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.”