Oak Forest HS BPA Students Qualify for State Competition

Oak Forest High School Business Professionals of America (BPA) Sponsor Connie McSweeney announced that all 28 OFHS BPA students qualified for state competition, which will be held in OakBrook March 1-3. The BPA Area competition was held on January 10 at South Suburban College and January 12 at DeVry University. The BPA students brought Oak Forest 14 1st Place medals, 15 2nd Place medals, and 9 3rd Place ribbons. The 28 students qualified in a total of 54 events including: Kaitlyn Alejandro (2nd in Basic Office Systems and Procedures), Jenna Baldino (1st in Fundamentals of Desktop Publishing), Nicole Boudos (2nd in Fundamental Word Processing and 1st in Payroll Accounting), Kristina Bowers (3rd in Payroll Accounting and 5th in Fundamental Spreadsheet), Taylor Ferralez (1st in Administrative Support Research Project), Grace Flanagan (4th in Personal Financial Management and 1st in Basic Office Systems and Procedures), Peyton Giuseffi (2nd in Intermediate Word Processing, 1st in Advanced Spreadsheet, and 4th in Computer Programming Concepts)m Bridget Golk (5th in Fundamental Word Processing), Bishoy Hannaalla (4th in Fundamentals of Desktop Publishing), Cole Kister (2nd in Payroll Accounting and 3rd in Fundamental Spreadsheet), Brian Kristin (5th in Personal Financial Management), Bryana Loeza (3rd in Advanced Word Processing and 3rd in Medical Office Procedures), Sara Matthews (3rd in Advanced Office Systems and Procedures, 1st in Banking and Finance, 2nd in Financial Math and Analysis, and 2nd in Management, Marketing, and HR Concepts), Dana McGinty (4th in Legal Office), Hannah McMaster (2nd in both Advanced Office Systems and Procedures and Advanced Word Processing), Jorge Miranda (2nd in PC Servicing and Troubleshooting and Graphic Design Promotion), Brianna Mitchell (1st in both Advanced Word Processing and Advanced Office Systems and Procedures and 4th in Administrative Support Concepts), Rafeh Motan (2nd in Business Law and Ethics, 1st in Legal Office Procedures, and 4th in Financial Math and Analysis), Andrew O’Connell (1st in PC Servicing and Troubleshooting, 3rd in Computer Security Concepts, and 2nd in Administrative Support Concepts), Haylie Para (1st in Fundamental Word Processing), Valerie Perz (1st in Intermediate Word Processing and 4th in Basic Office Systems and Procedures), Emily Ryskamp (4th in Intermediate Word Processing, 5th in Financial Math and Analysis, and 2nd in Computer Programming Concepts), Yousef Saleh (1st in Database and 4th in Medical Office Procedures), Marie Sander (3rd in Fundamental Word Processing and 1st in Fundamental Spreadsheet), Magdalene Smith-Stephney (2nd in Fundamentals of Desktop Publishing), Taylor Valuch (2nd in Fundamental Spreadsheet and 4th in Fundamental Word Processing), Tylor Williams (5th in Banking and Finance and 3rd in Graphic Design Promotion), and Hannah Zerembski (4th in Fundamental Spreadsheet and 2nd in Banking and Finance). Congrats, OFHS BPA students!