Chagrin Falls Students Excel in Business Competition, Headed to State Championships

Chagrin Falls High School Business Professional of America Club competed in Region 18 along with 18 other Northeast Ohio School including Cuyahoga Valley Career Center (Brecksville Broadview Heights High School, Cuyahoga Heights High School, Garfield Heights High School, Independence High School, Nordonia High School, North Royalton High School, Revere High School and Twinsburg High School), Bedford High School, Maple Heights High School, Normandy High School, Polaris Career Center (Berea High School, Brooklyn High School, Fairview High School, North Olmsted High School, Olmsted Falls High School and Strongsville High School) and Valley Forge High School on Monday, January 21 at Cuyahoga Valley Career Center.

The goal of the Workplace Skills Assessment Program (WSAP) is to provide all students with the opportunity to demonstrate workplace skills learned through business education curricula. Students can compete in more than 90 events that are either judged event presentations or exams testing their knowledge. Students prepare for and compete in contests under six Assessment Areas including: 

  • Finance

  • Business Administration

  • Management Information Systems

  • Digital Communication & Design

  • Management Marketing & Communication

  • Health Administration

Chagrin Falls Schools’ students shone bright with the following being recognized for their achievements, with seven students qualifying for the state competition on Monday, February 23 at the Greater Columbus Convention Center.

Top 8 Medalist

Payroll Accounting 

James Marcin - Sophomore

Small Business Management Team 

Ameer Hamid - Freshman | Lucas Guddy - Freshman | Jack Rubin - Freshman

Health Administration Procedures

Darcy Osborn - Sophomore

4th Place

Banking & Finance

Ethan Nielsen - Junior

Business Law & Ethics 

Jack Shein - Sophomore

3rd Place

Fundamentals Accounting 

James Marcin - Sophomore

Economic Research Team 

Anton Flach - Junior | Durham Freese - Junior | Eric Goyzman - Junior 

Personal Financial Management 

Eric Goyzman - Junior

Financial Math & Analysis Concepts 

Dominick Pantuso - Sophomore

Legal Office Procedures 

Lavanya Rao - Freshman

Business Law & Ethics 

Peter Mitchell - Junior

Management/Marketing/Human Resources Concepts 

Andrew Thompson - Junior

2nd Place

Banking & Finance 

Katherine Rosner - Junior

Financial Analyst Team 

Dominick Pantuso - Sophomore | Jack Shein - Sophomore | Chris Solvesky - Sophomore | Nick Warner - Sophomore

Financial Math & Analysis Concepts 

Eric Goyzman - Junior

Business Law & Ethics 

Ben Lyndall - Sophomore

Broadcast News Production 

Brady Kaas - Junior | Ashton Martin - Junior | Robert Quinn - Junior

Visual Design Team 

Isabelle Deioma - Junior | Katherine Rosner - Junior | Claire Rubin - Junior | Alaina Woyt - Junior

Entrepreneurship

Zach Flaiz - Senior

Small Business Management Team)

Jude Bidar - Junior | Peter Mitchell - Junior | Ethan Nielsen - Junior | Colin Struk-Marn - Junior

Presentation Team

Claire Angle - Freshman | Lavanya Rao - Freshman | Caroline Slain - Freshman | Sarah walker - Freshman

Management/Marketing/Human Resources Concepts

Robert Quinn - Junior

1st Place

Financial Math & Analysis Concepts 

Ethan Nielsen - Junior

Java Programming 

Nick Warner - Sophomore

Python Programming 

Dominick Pantuso - Sophomore

Advanced Interview Skills 

John Busby - Freshman

Individual Presentation

Sedona Bundy - Sophomore

Health Research Presentation 

Darcy Osborn - Sophomore

State Qualifiers

Monday, February 23 at the Greater Columbus Convention Center.

Banking & Finance 

Katherine Rosner - Sophomore

Business Law & Ethics

Ben Lyndall - Sophomore

Java Programming 

Nick Warner - Sophomore

Advanced Interview Skills 

John Busby - Freshman

Python Programming 

Dominick Pantuso - Sophomore

Individual Presentation 

Sedona Bundy - Sophomore

Health Research Presentation 

Darcy Osborn - Sophomore

Fundamentals Accounting (100)

James Marcin - Sophomore

Personal Financial Management (165)

Eric Goyzman - Junior

Legal Office Procedures (265)

Lavanya Rao - Freshman