Northwest students did a great job at BPA Nationals this past week in Anaheim with over 7,000 students from twenty states competing in sixty-three different events.
Freshman Matthew Owens placed 3rd in Entrepreneurship and senior Sam Ryan was top ten in Banking and Finance. Seniors Sam Ryan, Maurice Loridon and Nill Patel also received the Ambassador Torch Award for meeting the criteria in 5 different areas of Leadership.
![Junior Venti Neaderhiser and senior Dylan Paflas work on their robot March 21 in Room C. The robotics team worked on their robot, Fred, to prepare for the FRC Worlds competition. “I was working with the bumpers on our robot that protect [the] frame [for] when we hit or bump into something,” Neaderhiseri said. “We have put a lot of work into building and coding the robot and have run into many difficulties but we have overcome every issue.” photo by Jack Pischke](https://smnw.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/JPischkeRoboticsteam-7-1-1200x795.jpg)
