VHHS FBLA Members Qualify for National Competition
The Vernon Hills High School Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) Club participated in the 66th Annual FBLA State competition held March 27-28 in Springfield. Sixty students competed in 40 different events, with 47 finishing in the top 10 for their event. Twenty students qualified for FBLA Nationals to be held June 29 - July 2 in Chicago.
With 87 club members, the VHHS FBLA chapter was honored at the conference as the 10th Largest Chapter in the State of Illinois. The club is sponsored by Adam Lueken, Jennifer Neri and Diane Phillips.
VHHS FBLA team members received the following group and individual honors:
Individual event winners:
Jolie Boulos - Accounting I, 10th place
Mani Sundararajan - Accounting II, 4th place
Crystal Shang - Agribusiness, 7th place
Ryan Curtis - Business Calculations, 3rd place - National Qualifier
Aakash Setty - Business Math, 1st place - National Qualifier
Isabella Kosoglaz - Business Procedures, 10th place
Vaibhov Shastry - Client Service, 3rd place - National Qualifier
Aiden Kang - Computer Applications, 2nd place - National Qualifier
Alex Yang - Computer Problem Solving, 8th place
Lesley Mun - Cyber Security, 7th place
Justin Yim - Economics, 2nd place - National Qualifier
Abhay Ram - Impromptu Speaking, 6th place
Julie Yoon - Insurance & Risk Management, 4th place - National Qualifier
Nikki Flora - Introduction to Business, 7th place
Ankit Agrawal - Job Interview, 2nd place - National Qualifier
Grace Gao - Networking Concepts, 2nd place - National Qualifier
Naren Akurati - Sales Presentation, 6th place
Gita Bhardwaj - Website Design, 8th place
Kevin Yoon - Word Processing, 10th place
Aditya Alluri - Securities & Investment, 4th place - National Qualifier
Team event winners:
Aparajitha Adiraju, Ashwini Deshpande, Pavani Pandravada - Business Ethics, 2nd place - National Qualifier
Sneha Cyriac, Lauren Lum - Digital Video Production, 4th place
Anmol Parande, Nikhil Mangtani - E-Business, 5th place
Oliver Leung, Michael Kokkines, Derek Zhang - Emerging Business Issues, 2nd place - National Qualifier
Christine Tsai, Andrea Lum - Global Business , 1st place - National Qualifier
Yulia Kornikova, Sophia Li, Gina Liu - Hospitality Management, 7th place
Calub Ju, Jordan Martin - Management Decision Making, 9th place
Noah Cho, Shubham Patel, Alex Lao - Management Information Systems, 2nd place - National Qualifier
Garima Arora, Olivia Jazbutis - Public Service Announcement, 7th place
Ella Petrariu, Reya Arora, Helen Jung - Social Media, 9th place
Nathan Ju, Harsha Namburi - Sports & Entertainment Management, 9th place