Lemont High School Students Meet Bulgarian President Prior to NATO Summit

Two students met with Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliv on Saturday after winning Chicagoland’s Junior Achievement “Company of the Year” award earlier this month.

Senior Naem Mufarreh and junior Keaton Wall presented the student-run magazine “Inkspot” to Plevneliv during an even meet-and-greet at Michigan Plaza in Chicago.

"Inkspot" is part of Junior Achievement, "the world's largest organization dedicated to educating students from kindergarten through 12th grade about entrepreneurship, work readiness and financial literacy through experiential, hands-on programs," according to the District 210 website.

Lemont High School officials said Plevneliv is a strong supporter of the Junior Achievement program in the Republic of Bulgaria, and was in town for the NATO Summit.

During Saturday's event, he met with representatives from Carl Sandburg, Lemont, Leyden, and Highland Park high schools.

Mufarreh and Wall, who serve as president and finance vice president of "Inkspot," attended the event with Lemont High School English teacher Sean Clark and writing director Patty Melei.

"Inkspot" is written, produced and marketed by Lemont High School students each year, and is fully funded through advertising. The magazine is run like a business, with students forming a board that is in charge of selling the product, selling stock in the company, marketing the product and, hopefully, reaping a dividend for its shareholders.

On May 1, the magazine was named the Chicagoland's Junior Achievement "Company of the Year" at an area competition. Lemont has won top honors at the competition two years in a row, and three times in the past four years.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 

Like what you see? Sign up for our daily email newsletter.

Like us on Facebook for a slightly different take.