Marlborough Students Earn Top 3 Finish At MA Business Conference, 1 Heads To Nationals

MARLBOROUGH, MA — Three Marlborough students participated in a state leadership conference earlier this month.

Marlborough High School seniors Kyle Provost, Shayla Ramon, and Joe Sullivan competed in the Massachusetts Business Professionals of America State Leadership Conference in Southbridge during the first weekend in March.

At the conference, students can compete to test their skills and see how they rank amongst peers in several challenges. All three MHS students placed in the top three and qualified for a national conference in Nashville coming up in May.

Provost came in first place in Fundamental Accounting and fourth place in Interview Skills. To score in the Fundamental Accounting category, he had to showcase a broad knowledge of accounting practices.

Meanwhile, Sullivan came in third place in Fundamental Accounting and Ramon placed second in Payroll Accounting, a test that just focuses on the payroll aspects of accounting skills.

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The three students are all officers of the Marlborough High School Business Professionals of America club and have taken several business classes at school.

They were also joined by their teacher, Jayne Haley, who received an Advisor Award for over 20 years of dedicated service to the MHS BPA club.

Provost, Ramon and Sullivan studied and completed mock tests for weeks to prepare for the event, the school said. They dedicated several days to working on their news broadcasting production presentation, which was showcased at the competition.

While all three of them qualified for the Nashville National Leadership Conference from May 6 to May 10, only Sullivan will compete.

The other two winners, Provost and Ramon, will have conflicts with sports teams and upcoming AP exams, Marlborough School's communications coordinator Esmerelda Casas told Patch.

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