LTHS business students qualify for State competition

Congratulations are in order for the Lyons Township High School Business Professionals of America (BPA) Club. Students recently competed in Regional contests and 30 qualified to compete at the State level in 24 different categories.

Fourteen of LT’s state qualifiers will compete in two categories. In addition to individual qualifiers, several teams will also advance, including a 3-person Global Marketing Team, a 2-person Network Design Team, and a 3-person Administrative Support Team. LT earned 15 first place finishes, 11 second place finishes and eight third place finishes.

The BPA state competitions will be held March 2-4 in Oak Brook. The students are led and coached by business teachers Krista Wilcox and Jennifer Walker.

Business Professionals of America is a national organization for high school and college students preparing for careers in business and office administration. The organization’s activities and program complement classroom instruction by giving students practical experience through application of skills learned at school. BPA contributes to the preparation of a world-class workforce through the advancement of leadership, citizenship, academic, and technological skills.

Congratulations to the following students:

Fundamental Accounting

1st Caroline Roe Senior LaGrange

3rd Michelle Dinh Senior Brookfield

Payroll Accounting

2nd Graham Andrews Junior LaGrange

Banking & Finance

1st Camille Copp Senior LaGrange

2nd Tyler Byrne Junior Western Springs

3rd Gregory Smith Sophomore Western Springs

4th Tyler Fronk Junior Western Springs

5th Joey Geraghty Sophomore Western Springs

Personal Financial Management

2nd Dan Wennerstrum Senior Western Springs

Fundamental Word Processing

1st Teodora Ljuboja Junior LaGrange

2nd Sonia Slusarczyk Junior LaGrange Park

Intermediate Word Processing

3rd Kirsten Meyer Junior Western Springs

Advanced Office Systems & Procedures

3rd Teodora Ljuboja Junior LaGrange

Fundamental Spreadsheet Applications

3rd Justin Broedlow Sophomore Western Springs

Advanced Spreadsheet Applications

1st Marc Johnson Senior Western Springs

Database Applications

1st Marc Johnson Senior Western Springs

Medical Office Procedures

2nd Max Stapel-Kalat Junior LaGrange Park

5th Anne Caplice Sophomore Western Springs

Administrative Support Team 1st

Abe Carter Sophomore Western Springs

Ben Lynch Sophomore LaGrange

Gregory Smith Sophomore Western Springs

PC Servicing & Troubleshooting

2nd Anthony Orloff Sophomore Countryside

3rd Cole Flott Junior LaGrange Park

Network Administration - Microsoft ®

1st Chris Lacny Senior LaGrange

2nd Jack O'Brien Sophomore LaGrange

Computer Security

1st Jack O'Brien Sophomore LaGrange

2nd Kendall Cassidy Junior Willow Springs

Network Design Team 2nd

Chris Lacny Senior LaGrange

Noah Reardon Senior LaGrange

Visual Basic/C# Programming

1st Thomas Maloney Senior LaGrange

4th Adam Rohrscheib Sophomore Indian Head Park

C++ Programming

1st Thomas Maloney Senior LaGrange

2nd Adam Rohrscheib Sophomore Indian Head Park

SQL Database Fundamentals

1st Scott Turro Junior Countryside

Fundamental Desktop Publishing

4th Caroline Roe Senior LaGrange

Fundamentals of Web Design

1st Cole Flott Junior LaGrange Park

2nd Kendall Cassidy Junior Willow Springs

3rd Reilly Meagher Sophomore LaGrange

4th Scott Turro Junior Countryside

Global Marketing Team 1st

Michelle Dinh Senior Brookfield

Jack Dudley Junior LaGrange

Caroline Spitkovsky Senior Countryside

Human Resource Management

1st Caroline Spitkovsky Senior Countryside

Prepared Speech

1st Kirsten Meyer Junior Western Springs

3rd Anna Rose Benson Junior LaGrange