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.

Business Professionals of America 2011-2012 Results

National Business Professionals of America qualifiers:

Juan Ayala, Advanced Spreadsheet applications

Robert Vo, Visual Basic programming

Carol Tran, Fundamentals of Web Design

They competed in Chicago, IL at the National Leadership Conference on April 25-29.

State Business Professionals of America Qualifiers:

Robert Vo, Visual Basic Programming

Sergio Zelaya, Graphic Design Promotion

Carol Tran, Fundamentals of Web Design

Edward Lewis, Fundamental Accounting

John Colunga, Entrepreneurship

Monica Patel, Database

Jacob Al-Asmar, C++ Programming

Brenda Velasquez, Banking & Finance

Desiree Casas, Advanced Office Systems & Procedures

Atali Balderas, Desiree Casas, Ceci Brizuela, Brenda Velasquez, Administrative Support Team

Maria Rivera and Trang Pham, Economic Research Project Team

Juan Ayala, Advanced Spreadsheet

Ceci Brizuela, Database

State Business Professionals of America Alternates:

David Dinh, Medical Office Procedures

Angelica Lopez, Fundamental Spreadsheet

Francisco Ledezma, Fundamental Accounting

John Colunga, Angelica Lopez, Juan Ayala, Sergio Zelaya, Small Business Management Team