John Bakalar

Entrepreneurship students took some “risks” climbing rocks at Shaker Rocks! We then heard from Owner Annie Rickman about her passion for climbing and her entrepreneurial journey #thisischagrin

Marketing and Business Management students attended the thinkBIG! Summit at CWRU. Henry Horvath, Justin Bookman, Matthew Busby and Cayden Vilneff were recognized for being named Honorable Mention in the thinkBIG! Challenge which played them in the top 11 out of 120+ submissions!

A record 10 students competed at the BPA State competition at the Convention Center. Afterward we explored North Market for lunch and toured Ohio State while visiting with former Tigers Charlie Busby, Ted Brown, Ella Goyzman and Maggie Goss #thisischagrin

8 Financial Literacy Teams competed in the Junior Achievement Stock Market Challenge in Cleveland. Team Ye West took 1st 🥇 $500 and Team LeBron a close 2nd 🥈 $250! Ye West advances to Nationals in Boston! This is 3rd time in last 5 competitions CFHS has placed 1st 🏆🏆🏆

Tired of making dinner? 🥱 Want to support a great cause? 🏆 Haven’t had Chipotle in awhile? 🌯 Please visit Chipotle in Bainbridge on Wednesday 4:00-8:00 or order online using code W7XBY77. 25% of sales will go toward our BPA Club to help support students dues & competition fees

Business and Sports Management visited @ProFootballHOF for their Character Education seminar and exhibition along with guided tour of the museum. Even ran into former Houston Oiler and Hall of Famer Earl Campbell! #thisisChagrin

Entrepreneurship class competed in the Veale Hackathon along with CVCA, Benedictine, Beaumont & Shaker Heights. Teams picked social enterprise categories and then presented pitch to judges. One group was named the top 3 and each member won a $25 Amazon gift card #thisisChagrin

Entrepreneurship students attended ThinkFest workshop at John Carroll University, where they learned about product ideation, leveraging technology and pitching. Vany Rao’s team finished in 1st Place and each team member won a $25 Amazon gift card! #thisisChagrin

Marketing visited Opinions, Ltd where they learned how market research is conducted and participated in a taste test #thisisChagrin

Chagrin Falls High School Team Places 34th at National Junior Achievement Competition chagrinschools.org/o/cfevs/articl…

Junior Jack Keegan was recently invited by Cleveland Junior Achievement President Al DiFranco to speak at the State Capitol in front of the Ohio Senate Finance Committee where he advocated on behalf of Junior Achievement programming and funding #thisisChagrin

These two came to the University of Cincinnati to present as winners of the stock market challenge. Way to represent Chagrin. @BusinessCFHS @Chagrin_Schools #cfevs

10 Teams from spring semester Financial Literacy class competed in the @ja_cleveland Stock Market Challenge at Tri-C Corporate College. “Broke to the Future” took 2nd place out of 50 team event and won $200! Congrats James, Eli, Zach and Dane! #thisisChagrin

Several students were selected as winners in the 2025 Young Entrepreneurship Institute Pitch Challenge! One group was selected as Finalists and have a chance to win “The People’s Choice Award” and $250! Vote for “The Chill Patch” using this link: my.reviewr.com/s2/showcase/20…

Seven students were selected to participate in the Fin Mango Finance Day competition at Kent State’s College of Business and Entrepreneurship. Sophomore Katie Rosner finished in 3rd Place in the event and won $500 for herself and the school! #thisisChagrin

Chagrin Falls High School BPA Team Advances to National Competition chagrinschools.org/o/cfevs/articl…

Business Classes attended the Junior Achievement Inspire! Career Day at Cleveland Public Auditorium! Students got to network with over 40 local businesses and attend seminars on Entrepreneurship and Leadership #thisisChagrin

CFHS’s Business Professionals of America chapter advanced 8 students to the 2025 State Competition at the Greater Columbus Convention Center! Students competed in their events then toured The Ohio State University #thisisChagrin

Entrepreneurship class spent the day at Case Western Reserve University’s Sears Think[box] learning how to design and prototype using CAD and a Laser Cutter technology. After developing their prototype they pitched their idea to the group #thisisChagrin

Marketing and Business Management students visited The Suarez Applied Marketing Research Lab at @uakron. Students participated in eye tracking software for web and product design, biometrics lab for sales pitches and participated in a focus group #thisisChagrin