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 27 qualified to compete at the State level in 21 different categories.

Sixteen of LT’s state qualifiers will compete in two categories. In addition to individual qualifiers, several teams will also advance, including a 4-person Global Marketing Team and a 3-person Administrative Support Team. LT earned 14 first place finishes, eight second place finishes and nine third place finishes.

The BPA state competitions will be held in March. 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 Place: Teodora Ljuboja, Senior (LaGrange)
• 3rd Place: Katherine Underwood, Senior (Western Springs)
• 4th Place: Adam Strzelczyk, Junior (Brookfield)

Payroll Accounting

• 1st Place: Casey VanSpankeren, Senior (Western Springs)
• 3rd Place: Jacob Bucio, Junior (Western Springs)
• 5th Place: Grace Ashby, Senior (LaGrange)

Banking & Finance

• 1st Place: Jack Keegan, Junior (LaGrange)
• 3rd Place: Adam Strzelczyk, Junior (Brookfield)
• 4th Place: Tyler Fronk, Senior (Western Springs)
• 5th Place: Jack Boo, Senior (LaGrange)

Personal Financial Management

• 2nd Place: Grace Ashby, Senior (LaGrange)
• 3rd Place: Jack Keegan, Junior (LaGrange)
• 4th Place: Jacob Bucio, Junior (Western Springs)
• 5th Place: Joey Geraghty, Junior (Western Springs)

Fundamental Word Processing

• 2nd Place: Mira Dedhia, Freshman (Western Springs)
• 4th Place: Daniel Kiely, Freshman (Western Springs)
• 5th Place: Griffin Gresge, Sophomore (Western Springs)

Advanced Word Processing

• 3rd Place: Kirsten Meyer, Senior (Western Springs)

Fundamental Spreadsheet Applications

• 1st Place: Daniel Kiely, Freshman (Western Springs)
• 2nd Place: Connor Cassady, Sophomore (LaGrange Park)
• 3rd Place: Abe Carter, Junior (Western Springs)

Advanced Spreadsheet Applications

• 2nd Place: Justin Broedlow, Junior (Western Springs)

Legal Office Procedures

• 1st Place: Anne Caplice, Junior (Western Springs)
• 3rd Place: Isabel Launspach, Senior (LaGrange)

Medical Office Procedures

• 1st Place: Anne Caplice, Junior (Western Springs)

Administrative Support Team (1st Place)

• Abe Carter, Junior (Western Springs)
• Ben Lynch, Junior (LaGrange)
• Justin Broedlow, Junior (Western Springs)

Computer Network Technology

• 1st Place: Cole Flott, Senior (LaGrange Park)

PC Servicing & Troubleshooting

• 1st Place: Owen McGrath, Sophomore (Indian Head Park)
• 4th Place: Anthony Orloff, Junior (Countryside)

Computer Security

• 2nd Place: Kendall Cassidy, Senior (Willow Springs)

Visual Basic/C# Programming

• 1st Place: Adam Rohrscheib, Junior (Indian Head Park)

Java Programming

• 2nd Place: Scott Turro, Senior (Countryside)
• 3rd Place: Adam Rohrscheib, Junior (Indian Head Park)
• 5th Place: Jack O'Brien, Junior (LaGrange)

SQL Database Fundamentals

• 1st Place: Scott Turro, Senior (Countryside)

Fundamentals of Web Design

• 1st Place: Cole Flott, Senior (LaGrange Park)
• 2nd Place: Owen McGrath, Sophomore (Indian Head Park)
• 3rd Place: Jack O'Brien, Junior (LaGrange)
• 4th Place: Kendall Cassidy, Senior (Willow Springs)

Global Marketing Team (1st Place)

• Genna Guarino, Senior (LaGrange Park)
• Jack Dudley, Senior (LaGrange)
• George O'Malley, Senior (LaGrange)
• Andrew Barnicle, Senior (Western Springs)

Extemporaneous Speech

• 2nd Place: Kirsten Meyer, Senior (Western Springs)

Human Resource Management

• 1st Place: Jack Dudley, Senior (LaGrange)