FBLA Students Advance to State

Nearly 20 Jasper County High School Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) have advanced to the State FBLA Conference by virtue of their wins at the region level conference which was held virtually in January.

The results of those virtual contests have now been released to the local chapter and plans for state are now under way.

 

Those advancing to the state competition include Addilyn Durham, first place in Intro to Business Communication; Riley Holland, first place in Intro to Business Procedures; Arabella Raatz, first place in Intro to Public Speaking; Khayden Hope, first place in Public Speaking; Abigail Garland, second place in Business Communication; Adrianna Russell, second place in Intro to Financial Math; and Rachel Carnes, third place in Business Communication.

 

Also, Shanae McClain, third place in Intro to Business Communication and 10th place in Personal Finance; Nathan Alexander, fourth place in Economics; Camden West, sixth place in Intro to Business Procedures; Pressley Donaldson, seventh place in Intro to Business Procedures; and Arlie Moore, seventh place in Business Communication.

 

Also, Montana Puckett, seventh place in Personal Finance; Sara Alexander, eighth place in Intro to Business Communication; Krista Steele, ninth place in Financial Math; Lesly Bautista-Romero, ninth place in Intro to Business Procedures; Rayne Paulsen, 10th place in Accounting I; and Zymere Marshall, eleventh place in Accounting I;

 

Others placing at region were Haley Thomas, Accounting I; Amberly Beard, Business Communication; the team of Anna Parham and Kayson Hobbs, Entrepreneurship; Arlie Moore and Jayden Wojcik, Help Desk; the team of Abigail Garland, Amy Monterrey and Jayden Wojcik, Hospitality and Event Management; Cooper Selman, International Business; Matthew Brimberry and Haley Thomas, Intro to Business Communication; Khayden Hope, Marketing; and Matthew Brimberry, Personal Finance.

 

“It was a little different this year for our FBLA members because we were scheduled to host the Region 12 Conference/Competition in January but the snow forced us to go virtual,” according to Amy Scroggs, JCHS FBLA adviser and the Region 12 Adviser. “Even with the changes, we are so excited to have several students qualify for the state competitions this year. Our students worked hard to prepare for the conference and their scores showed it.” Local students who competed either took an online test or recorded their speeches and submitted them for judging.

 

“We are so proud of our students taking on the challenge of competing for us. They always make us proud,” Mrs. Scroggs said.

 

The state FBLA conference is set to be held in March at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in downtown Atlanta.

FBLA is the co-curricular organization in the Business, Management and Administration career cluster, which is part of the Career, Technical and Agricultural Education (CTAE) program at JCHS. Mrs. Scroggs and Nash Bragg are the FBLA advisers.