Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Donec tempor ex a velit cursus, sit amet maximus quam fringilla. Donec id urna laoreet magna vulputate facilisis id sit amet felis. Suspendisse fermentum aliquet erat sed blandit. Maecenas tristique ex arcu. Sed non mauris lectus. Suspendisse varius nisi enim, quis convallis velit ultricies quis. Donec iaculis eros non scelerisque finibus. Class aptent taciti sociosqu ad litora torquent per conubia nostra, per inceptos himenaeos.
Donec molestie bibendum neque eget dapibus. Vestibulum urna quam, vehicula sed tempus quis, interdum vel lorem. Cras dapibus, justo id molestie pretium, lectus felis malesuada neque, ac tincidunt nulla erat nec ante. Vestibulum rutrum auctor molestie. Vestibulum elementum, ex sit amet semper tempus, libero ipsum vehicula erat, ac convallis justo orci eu dui. Cras eu enim vitae turpis ornare condimentum ac id dolor. Integer elementum urna in volutpat luctus. Sed aliquam at libero aliquet maximus. Donec mollis non ligula id rhoncus. Duis magna tortor, mattis eu blandit vel, blandit ac lacus. Cras a risus non purus venenatis vestibulum in vitae nibh. Duis sit amet neque a diam euismod facilisis. Donec sit amet lorem at quam volutpat pharetra sit amet viverra magna.
Four students from Heritage High School placed first in the nation at the Business Professionals of America (BPA) National Leadership Conference, with four other FISD students finishing in the top ten.
The Global Marketing Team of Taha Ahmed, Mahim Nalluri, DoYoung Jung and Keerthi Pasham brought home gold medals from the competition held earlier this month in Orlando.
Business Professionals of America is a national co-curricular organization for students preparing for careers in business, office and technical occupations.
A total of 14 FISD high school students competed in events ranging from business law and ethics to computer programming.
Congratulations to the following students for advancing to the national level of competition and earning these top honors:
Advisors: Kip Bledsoe, Gerald Page, Bryan Baker
Second Place
Network Administration Using Microsoft - Nicholas Lovan (LHS)
National Competitors
Computer Security - Ryan Hall (LHS)
Computer Network Technology - Leif Matlack (CHS)
Fundamentals of Web Design - Luke McGuire (WHS)
Advisors: Julie Barker, Gerardo Gaona
Fourth Place
Visual Basic/C# Programming - Edward Hwang
Advisors: Jerry Burks-Watkins, Kimberli Biggerstaff, Jason Marshall, Christine Peterson, Matthew Pirtle
First Place
Global Marketing Team - Taha Ahmed, Mahim Nalluri, DoYoung Jung, Keerthi Pasham
Seventh Place
Business & Law Ethics - Abed Mir
National Competitor
Entrepreneurship - Gouzia Sivarajah
In addition, two Heritage chapters earned recognition for membership explosion in 2017.
Advisor: Laura Mucciarone
National Competitors
Prepared Speech - Simarleen Gulati
Systems Administration Using CISCO - Ravi Addaguduru
Advisor: Scott Benschneider, Andrew Holan
Second Place
SQL Database Fundamentals - Aliaksei Novikau
In addition, Lone Star earned recognition for membership explosion in 2017.
Advisors: Kelly Munro, Jon Zoda
The Reedy High School BPA Chapter earned recognition for community service and BPA marketing and public relations. In addition, advisor Kelly Munro was presented with a plaque for completing the National Local Advisor Certification Series.