On Saturday, March 2, CHS students belonging to Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) participated in this year’s 2013 Gold Coast Section Leadership Conference. The competition, held at West Ranch High School, consisted of over 500 dedicated members from schools throughout the Gold Coast Region. Aside from the competition itself, there were many opportunities to network with other FBLA members and attend informative business seminars.

According to the official website www.fbla-pbla.org, the FBLA Mission is “to bring business and education together in a positive working relationship through innovative leadership and career development programs”.

FBLA recognized students who demonstrate strong understanding and skill in a variety of different business related areas. With hardwork and dedication, talented students were able to apply their expertise and knowledge of business during this year’s Conference.

Congratulations to all members who participated and dedicated their hard work and time! The results are fantastic and good luck to all those continuing on to the state competition!

Those who placed:

Accounting — Ali Hashemi – FIRST PLACE
Business Calculations – Sahar Mahboob – FIFTH PLACE
Business Law — Allen Sokolov – SIXTH PLACE
Business Procedures – Seta Aghababian – – THIRD PLACE
Business Procedures: – Mara Goldman — NINTH PLACE
Computer Problem Solving — Sean Pool – FIFTH PLACE
Cyber Security — Zack Kaplan – FOURTH PLACE
Cyber Security — Sean Pool — EIGHTH PLACE
Economics – Matt Reingold — FOURTH PLACE
Economics – Isaac Golberg – – SEVENTH PLACE
Intro to Business – Mara Goldman – FIRST PLACE
Personal Finance – Chelsea Skrabak – EIGHTH PLACE
Personal Finance – Sam Kurtzman – TENTH PLACE
Public Speaking I – Emily Harari — THIRD PLACE
Public Speaking II – Sahar Mahboob – FIFTH PLACE
Technology Concepts – John Selstad – SECOND PLACE
Technology Concepts – Austin Berke – THIRD PLACE
Entrepreneurship/Team: Sean Sain, Thomas Nemeh, Louis Katayama – THIRD PLACE
Management Decision Making/Team: Gregory Polyakov, Isaac Golberg, Walter Piszker — FOURTH PLACE
Marketing/Team: Matt Reingold, Elliot Yamin, Nathan Benyamin – SECOND PLACE