{"id":31495,"date":"2026-03-13T14:05:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T14:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/31495\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T14:05:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T14:05:09","slug":"switzerland-co-bpa-shines-at-state-leadership-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/31495\/","title":{"rendered":"Switzerland Co. BPA Shines at State Leadership Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"aiir-c-news-article__abstract\">\n            Several Switzerland Co. students have qualified for Nationals.\n        <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/69b4075fed66c.jpg\" style=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Photo via Switzerland County High School.<\/p>\n<p>(Vevay, Ind.) &#8211; Switzerland County High School Business Professionals of America (BPA) students recently attended the State Leadership Conference held at the Indianapolis Marriott Downtown, and they returned home with an incredible list of accomplishments.<\/p>\n<p>Two teams took first place in their respective categories.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Podcast Production Team of Easton Jesop, Ethan Housworth and Landon Butcher won first place and advanced to the National Leadership Conference.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Phoebe Gayle also took first place and in Advanced Interview Skills. She too advanced to the National Leadership Conference.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Other top placers include:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>  Visual Design Team \u2013 3rd Place (Paxton Mathew, Claire Boggs, Brinley Bear, and Adalyn Archer), advancing to the National Leadership Conference.<br \/>\n  Device Configuration &amp; Troubleshooting \u2013 5th Place (Xavier Jackson),\u00a0advancing to the National Leadership Conference.<br \/>\n  \u00a0Ambassador Torch Award &#8211; John Sweeney, advancing to the National Leadership Conference!<br \/>\n  Parliamentary Procedure Team \u2013 4th Place (Mallory Bear, Cason Haskell, John Sweeney, Payton Stow, and Maisey Bunger).<\/p>\n<p>Additional individual accomplishments:<\/p>\n<p>  Business Law \u2013 John Sweeney (8th)<br \/>\n  Network Design Using Microsoft \u2013 Molly Hicks (8th)<br \/>\n  Health Insurance &amp; Coding \u2013 Alexis Mangold (7th)<br \/>\n  Parliamentary Procedure Concepts \u2013 John Sweeney (4th)<br \/>\n  Digital Marketing Concepts \u2013 John Sweeney (3rd)<br \/>\n  Medical Terminology Concepts \u2013 John Sweeney (5th)<\/p>\n<p>Students advancing will represent Switzerland County at the BPA National Leadership Conference in Nashville, Tennessee from May 6\u201310.<\/p>\n<p>To help support students traveling to nationals, the annual BPA Cookout and Raffle will be held on April 3. The annual BPA 5K follows on April 18.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Several Switzerland Co. students have qualified for Nationals. Photo via Switzerland County High School. 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