Region FBLA Competition Is Held Here
More than 550 middle and high school Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) converged on Jasper County High School Monday evening for the Region 12 FBLA Conference.
JCHS hosted the conference for the fifth straight year with students from more than 35 schools in nine counties participating.
Several local high school students will advance to the state FBLA competition in March after their placements at the region level, and several others will join them in state-only competitive events.
Claiming first place awards were Tyler Phillips, client service; Ciara Christopher, sales presentation; Ryan Nelson and Cole Usry, introduction to business presentation; Stephen Arena, Jesse Burton, Chad Cain, Jeff Cain and Caleb Usry, parliamentary procedure.
Second place awards went to Julius Matchett, public speaking II; and Clay Evans, Anna Parker and Faith Vaughn, public service announcement.
Others placing in the top 10 were Starr Batchelor, third, website design; Morgan Baker, third, and Hunter Duke, tenth, intro to information technology; April Bullard, fourth, computer applications; Rebecca Bailey, fourth, public speaking I; Evan Newton, fourth, and Ireland Moore, tenth, intro to financial math; and Autumn Denonn, tenth, economics.
Others competing for JCHS were Cameron Davis, Regan Duke, Braden Lynch, Leaysia Farrar, Summaya Ahmad, Devin Robinson, Will Parker, Nikki Dougherty, Avery Jacobs, Kaitlyn Wilbanks, Tayloir Lawrence, Brett Barger, and Jaylon Sands.
JCHS sophomore Cole Usry served as Region 12 Vice President and helped preside over the meeting and present awards. Local members Chad Cain, Garrett Scroggs and Caleb Usry, along with Cole Usry and Ryan Nelson, hosted the “Invention Convention” workshop that was attended by more than 100 middle and high school FBLA members.
Students who volunteered to assist at the Region Conference were Malcolm Smith, Seth Pettis, Robert Womack and Meghan Terry.
FBLA advisers Mrs. Amy Scroggs and Mrs. Johnnie Sue Moore expressed appreciation to those in the community who volunteered to judge, administer tests, keep time, tally scores, monitor students, make desserts and serve food. “We could not have hosted this event without the help of our fellow teachers and members of the community,” Mrs. Scroggs explained. “We had more than 60 people volunteering to help us, and their support made all the difference.”