Stratford and Memorial Students Win 2nd Place in the National Business Professionals of America Contest!

Students from Stratford and Memorial High Schools took 2nd place in a recent national competition at the Business Professionals of America 2008 National Leadership Conference in Reno, Nevada, May 7-11.

From the  Stratford website:

Students from Stratford and Memorial High Schools attended the Business Professionals of America 2008 National Leadership Conference in Reno, Nevada, May 7-11. Seniors Michelle Mandell, Eric Johnson, Ben Halliday and Steven Pham from Stratford High School competed in the Small Business Management Team Event, freshman, Anne Alexander also from Stratford competed in Entrepreneurship and senior, Young Kim from Memorial competed in Fundamentals of Accounting.

The Small Business Management Team took 2^nd in the nation for their project. They are all members of the Stratford Academy of Finance Program. Young Kim placed 6^th in Fundamentals of Accounting.

Business Professionals of America is a national organization for high school students preparing for careers in business and information technology. Congratulations to these students!