Students and advisors of the Mundelein High School chapter of Future Business Leaders of America [FBLA] traveled to and competed at the State Leadership Conference in Springfield March 24 and 25. As a state officer, senior Adriana Feijoo presided over the conference, which included 21 students from MHS. Members competed in various events that tested their business leadership skills.
More than 30 students competed, either at the conference or beforehand, and several placed high enough to qualify, as an individual or as a team, to continue on to the National Leadership Conference. Nationals will be held in Anaheim, California during the summer.
The following FBLA members earned awards:
First Place Awards: Business Plan: Breanna Park, Yasmeen Fathallah, Christine So; Business Ethics: McKenzie Theis, Kaitlyn Watkins; Coding & Programming: Sarah Angelbeck
Third Place Awards: Economics: Alex Frumkin; Introduction to Business: Justin Park
Fourth Place Awards: Business Law: Colin Geary; Personal Finance: Lucy Renz; Organizational Leadership: Jillian Hoffstadt; Business Calculations: Tyler Collins
Fifth Place Awards: Client Services: Jessica Milam; Public Service Announcement: Jake Antenore, Adriana Feijoo; Cyber Security: Michal Gryga; Health Care Administration: Sanika Bijawat
Sixth Place Awards: Accounting II: Mitchell Zaprzalka; Digital Video Production: Allan Rodriguez, Samantha Slaughter; Local Chapter Annual Business Report: Sarah Angelbeck, Lucy Renz
Seventh Place Awards: Sales Presentation: Liam Guiritan
Eighth Place Awards: Introduction to Parliamentary Procedure: Justin So; Networking Concepts: Matthew Pawloski
Ninth Place: Agribusiness: Ryann Ray
Chris Hoster and Sarah Menas are the FBLA advisors at MHS.