Mattoon, IL-(Effingham Radio)- The Lake Land College Business Division and Club IT recently hosted 14 local high schools for the annual Business and Computer Contest.
During the event, participating students from local high schools competed in the following categories: Accounting, General Business and Current Events, MOS Word, MOS PowerPoint and MOS Excel. Depending on the category, students either completed a written test or a hands-on test on the computer. First place winners of each contest received a 3-credit-hour tuition waiver from Lake Land College.
Flora High School placed first in the team event. The other high schools that participated in the event were Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond High School, Centralia High School, Champaign Centennial High School, Champaign Central High School, Charleston High School, Dieterich High School, Monticello High School, Mt. Zion High School, Neoga High School, Oblong High School, Paris High School, Shelbyville High School and Shiloh High School.
“It was incredible to have high school students participating in individual and team events,” said Tynia Kessler, business division chair. “We enjoy seeing and visiting with area business teachers and interacting with talented students. It’s a great opportunity for students to showcase their business and computer skills.”
The individual winners are as follows:
Accounting | ||
Waylon VanHorne | Centralia High School | 1st |
Elena Warren | Flora High School | 2nd |
Wyatt Reese | Oblong High School | 3rd |
General Business & Current Events | ||
Cameron McCullough | Champaign Centennial High School | 1st |
Landon Woolery | Mt. Zion High School | 2nd |
Mallory Lovett | Flora High School | 3rd |
MOS Word | ||
Madyson Slover | Flora High School | 1st |
Elena Lockart | Shelbyville High School | 2nd |
Andrew Henderson | Neoga High School | 3rd |
MOS PowerPoint | ||
Aiden Hardy | Shelbyville High School | 1st |
Quentin Black | Flora High School | 2nd |
Edward Davis | Dieterich High School | 3rd |
MOS Excel | ||
Ryan Rich | Dieterich High School | 1st |
Kennedy Crays | Flora High School | 2nd |
Madelyn Kendall | Mt. Zion High School | 3rd |
For more information, contact Kessler at 217-234-5348 or by email at tkessler@lakelandcollege.edu.
Lake Land College District 517, located in Mattoon, Illinois, serves the second largest community college district in the state, with a total population of 189,869. The Lake Land College district comprises all or part of 15 counties and 31 public school districts in rural east central Illinois. Counties served by Lake Land College include: Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar, Effingham, Fayette, Jasper, Macon, Montgomery, Moultrie and Shelby.
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