan BPA events with your school year calendar. The Board of Trustees of National Business Professionals of America passed a resolution last May at the NLC to raise National dues. The new dues for Secondary are $14 for… Continue reading Calendar, Dues, Oh my!
Do you want to empower your students to become more involved in their learning? Having a student officer team that sets a plan of work for your school year will greatly increase the motivation in your classroom and distribute the weight of all the teaching from just you to sharing that load with the students.… Continue reading Make a Plan
Here are several documents to help get your chapter organized. There are examples of chapter budget, a sample constitution for a local chapter in Word format so you can tailor it to your chapter and meeting minutes. If you have questions or would benefit from a personal visit from the State Advisor, Amy Burris, do… Continue reading Organizational Documents
Do you induct your student members? Did you know there is a ceremony for that? Do you install local officers? Did you know there is a ceremony for that? Attached is a document that is largely from BPA.org website. I have updated it to include the new pledge and it is in Word format so… Continue reading Conducting Ceremonies
The Voting Delegate Application is now available. Ohio has 31 voting delegates this year and will be selecting an additional 5 alternates. Please click on this link to complete the application: Applications are due by Friday, March 24, 2017 at 5pm!
Another opportunity to apply for scholarships to help offset the cost of college. The deadline is March 15, 2017 at 11:59 EST - don't hesitate, apply today! http://www.bpa.org/service/scholarships
Please congratulate the following students on being chosen as the 2017 SLC Interns. This impressive group of students will be welcoming and assisting the Ohio BPA members attending SLC. Lauren Alvarado Ryan Cartwright Allyson Dickenson Kendra Duncan Nicholas Harper Bridgette Helmlinger Jason Hentz Timothy Hinton Jason Hogeback Sean Kamphaus Audrey Keller Hailey Koster Rianna Middleman… Continue reading 2017 SLC Interns
Please congratulate the following students for qualifying to make the top 10 finalist positions for the four $1,000 scholarships that will be awarded at the 2017 State Leadership Conference on March 16-17, 2017. Brady Baker Carlos Boyd Helena Faulder Dylan Guth Britany Hickey Kristina Hodges Sean Kamphaus Caitlyn Keith Cameron Liford Evan Niedecken
And the winner is.... Congratulations to Kristina Hodges of Amelia High School! More information will be coming once Ms. Burris receives the information on t-shirt cost.
Current secondary Ohio BPA members that have a 2.5 GPA or greater AND are wanting to pursue a two- or four-year post secondary program in business, administrative services, communications, digital media, management, finance, information technology, marketing, or entrepreneurship. Three (3) Ohio Association scholarships valued at $1,000 each will be awarded to any qualified member. The… Continue reading Ohio BPA Scholarships Application
