Jefferson High’s BPA team shines at nationals

On April 23 and 24, Jefferson High Business Professionals of America representatives Cecilia Chapman, Quinne Shultz, Caleb Smartnick, Belle Murphy and Skylar Smith took a trip to Anaheim, California, where they competed in the BPA National Leadership Conference.

The team competed well, said BPA advisor Dawn Smartnick, and Chapman took fifth in the nation for presentation management, a feat Smartnick said is a “significant achievement.” 

“[Chapman] is one of those students that doesn’t have to be told what to do,” Smartnick said. “She just figures it out and gets it done, and does it very well.  That is how she has taken on her competitions in BPA.  She knows what she wants, and when she has a vision in her mind, nobody can stop her.”