Business Professionals of America is a business organization that sets a standard of excellence for its members who are contributing to the preparation of a world-class workforce through the advancement of community service, leadership, citizenship, academic, and technology. Business Professionals of America is open to all 9th – 12th grade students who are enrolled in a business course.

Meetings are held before or after school on the Dobie's Campus or other sites. For more details see D. Tarter in room 113.

There are about 30 students from Dobie that are competing in all kinds of business contests.

WINNERS FROM J. FRANK DOBIE
Business Professionals of America Regional Contest
Held Saturday, January 25 at Waltrip High School

State Qualifiers
Anna Yasim--Administrative Support Research Project Individual

Terri Hollier --Advanced Interview

Summer Welch--Advanced Office Systems and Procedures. She also received medals in Administrative Support Concepts, and Marketing, Management, and HR Concepts!

Le Ho, Shekeyla Caldwell, and Thomas Trevino—Video Production Team

Julian Tran and Khoa Nguyen—Fundamental Word Processing

Jeremy Morris—Java Programming

Nicole Lavigne and Terri Hollier—Presentation Management Team

Celeste Carmona—Advanced Spreadsheet

Zaida Hernandez—Interview

Jessica Molina and Zaida Hernandez—Video Production Team

State Alternates
Jessica Guillory, Selene Cisneros, Summer Welch -- Administrative Support Team

Mark Murphy, Rani Huitron, Victoria Williams—Economic Research Project Team

Michael Baez—Extemporaneous Speaking

Mark Murphy—Graphic Design

Nicole Lavigne—Human Relations Management

Jessica Guillory—Database Applications