Front row from left: Lola Morrison, Brad Luce, Aurora Lindstrom, Rion Hansen, Mackenzie Tourney, Allie Grochowski, Kirsten LaMere and Emilee Hebert. Back row: Sierrah Hallum, Addison Dunphy, Kalle Keranen, Jillian Koski, Sophia Balzarini, Ally Poirier, Natalie Prophet, Tristen Harsila, Zach Beckman, Andrew Niemi, Tyler Annala and Athena Kinnunen.

ISHPEMING — Upper Peninsula business students recently converged on Bay College in Escanaba for the 2022 Business Professionals of America Regional Leadership Conference.

These high school students from across the Upper Peninsula gathered to compete in contests relating to finance, business administration, management/marketing/communications, information technology, and digital technology skills.

Twenty Westwood High School student members, along with teachers Ronalyn Arseneau and Sabina Villar, participated in this regional competition, and 19 Westwood students have qualified to compete at the state level of competition. Westwood’s state qualifiers and awards earned are:

JILLIAN KOSKI — 1st Legal Office Procedures;; 1st Advanced Office Systems and Procedures; 1st Administrative Support Concepts; and 5th Business Meetings Management

SOPHIA BALZARINI –1st Extemporaneous Speech

ZACHARY BECKMAN, TRISTEN HARSILA, DANIEL OSTOLA and NATALIE PROPHET — 1st Administrative Support Team

ADDISON DUNPHY and SIERRAH HALLUM –1st Economic Research Team

ALLYANA GROCHOWSKI — 1st Advanced Interview Skills; 2nd Advanced Office Systems and Procedures

KALLE KERANEN –1st Advanced Word Processing; 2nd Legal Office Procedures

BRAD LUCE — 1st Fundamental Word Processing

DANIEL OSTOLA — 1st Interview Skills

KIRSTEN LAMERE — 2nd Interview Skills; 3rd Banking and Finance

AURORA LINDSTROM — 2nd Health Administration Procedures; 3rd Basic Office Systems and Procedures

SIERRAH HALLUM –3rd Fundamental Word Processing

TYLER ANNALA — 4th Payroll Accounting

ALLYSON POIRIER — 4th Basic Office Systems and Procedures

ADDISON DUNPHY — 5th Intermediate Word Processing

RION HANSEN –5th Basic Office Systems and Procedures

EMILY HEBERT — 5th Integrated Office Applications

These students will represent Westwood High School at the 2022 BPA State Leadership Conference in March at the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel in Grand Rapids, where they will compete with students from across Michigan, attend workshops designed to aid in professional development, and gain valuable skills. Top students at the state conference will advance to the National Leadership Conference to be held in Dallas, Texas, in May.