On December 8, 2019, Chesterton High School (CHS) students competed in the Business Professionals of America regional competition hosted at Kankakee Valley High School. Of the 20 students who competed, 17 students qualified to advance to the state level this past weekend in Indianapolis. Those students competing as a team at the state level were:
Broadcast News Team - Gavin Bonner, Michael Campbell, Alan Stirling and Arti Patel
Presentation Management Team -Milena Veltri, David Sharp, Zachary Zimmerman and Leah Rochford.
Those students competing individually were:
Joshua Osborn – Business Law and Ethics
John Andy Gerth – Banking and Finance/ Accounting
Arti Patel – Banking and Finance
Max Cohen – PC Servicing and Troubleshooting and Intermediate Word Processing
Joseph Adcock – Java Programming and Fundamental Spreadsheet Applications
Aiden Li – Fundamentals of Web Design and Java Programming
Milena Veltri – Extemporaneous Speech
Zachary Zimmerman – Fundamental Spreadsheet Applications
Nalani Malackowski – Advanced Office Systems and Procedures
Celia Faroh – Prepared Speech
Xavier Pittman – Personal Finance and Fundamental Accounting
Conner Mathis – Personal Finance
Four CHS students qualified for Nationals to be hosted in Washington, D.C. on May 6-10
Milena Veltri – Extemporaneous Speech - 3rd place (top three advance to Nationals)
Max Cohen – PC Servicing and Troubleshooting- 5th place (top six advance to Nationals)
Aiden Li – Java Programming – 4th place (top 6 advance to Nationals)
Joseph Adcock – Fundamental Spreadsheet Applications – 3rd place (top six advance to Nationals)