Ten students from MCHS qualified for the National Leadership Conference in Orlando, Florida in May after participating in the Business Professionals of America state leadership conference in Oak Brook.
Fifty-one MCHS students participated in the state event in Oak Brook along with more than 1,200 high school students from 50 schools throughout the state. The event includes several competitions in marketing, computer science, business support and more. MCHS students participating came our business and technical education classes, such as INCubatoredu, Accounting, Marketing, Computer Science and more.
The following is a listing of top finishers from the group:
Lachlan Gardon - STATE CHAMPION in Fundamental Spreadsheet Applications
Jada Perez - 2nd place in Payroll Accounting
Marcus Rubin - 4th place in Python Programming
Aiden Hull, Jakob Axelson, Kylan Biddle, Braden Friedle - 4th place in Broadcast News Production Team
Grace Hunt - 4th place in Extemporaneous Speech
Cooper Floden - 5th place in Fundamental Accounting
Jada Perez - 5th place in Banking & Finance
Brayden Gardon - 5th place in Medical Diagnostic Coding
Aiden Hull - 6th place in Payroll Accounting
Jia Shah - 6th place in Intermediate Word Processing
Lachlan Gardon - 6th place in Python Programming
Kyle Zieman - 7th place in Computer Security
Luis Lopez - 8th place in Device Configuration & Troubleshooting
Jada Perez - Top 10 in Financial Math & Analysis
Will Richter - Top 10 in Financial Math & Analysis
Aiden Hill - Top 10 in Financial Math & Analysis
Lachlan Gardon - Top 10 in Financial Math & Analysis
Sadie Sullivan - Top 10 in Administrative Support Concepts
Eli Hunt - Top 10 in Management, Marketing, Human Resources
Kyle Zieman - Top 10 in Information Technology Concepts
Here are the students who qualified for the national event:
Lachlan Gardon
Jada Perez
Marcus Rubin
Aiden Hull
Cooper Floden
Brayden Gardon
Kyle Zieman
Will Richter
Sadie Sullivan
Grace Hunt
Eli Hunt
The Business Professionals of American is a national organization for students to develop career and technical skills in a variety of fields, including entrepreneurship, graphic design, finance, information technology and more. The MCHS chapter started a few years ago.