Attending the Illinois FBLA State Leadership Conference held in Springfield on March 25 were (front, left to right) Kara Ratermann, Dani Dant, Rachel Zurliene; (back, left to right) Hunter Lee, Maya Beckemeyer, Riley Pruitt, Emma Breiner and Zach Honer.

From their test scores for the Illinois FBLA State Leadership Conference, the following Mater Dei students qualified for the National FBLA Leadership Conference in Anaheim, CA, June 29 through July 2: Corynn Henrichs – 1^st place in Database Design and Applications, Zach Honer – 3^rd place in Insurance and Risk Management, Sarah Kniepmann – 2^nd place in Spreadsheet Applications, Sophia Lager – 2^nd place in Computer Applications, and Kara Ratermann – 3^rd place in Word Processing.

The following students also earned recognition: Tori Arentsen – 8^th place in Accounting II, Dani Dant – 7^th place in Accounting II, Ben Kassen – 8^th place in FBLA Principles and Procedures, Anna Knebel – 6^th place in Personal Finance, Ben Logullo – 5^th place in Networking Concepts, Alexis Patton – 5^th place in Introduction to Parliamentary Procedure, and Mitchell Wilke – 9^th place in Business Calculations.

We thank FBLA moderator Mrs. Heather Land for her dedication to our students.