North Penn HS Business Students Advance to State Competition

LANSDALE, PA -- The North Penn Future Business Leaders of America has advanced to the state-level competition, the school district announced.

North Penn hosted the Regional Leadership Conference on December 8, which was attended by 14 schools in Montgomery County and a total of 550 students.

The competitive event allows students to show their knowledge in a variety of business-related settings, including interviewing, public speaking, and emerging business issues. There are also online tests on subjects like sports management, accounting, marketing, and more.

North Penn had 53 students place high enough in their event to advance to the State Leadership Conference, which will be held in Hershey on April 2 through 5.

The North Penn FBLA is advised by business teacher Linda Westerlund, who also serves as Pennsylvania FBLA Region 20 Adviser.

The following students advanced, according to the district:

• Tejas Priyadarshi placed 1st in Computer Assessment: Database Design & Applications*
• Drew Coles placed 1st in Online Assessment: Accounting I*
• Dan Lugo placed 3rd in Online Assessment: Accounting I*
• Katie Carcaci placed 8th in Online Assessment: Accounting I
• Siddharth Bellum placed 4th in Online Assessment: Accounting II*
• Thomas Luu placed 1st in Online Assessment: Advertising*
• Zach Ward placed 3rd in Online Assessment: Advertising*
• Tanner Gilmartin placed 8th in Online Assessment: Advertising
• The team of Shravan Asthana, Reid Dentner and Rahul Joglekar placed 2nd in Online Assessment: Banking & Financial Systems*
• Stephanie Zhang placed 4th in Online Assessment: Business Calculations*
• Fiyi Adebekun placed 5th in Online Assessment: Business Calculations*
• Rebecca Leventhal placed 3rd in Online Assessment: Business Communication*
• Katie Little placed 8th in Online Assessment: Business Communication
• Jasmine Nagra placed 8th in Online Assessment: Business Law
• Jessica Liu placed 4th in Online Assessment: Computer Problem Solving*
• Atlee Hasson placed 5th in Online Assessment: Cyber Security*
• Joseph Stuart placed 6th in Online Assessment: Cyber Security*
• Rishabh Pudhota placed 3rd in Online Assessment: Economics*
• Christopher Yang placed 4th in Online Assessment: Economics*
• Matthew Orefice placed 7th in Online Assessment: Economics
• The team of Logan Dubil and Kevin Nguyen placed 7th in Online Assessment: Entrepreneurship
• The team of Michael Kratz, Kyle Preston and Rob Weiss placed 6th in Online Assessment: Global Business
• Marcus Curlee placed 1st in Online Assessment: Health Care Administration*
• Vicky Rosario placed 7th in Online Assessment: Health Care Administration
• Isabella Laurens placed 1st in Online Assessment: Help Desk*
• The team of Eric Diamond, Jack Johnston and Eric Mondeblatt placed 2nd in Online Assessment: Hospitality Management*
• Rahul Abraham placed 2nd in Online Assessment: Insurance & Risk Management*
• Parth Arora placed 4th in Online Assessment: Insurance & Risk Management*
• Disha Patel placed 3rd in Online Assessment: Introduction to Business*
• Prem Polamreddy placed 9th in Online Assessment: Introduction to Business
• Vardilka Ananth placed 7th in Online Assessment: Introduction to Business Communication
• J.P. Grattan placed 4th in Online Assessment: Introduction to Financial Math*
• Nick Suscavage placed 3rd in Online Assessment: Journalism*
• Ryan Cody placed 4th in Online Assessment: Journalism*
• The team of Hannah Lambert and Kelly Macnamara placed 5th in Online Assessment: Management Decision Making
• The team of Lauren Donnel, Devon Stella and Jenna Whitman placed 7th in Online Assessment: Marketing
• The team of Catherine Myers, Anthony Penna and Blanche Poulin placed 2nd in Online Assessment: Network Design*
• Yang Yue placed 1st in Online Assessment: Organizational Leadership*
• Maiya Cook placed 3rd in Online Assessment: Organizational Leadership*
• Leo Kawabata placed 3rd in Online Assessment: Parliamentary Procedure
• Nick Chandler placed 2nd in Online Assessment: Personal Finance*
• Kyle Morello placed 8th in Online Assessment: Personal Finance
• Skikar Katta placed 5th in Online Assessment: Securities & Investments*
• Owen Verespy placed 8th in Online Assessment: Securities & Investments
• The team of Julia Berry, Melanie Drossner and Emily Gray placed 6th in Online Assessment: Sports & Entertainment Management
• The team of Alexis Lucus and Marquan Collins placed 5th in Performance: Business Ethics
• Emily Wright placed 1st in Performance: Client Service*
• The team of Nick Neu and Shak Rahman placed 2nd in Performance: Emerging Business Issues
• Joey Cataldi placed 1st in Performance: Future Business Leader*
• The team of Jolade Adebekun, Allison Yang and Charis Ma placed 1st in Performance: Graphic Design*
• The team of Charlotte Qu, Kristy Zhuang and Sahithi Pisupati placed 2nd in Performance: Graphic Design*
• Abby Mueller placed 4th in Performance: Impromptu Speaking
• Charita Kunta placed 2nd in Performance: Public Speaking II*

Image courtesy North Penn School District.