Grayslake High students attend leadership conference

Students from Grayslake High School District 127's Future Business Leaders of America were in attendance at the “Gateway to Greatness” National Fall Leadership Conference recently in Milwaukee.

This year 1,500 students were in attendance, including 22 of Grayslake's very own. At the conference, advisers, speakers and students worked together to improve their business and leadership skills.

Attendees from Grayslake North were: Tylar Missbach, Haley Rainwater, Danielle Schaefer, Elizabeth Teubert, Bridget O'Gorman, Tarah Pasternak, Kelly Fiedler, Rayne Janiak, Jennifer Kilma, Katherine Dean, Andrea Lamb, Erin Llanes-Smith, Erin Parro and teachers Courtney Meyer and LeeAnn Taylor.

Attendees from Grayslake Central were: Raj Patel, Pat Burba, Natalie Wickenkamp, Andrew Murphy, Ian Jackson, Nathan Anderson, Robert Weiss, Kaitlyn Weirnheim, Ashley Weirnheim and teacher Diane Keuth.

Derek Clark, one of the conference speakers, encouraged students to be courageous and introduced the importance of passion at the conference. Keynote speaker, Jerry Ackerman, who was a teacher himself, exemplified commitment to students on a personal level. Teens and advisers from around the country gathered to learn and achieve over the course of the two-day workshop.

Erin Llanes-Smith from Grayslake North said she “not only had a great time, but learned a whole lot about what it means to be dedicated and focused not just in a business field, but for other areas in her life.”

FBLA is a nationwide organization with a collegiate level as well, Phi Beta Lambda. For more information about FBLA-PBL, go to www.fbla-pbl.org, www.fbla.gen.il.us, and www.il-fblapbl.org.

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