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The BPA team poses for a picture after their conference.
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Cesar Querimit (11) receives an award for his Health Research Presentation event.
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Panagiotis Mattingly (11) passes out awards for events because of his title in BPA.
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Miles Warren (11) receives an award for his Interview Skill event.
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Leo Obetkovski (11) receives an award for the Health Insurance Billing event.
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Jonathan Lechter (10) receives an award for the Digital Media Production event.
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December 7, 2024 – Crown Point – Students from Crown Point High School’s BPA chapter recently competed at the Regional Leadership Conference at Kankakee Valley High School where eight schools competed for the top spots in over 40 events from Finance, Business Administration, Management Information Systems, Digital Communications & Design, Management, Marketing & Communications, and Health and Administration to qualify for the State Leadership Conference in March. CPHS BPA has 89 competitors this year, which is the largest membership in our history.
Students who qualified in their respective events include:
- Fundamental Accounting; Abi Wilson, Will Tarin, Ryland Hochstetler, Parker Niksch, Hwee Chan McCobb
- Advanced Accounting: Xzavier Menchaca
- Payroll Accounting: Andrew Bodamer, Calum McCaskill, Chase Imbrone, Marko Nastovich, Kelton Day
- Financial Analyst Team: Will Tarin, Marko Nastovich, Xzavier Menchaca, Calum McCaskill
- Banking & Finance: Gabe Perez
- Economic Research Individual: Karam Erbini, Sonny Pape
- Economic Research Team: Mason Erbini, Cesar Querimit, Sonny Pape, Miles Warren
- Personal Financial Management: Ethan Krstevski, Eddie Sundblad
- Fundamental Word Processing: Natalee Pugh, Luca Coniglio, Aydin Nowak, Ethan Krstevski, Hwee Chan McCobb
- Intermediate Word Processing: Emma Lembke
- Integrated Office Systems & Procedures: Luca Coniglio
- Basic Office Systems & Procedures: Natalee Pugh
- Fundamental Spreadsheet Applications: Natalia Svetanoff
- Legal Office Procedures: Mason Dunn
- Administrative Support Research Project: Ma’Rae Wallace, Trent Tillich
- Computer Network Technology: Jacob Boron
- Device Configuration & Troubleshooting: Sebastian Rzadkosz, Ryan Kusiak
- Computer Security: Alexander Froelich
- C++ Programming: Ricky Santana, Mrunank Patil, Gabe Perez
- Java Programming: Alexander Froelich
- Linux Operating System Fundamentals: Panagiotis Mattingly
- Python Programming: Jacob Boron, Aaron Graddy, Jan Pineda
- Fundamental Desktop Publishing: Aydin Nowak
- Graphic Design Promotion: Lucy Keene, Nikoli McSurley
- Fundamentals of Web Design: Jackson Pugh
- Digital Media Production: Lucy Keene, Jonathan Lechter
- Video Production Team: Jacob Basil, Aiden Mattews, Jan Pineda, Nick Saberniak
- Broadcast News Team: Josephine Pape, Ceilla Querimit, Meher Sidhu, Yuki Swaminathan
- Global Marketing Team: Emili Germanoska, Jacob Germek, Maggie Krsteska
- Entrepreneurship: Sophia Snyder, Madisyn Wimple, Jake Baumann
- Small Business Management Team: Andrew Bodamer, Christian De La Paz, Ryland Hochstetler, Chase Imbrone
- Interview Skills: Miles Warren, Ma’Rae Wallace
- Extemporaneous Speech: Nathan Udal
- Human Resource Management: Heather Gallas
- Ethics and Professionalism: Nora Sargent
- Prepared Speech: Karam Erbini, Caitlyn Roldan, Nathan Udal
- Parliamentary Procedure Team: Ari Bairaktaris, Aiden Couwenhoven, Leo Mattingly, Panagiotis Mattingly, Sebastian Mesa, Parker Niksch, Devion Outten, Abi Wilson
- Presentation Management Individual: Mason Erbini, Devion Outten
- Presentation Management Team: Noah Chapko, Josh Gorney, Aaron Graddy, Jackson Pugh
- Medical Coding: Sofia Sekulovski, Josephine Pape
- Health Insurance Billing: Leo Obetkovski
- Health Research Presentation: Cesar Querimit, Ari Bairaktaris
Other student members include: Yiser Aldulhasan, Caleb Bouton, Lukas Campbell, Iris Estrada, Dalia Ferguson, Jeffrey Fisher, Travis Halter, Danny Janickovic, Faris Jarrar, Simrah Khan, John Krcmery, Bennett Miller, Thelma Morales, Aahana Parulekar, Barrett Perrell, Carter Phutawon, Obed Ruiz-Gomez, Evan Vaupel, Ryan Welsh, Ian Whitmer, and Keewa Yu.
“We are incredibly proud of the determination and resilience of our members,” said Co-Advisors Mary Bachnak and Scott MacFarland. “Our team consistently strives to be the best competitors they can be, representing Crown Point High School with exceptional professionalism and poise. They truly embody the spirit of future business leaders. Our BPA students remain dedicated to fostering a strong, dynamic team of enthusiastic business professionals, continuing the legacy of excellence established by the BPA group at CPHS.”
