HIGH SCHOOL JOURNALISM: Monticello PBA goes from state to nationals

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By Kourtney Kraus, Monticello junior 

MONTICELLO - Monticello's Business Professional of America  is on point this year.

Many BPA participants qualified for state and, doing considerably well, seven also made it to nationals.  The national qualifiers included seniors Ben Dirks and Ellyn Felton. Two juniors - Madison Petty and Lacie Dotterweich - also advanced along with sophomores Katie Goettsch and Arianne Jenkins and freshman Haley Stickfort.

To make it to nationals as an underclassmen is a very good thing.

“It is good to have seven people qualify for us, usually we do not have that much,” said Jordyn Cigrand.

Some of the contests the qualifiers will be participating in will be news broadcast, legal procedures and extemporaneous speech. Nationals will be held in Orlando, Fla., May 8-12. There will be 5,000 advisors and members competing. so hopefully at least one of the seven will be able to show what small town Monticello is really about.