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Students are part of the High School of Business program
Thirty-four students from Eastern High School scored among the top business students nationwide on rigorous exams to test their business knowledge, according to a Kentucky Department of Education press release.
The exams are part of the High School of Business, a national accelerated business administration program. The students from Eastern High School as well as two students from Bullitt East High School received the top scores.
Students participating in High School of Business complete real, hands-on business projects through a series of six courses. The program also includes observational internships, opportunities to earn college credit and local oversight by a steering team of college faculty, business professionals and school personnel.
High School of Business is a program of MBA Research and Curriculum Center, a nonprofit research-based support organization, run by a consortium of state departments of education, including the Kentucky Department of Education. MBA Research specializes in educational research and the development of business and marketing curricula for high schools and colleges across the United States.
The accelerated program is designed for college-bound students with an interest in business administration careers such as marketing, finance, entrepreneurship and management. About 6,000 students from across the nation participated in the program during the 2016-17 school year.
The Eastern students who received the top scores are:
- Samuel Ackerman, Principles of Finance
- Luke Adkins, Business Strategies and Principles of Management
- Dylan Clark, Business Strategies
- Carson Cline, Business Strategies
- Devin Crilley, Business Strategies and Principles of Management
- Seth Crutchfield, Business Strategies and Principles of Management
- Morgan Dailey, Principles of Finance
- Avery Davidson, Wealth Management
- Jackson Davis, Principles of Management
- Miles Diehl, Principles of Management
- Katherine Gerber, Principles of Marketing
- Rachael Hastings, Principles of Management
- Mackenzie Heareth, Principles of Marketing and High School of Business
- Joseph Humphrey, Principles of Marketing and Principles of Finance
- Ali Id Lougssiyr, Principles of Marketing and Principles of Finance
- Luke Mansmann, Leadership Wealth Management
- Alexander Maxwell, Business Strategies and Principles of Management
- Riley Meeks, Wealth Management
- Nathan Merino, Principles of Marketing
- Alden Miller, Wealth Management
- Peyton Mills, Principles of Management
- Autumn Payne, Business Strategies
- Chase Peterson, Principles of Management
- Andrew Pierce, Principles of Business
- Abbey Reid, Leadership Wealth Management
- Nathan Rummel, Business Strategies and Principles of Management
- Christian Salthe, Principles of Management\
- Ryan Scanlon, Business Strategies and Principles of Finance
- Abigail Shafer, Business Strategies
- Paisley Simmons, Business Strategies
- Austin Stephens, Principles of Finance
- Maya Taylor, Principles of Marketing
- Sydney Williams, Business Strategies and Principles of Management
- Artessa Young, Principles of Management
For more information about the national organization, click on this link.
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