MENDOTA - Several Mendota High School business students competed at the NIU Business Olympics on April 6.
This item is available in full to subscribers.
To continue reading, you will need to either log in to your subscriber account, or purchase a new subscription.
If you are a current print subscriber, you can set up a free website account and connect your subscription to it by clicking here.
If you are a digital subscriber with an active, online-only subscription then you already have an account here. Just reset your password if you've not yet logged in to your account on this new site.
Otherwise, click here to view your options for subscribing.
Please log in to continue |
MENDOTA - Several Mendota High School business students competed at the NIU Business Olympics on April 6. They were accompanied by MHS business teacher Shawn LeRette.
The NIU Business Olympics is a day-long event hosted by NIU’s College of Business on the DeKalb campus. Aimed at high school and community college students, the NIU Business Olympics event offers multiple business-related competitions to teams. These include:
The MHS students competed against 17 other teams from Palatine, Barrington, Maine East, Conant High School, and various other schools.
In the Lucro Island Budgeting competition for the upper division, MHS team Jack Massey and Phalen Hessenberger won 2nd place ($100 each).
In the Lucro Island Budgeting competition for the lower division, Trent Stamberger and Andrew Fittanto won 1st place ($100 each).
Additionally, the team of Abel Guerra, Jack Massey, Preston Lewis, Sonia Duarte and Phalen Hessenberger won 3rd place for the Big Pitch Idea.