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The McCollum High School Business Professionals of America (BPA) team won big at the State Leadership Conference in Houston on March 2. Here is the list of winners:

1^st Place
Juan Valuenzela-Fundamentals of Word Processing
Tulsi Patel, Corina Ventura, Stephanie Lopez, and Amanda Dortman-Video Production Team

2^nd Place
Antonio Paredes-Advanced Accounting
Eduardo Gonzalez-Fundamental Accounting

4^th Place
Jonathan Gonzales-Fundamentals of Web Design
Corina Ventura-Desktop Publishing
Brianda Ortiz-Fundamentals of Word Processing

5^th Place
Christopher Casso-Keyboarding Production

These students have qualified for the national competition in Orlando, Florida May 8-12.

Several other teams also placed at the state level but will not advance to nationals. They are:

4^th Place
Jasmin Palomores-Advanced Interview Skills
Jasmin Palomores and Brianda Ortiz-Presentation Management Team

6^th Place
Tulsi Patel-Extemporaneous Speech
Eduardo Gonzalez-Parliamentary Procedures

7^th Place
Antonio Paredes, Sergio Paredes, Juan Valenzuela, and Jackelyn Ocura-Financial Analyst Team

8^th Place
Jackelyn Ocura-Fundamental Accounting
Eusebio Mata-Computer Security

Harlandale High School also participated in the state finals with Stephanie Esparza, Savannah De La Garza, and Rubi Garcia on the Presentation Management Team, and Aurthur Lerma in the PC Troubleshooting & Repair competition. Both teams placed but did not meet the cutoff for nationals.