Business students heading to state
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Business students heading to state
The Stillwater Business Professionals of America (BPA) club had a strong showing at the regional tournament. 18 BPA members were among 150 participants who competed in a variety of events, including accounting, entrepreneurship, ethics, finances, IT, law, management, marketing, media, and speech. Stillwater students earned ten 1st place awards as well as five 2nd place and one 3rd place. Nearly everyone qualified for the state tournament which will take place in early March.
Administrative Support Concepts
5th place (Mary Thompson)
Advanced Interview Skills
1st place (Philip Eviston) *
Broadcast News Production Team
1st place (Charlie Corbett and MaryAnn Koslowski) *
Business Law and Ethics
4th place (Paige Bailey) *
5th place (Mattee Ball) *
Digital Communication and Design Concepts
5th place (Charlie Corbett)
Digital Media Production
1st place (Charlie Corbett) *
Digital Marketing Concepts
4th place (Philip Eviston)
Entrepreneurship
3rd place (Abbey Kovalak) *
Ethics and Professionalism
2nd place (Vivian Haskins) *
4th place (Saadiq Noor)
Financial Math and Analysis Concepts
4th place (Coolsjes Singhvi)
Fundamental Accounting
1st place (Mary Thompson) *
Fundamental Spreadsheet Applications
1st place (Eliora Osei) *
2nd place (Sadie Nickell) *
Global Marketing Team
2nd place (John Corbett and Philip Eviston) *
Health Administration Procedures
4th place (Mattee Ball) *
Interview Skills
1st place (Matthew Eviston) *
5th place (Paige Bailey)
Management/Marketing/Human Resources Concepts
5th place (Abbey Kovalak)
Meeting and Event Planning Concepts
2nd place (John Corbett)
Personal Financial Management
2nd place (Coolsjes Singhvi) *
5th place (Evan Cadenhead) *
Podcast Production Team
1st place (Grace Conners, Matthew Eviston and Marissa Fasick) *
4th place (Sadie Nickell and Eliora Osei)
Prepared Speech
1st place (John Corbett) *
5th place (Marissa Fasick)
Presentation Team
1st place (Vivian Haskins and Abbey Kovalak) *
User Experience Design Team Using Adobe XD
1st place (Ella Peterson and Coolsjes Singhvi) *
*advanced to state
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More kids are expected to come to Stillwater schools in the next 5-10 years and leaders are beginning to consider how best to make room for them in the district.
Bob Graf has been named as the Executive Director of Human Resources for Stillwater Area Public Schools.
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Thomas Blair and Rylynn Zanon are among 40 students, with and without disabilities, who serve on the Special Olympics Minnesota Student Board of Directors.
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More students will be entering Stillwater Area Public Schools in the next decade, according to a recent demographic study.
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Officials with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) were so intrigued by an engineering project at Stillwater Area High School that they had to see it for themselves.
Stillwater students earned ten 1st place awards as well as five 2nd place and one 3rd place.
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A group of about 40 Stillwater Middle School students learned to scuba dive as part of a unique phy ed lesson.
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Camryn Anderson, a senior at the high school, was listed among the top 20 student artists recognized in the 2023 Student Spotlight Competition.