2004 TSCPA Accounting Academy
TSCPA recently hosted 39 high school students from across Tennessee at the Third Annual TSCPA Accounting Academy, a four-day event held at Lipscomb University in Nashville on July 11-14. The Accounting Academy program is designed to introduce high school students to career opportunities in the accounting profession. Participants visited with local accounting firms and businesses, completed interactive case studies and listened to presentations from the area’s business leaders covering a variety of accounting and business related topics. Participants were selected based on academic achievement and teacher recommendations. The program was offered at no cost to the students who attended. Thirty-nine students from across Tennessee participated in the 2004 Accounting Academy program.	The students listened attentively during the presentation at Ernst & Young, LLP. Katie Yarborough of Lynchburg (left) and Mary Hill of Lynchburg (right) work on one of their case studies.
Anthony Lea of Murfreesboro (left), Spencer Jackson of Tullahoma (center) and Kyle Motley (right) of Smyrna take time to pose for a picture during a break.	TSCPA President John Griesbeck welcomed the students at the opening reception on Sunday night.
“I know I want to do accounting and earn my CPA. This program has helped to assure me of my decision.”	“There are even more opportunities in accounting than I knew before.”