Two FBLA Members Head to Nationals
Jasper County High School Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) members Devon Andrews and Quinton Standifer have advanced to the National FBLA Competition this summer to be held in Nashville, Tenn. by virtue of their second place win at the state conference in Emerging Business Issues (EBI).
The local team had advanced to the state competition after placing first in the Region 12 contest in January at JCHS.
Last week, the team participated in the preliminary round for EBI, advanced to the top 10, and competed again in the final round Saturday morning. Winners were announced that evening in the awards of excellence ceremony.
As part of their competition, Mr. Andrews and Mr. Standifer had to prepare a positive and a negative argument for mobile shopping applications. Once they entered the prep room for their contest, they were given which side they needed to argue—either for or against mobile shopping applications.
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During the preliminary round, the pair argued against the mobile shopping applications; however, they argued for the applications in the final round, earning a perfect score from one judge.
In addition, James Sampson placed eighth in the state in Impromptu Speaking, Cheyenne Gray took tenth place in Electronic Career Portfolio, and Brandi McMichael claimed eleventh in Word Processing.
Others competing at the state conference were Garrett Scroggs, Kolby DeGarmo, Chad Cain, Regan Duke, David Cussen, Daniel Darity, Tony Shumate, Beth Hart and Bree Chambers.
When not competing, the local students joined some 3,000 other FBLA members from around Georgia in various leadership workshops. Local members also served as competitive event timekeepers and doorkeepers while the local advisers administered the events. The weekend culminated with the Awards of Excellence ceremony.
“We are so proud of our students,” said FBLA adviser Amy Scroggs. “They have worked so hard to get here, and we are excited about their awards and the opportunity to go back to the national competition. Both of these young men are rising seniors and we look forward to watching them grow and become even more successful in FBLA during their senior year.”
FBLA is the largest career-technical student organization in Georgia with more than 27,000 members. Georgia’s FBLA chapter is the largest chapter in the nation, and Jasper County High School’s chapter boasts 101 members.
The group was accompanied by advisers Johnnie Sue Moore and Amy Scroggs and Career, Technical and Agricultural Education Director Kelvin Thomas.