Announcements:

**BPA officer applications due by Friday, May 4 (the date was extended to the 4th)! Please complete the application if you would like to run for office; give it to Mrs. Farina by Friday, May 4.  Officer candidates are required to make a 2 minute speech at the meeting on the 8th .

**Next meeting--Tuesday, May 8; new officers will be elected. All members vote; attendance at the next meeting is mandatory.

**Awesome performance at the 2012 National Leadership Conference! Congratulations to all place winners and all attendees!!!

• Sarah Elizabeth Jeffrey & Morgan Julia Kourim--3rd place Video Production Team
• Maddy Ford --4th place Fundamental Accounting
• Julia Frederick --5th place Fundamental Accounting
• Xiaowen Wu--6th Advanced Accounting
• Anthony Habibe--6th Fundamental Web Design
• Michelle Smith--7th Advanced Word Processing
• Rebecca Horowitz--8th Presentation Management--Individual
• Samantha Pace--Payroll Accounting

**$1,000 NLC Membership Recruitment Scholarship winner--Samantha Pace

**2012 Outstanding Marketing & Public Relations Award winners--Coral Springs BPA Chapter

**Relay for Life team website:  http://main.acsevents.org/goto/coralspringshighbpa.

**2012 BPA competition event guidelines:  http://teacherweb.com/FL/CoralSpringsHighSchool/Farina/apt1.aspx

**Online Payments:     https://estore.browardschools.com/OSP/BVModules/CategoryTemplates/Detailed%20List%20with%20Properties/Category.aspx?categoryid=B1151

**Requirements for BPA Senior Honor Cord: 
     1.  Membership in BPA a minimum of TWO years.*
     2.  Participation in ONE service project.
      3.  Attendance at a minimum of SIX meetings.
     4.  Participation in Regional Competition.
     5.  Participation in the Mini Relay sponsored by BPA.
      6.   Remain a member in Good Stand (behavior, no obligations, etc.)             *Changed from prior years!

FLORIDA STATE BPA SCHOLARSHIP

APPLICATION PROCEDURE

Deadline date--TBA

Florida BPA will present at least one (1) $250 scholarship at the state conference. The procedures and requirements identified below must be followed. All incomplete applications will be disqualified without review.

 SCHOLARSHIP ELIGIBILITY:

1. Member of Florida BPA during the 2011-2012 school year
2. High school senior with a weighted GPA of 3.5 or higher or inthe top 25 percent of graduating class
3. Full-time Florida resident

SCHOLARSHIP Application:

1.  A cover page stating the member’s name, social security number, birth date, home address, phone number, high school, and BPA advisor’s name.
2.  Two letters of recommendation on school or business letterhead: one from a BPA advisor and one from a teacher, administrator, counselor, or employer.
3.  An essay of no more than 500 words describing BPA’s effect on the applicant’s development and education.
4.  An official transcript including ACT, SAT, or CPT scores.
5.  A resume including Torch Awards and other awards, offices, and achievements (maximum of 2 pages).