About Us

The Beaverton Jr./Sr. High School Chapter of Business Professionals of America (BPA) started in in the late 1970s by a student teacher, who then turned over the chapter to the teacher that supervised her, Mrs. Nancy Macklem. It wasn't called BPA back then, but BOEC (the Business Office Education Club). There wasn't much to do in BOEC at that time, but the officers did attend an officer training the first year and placed in a competition with their skit for explaining what BOEC was all about. In 1988, BOEC became Business Professionals of America.

Within a few years, students started competing at the State Conference in Detroit and started placing in events. To date, that tradition has continued. Students have been actively placing at the State Conference and attending National Conferences across the United States. Below are the names of a few of the individuals that were recognized at National Conferences.

• 2019, Milo DeMoines, 1st Computer Literacy Concepts ML (Anaheim, CA)
• 2019, Emma Govitz, 6th Keyboarding Production ML (Anaheim, CA)
• 2018, Parker Hayes, 6th in Advanced Accounting (Dallas, TX)
• 2018, Parker Hayes, 8th in Payroll Accounting (Dallas, TX)
• 2017, Parker Hayes, 7th in Accounting Mathematics (Orlando, FL)
• 2016, Jordan McCallister, 5th in Payroll Accounting (Boston, MA)
• 2015, Katie Walters, 9th in Fundamental Accounting (Anaheim, CA)
• 2013, Renee Thompson, 2nd in Computerized Accounting (Orlando, FL)
• 2013, Renee Thompson, 5th in Fundamental Accounting (Orlando, FL)
• 2005, Melissa Grant, 5th in Computerized Accounting (Anaheim, CA)
• 2004, Jason Sleight, Top Ten in Database Applications (Cinncinnati, OH)
• 2003, Justin Mishler, Top Ten in Human Resources (Dallas, TX)
• 2003, Jarred Ewert, Top Ten in Administrative Support (Dallas, TX)
• 2001, Kate Yost, Top Ten in Administrative Support Concepts (Anaheim, CA)
• 2000, Kerri Petherbridge, 2nd in Information Processing Assistant (Minneapolis, MN)
• 1999, Jenna Onweller, 4th Place in Office Assistant (Philadelphia, PA)
• 1996, Skip Bradley, 1st in Banking and Finance (Phoenix, AZ)
• 1990, Carol Whitmer, Business Math (Minneapolis, MN)