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Published: February 29 2012

Students who attend Broward County Public Schools netted a large number of the awards presented at the 2012 Florida State Leadership Conference held recently in Orlando. Business Professionals of America is a national career/technical student organization for students preparing for careers in the business world.  

The event brought about 400 students together from across the state to compete in a variety of categories.   Two hundred forty-nine students from 13 Broward high schools took part in the competition – the largest delegation from any school district. Thirty-five individual Broward students or teams finished first in their categories.

Coral Springs High School claimed 22 of those first place finishes.  The team’s advisor, Catherine Farina, said, “The students prepared for and competed in contests under the four broad topics of finance, information technology, administrative support and management/marketing/human resources.  Coral Springs High School had a fantastic showing.”

Advisor Marcia Notkin, whose Hallandale High School Business Professionals team has 11 members who qualified to compete at the national level, said, “The 2012 State Leadership Conference is a tremendous opportunity to expose students to the world of business. Hallandale High School Business Professionals of America wants local businesses and Hallandale Beach to know that Business Professionals of America and career/technical education are preparing students as today’s leaders and tomorrow’s business professionals.”

In all, 135 Broward students qualified to participate in the national competition at the 2012 National Leadership Conference to be held in Chicago next month. 

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