Oak Forest High School Business Professionals of America (BPA) Sponsor Connie McSweeney announced that Oak Forest High School BPA qualified a large number of students for State competition. The students who competed brought Oak Forest 21 First Place medals and 18 Second Place ribbons. Thirty-three students qualified for State in more than one event. Forty-one students qualified for State competition in 95 events.
Here is a listing of the BPA class achievements:
Bashar Abuseini took 1st place in advanced interview skills and video production teamPeter Arriz took 1st place in financial analyst team and business meeting management concepts and 4th place in banking & finance
Brittany Ballard took 1st place in basic office systems & procedures and 4th place in keyboarding production
Mitch Budil took 2nd place in banking & finance, administrative support concepts, and management/marketing/human resources and 5th place in legal office procedures
Jodi Bushnell-Aleman took 1st place in advanced word processing and project management concepts, 2nd place in advanced office systems & procedures and 3rd place in business meeting management concepts
Andres Chavez took 1st place in video production team, 2nd place in legal office procedures, and 5th place in insurance concepts
Abigail Correa took 1st place in presentation management team
Josh Crittendon took 2nd place in global marketing team
Marilyn Gasienica took 1st place in advanced office systems & procedures and insurance concepts, 3rd place in advanced word processing, and 4th place in management/marketing/human resources
Rebecca Gibbons took 1st place in administrative support team and 2nd place in keyboarding production
Brittany Gibbs took 1st place in administrative support team
Mireya Gutierrez took 2nd place in advanced word processing and business meeting management concepts and 4th place in advanced office systems & procedures
Angelina Iovino took 1st place in financial analyst team and 4th place in computer programming concepts
Krista Johnston took 1st place in video production team and 5th place in information technology concepts
David Karwoski took 1st place in small business management team, 3rd place in management/marketing/human resources, 4th place in administrative support concepts, and 5th place in basic office systems & procedures
Martin Kelly took 4th place in legal office procedures
Alexandria Lambros took 1st place in computer animation team, and 4th place in desktop publishing
Stephanie Leavy took 5th place in fundamental word processing and business meeting management concepts
Steven Leavy took 2nd place in graphic design and video production team
Brandon Lipkowski took 1st place in computer programming concepts, 4th place in both fundamental word processing and fundamental spreadsheet, and 5th place in financial math & analysis
Katie Maurer took 1st place in management/marketing/human resources, 2nd place in global marketing team, and 5th in desktop publishing
Rebecca McGrail took 1st place in both fundamental spreadsheet and administrative support team
Stefanie Miller took 2nd place in fundamental spreadsheet and 3rd place in advanced office systems & procedures
Joshua Morales took 1st place in payroll accounting and financial analyst team and 4th place in financial math & analysis
Osama Osaghae took 1st place in the financial analyst team and 3rd place in fundamental accounting
Malorie Para took 1st place in the computer management team and 4th place in the business meeting management concepts
Kiera Robinson took 2nd place in medical office procedures and global marketing team
Sylvia Rodriguez took 4th place in basic office systems & procedures and insurance concepts
Austin Roeske took 1st place in video production team
Lindsey Ryon took 3rd place in basic office systems & procedures
Yazan Salah took 1st place in administrative support team, 2nd place in interview skills, and 3rd place in insurance concepts
Larry Schmidt took 2nd place in video production team and 3rd place in both computer programming concepts and information technology concepts
Courtney Schwenkel took 1st place in keyboarding production and 4th place in fundamental accounting
Francisco Serna took 2nd place in both basic office systems & procedures and insurance concepts, and 3rd place in banking & finance.
Joel Shull took 1st place in small business management team and 2nd place in information technology concepts
Kailey Steward took 1st place in presentation management team and administrative support concepts, 3rd place in financial math & analysis, and 5th place in advanced word processing
MaryKate Thoma took 1st place in fundamental word processing and small business management team
Jenny Walsh took 4th place in advanced word processing
Lee Wanatowicz took 1st place in database applications
Jonathan Weber took 1st place in information technology concepts, 3rd place in keyboarding production, and 5th place in advanced office systems & procedures
