Portage High School Business Professionals Starts 2016-17 School Year with Amazing Results

Portage-High-School-Business-Professionals-Starts-2016-17-School-Year-with-Amazing-Results-03Business Professionals of America at Portage High School, has gotten off to amazing start this school year. Ms. Melendez, the club advisor, held a callout meeting the second week of school where 32 amazing students came out to learn more about the number one co-curricular activity. Soon, students were busy selling Gold Canyon candles and made a great profit at the homecoming fest where a beautiful basket, all items were donated, was raffled off.

Portage-High-School-Business-Professionals-Starts-2016-17-School-Year-with-Amazing-Results-02The students are also preparing for regional competition December 10. Portage High School has had the honor of hosting BPA’s Region 1 competition for the past 3 years. Over eight schools and 100 student participate in the Region Competition.

Portage-High-School-Business-Professionals-Starts-2016-17-School-Year-with-Amazing-Results-01The photo’s Illustrate how hard the students have been working including Nate Partin, a junior who is running for Region 1 President for the 2017-2018 school year.

If you would like to help fund the two major trips for our BPA students, which are to Indianapolis in March for state competition and for national competition, Orlando Florida in May., please do so by going to http://gofundme.com/2ky3et6g