Photo courtesy of FBLA
Missouri FBLA recently sent 44 of its members to the FBLA State Leadership Conference. This conference started on April 14 and lasted three days. Activities done at the conference included workshops, note taking, and professional networking opportunities with certain companies from the Fortune 500 for middle school, high school, and college students. About 5,000 people in total participated in this conference, and over 150 contests relating to business education were run during the event. The events covered topics such as marketing, accounting, website design, and mobile application development. Platte county won several awards at this event. 15 Platte County national qualifiers are going to the National Leadership Conference in Florida, which will take place from June 27 to July 3. The Edlin Team, the Partnership with a Business Project team’s business partner, was also nominated for the FBLA Business Person of the Year Award. Brandon Eldin was recognized for his contributions to FBLA at the opening session of the State Conference.
The results of the Conference are listed below.
Platte County FLBA Qualifiers:
15 National Qualifiers
10 State Champions (in four competitive events)
Gold Seal of Merit Chapter Award
“Gold” Chapter of the Year
Champion Chapter
State Service Project Chapter
Outstanding Service to Local Chapter: Mason Salehi
National Qualifiers:
State Champ / 1st Place: Computer Game Programming & Simulation – Jack Bralley, Jackson Edwards, Collin Wilson
State Champ / 1st Place: Introduction to Social Media – Teagan Hill, Jaira Taulbee, Camila Zavala
State Champ / 1st Place: Local Annual Chapter Report – Chloe Pegler, Karlee Riggs
State Champ / 1st Place: Network Design – Logan Foster, Quinn Traas
3rd Place: Social Media Strategies – Addison Mayne, leah McKeefery, Madelyn Morris
4th Place: American Enterprise Project – Maggie Assel, Makayla Morris
4th Place: Future Business Educator – Makayla Morris
Other Results:
5th Place: Visual Design – Addison Mayne, Leah McKeefery, Madelyn Morris
5th Place: Website Coding & Development – Aiden Kent, Logan Foster, Quinn Traas
6th Place: Introduction to FBLA – Kelly Gabbert
7th Place: Community Service Project – Patrick McCool, Shan Senoga, Lane Webb
7th Place: Partnership with a Business Project – Jackson Edwards, Mason Salehi, Madelyn Stewart
10th Place: Mobile Application Development – Lilly Lockhart, Hailey Turner
FINALS (Top 15): Business Ethics – CJ Elmore, Aiden Garcia, Zach Linville
FINALS (Top 15): Management Information Systems – Josh Nelson, Gavin Nichols, Ethan Smith
FINALS (TOP 15): Entrepreneurship – Daniel Bunge, Lydia Doole, Marissa Orellana