(KLZA)-- Fifteen area high school students took top honors at Peru State College’s 42nd Annual High School Business Contest. First-place winners in each of the 15 categories received $500 tuition scholarships for on-campus classes to Peru State.
Students competed with their peers from a record 27 high schools in Nebraska, Missouri and Kansas in 15 business disciplines, including accounting, advanced accounting, business communications, business law, business math, computer concepts, economics, entrepreneurship, introduction to business, job interview, keyboarding objective, keyboarding skills, marketing, personal finance and Web page design.
Participating schools included:
Auburn, Concordia, Deshler, Douglas County West, Elmwood-Murdock, Falls City, Freeman, Fremont-Mills, Gretna, Heartland Community Schools, HTRS, Johnson-Brock, Johnson County Central, Lincoln East, Lincoln High, Lincoln Northeast, Lincoln North Star, Lincoln Southeast, Lincoln Southwest, Palmyra, Sabetha, Sidney, Sterling, Syracuse, Tarkio, Tri-County and Southern.
First place finishers included,
Advanced Accounting, Sydney Lintner, from Syracuse
Business Math, Grant Moles, from Johnson County Central
Introduction to Business, Brady Wilkerson from HTRS
Job Interview, Samantha Teten from Johnson-Brock
Keyboarding I (Objective), Livia Wilhelm from Syracuse
Keyboarding I (Skills), Allie Binder from HTRS
Marketing, Samantha Teten from Johnson-Brock
Personal Finance, Michael Purcell from Johnson County Central.
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