FBLA Qualifies Ten Students
for Nashville, Tennessee
Over 2,000 people attended the State Leadership Conference in Omaha on April 8-10. Congratulations to the FBLA members that attended the State Leadership Conference. “Simply the Best” is the theme for FBLA this year, and at the Conference, Meridian students proved this applied to them. Meridian was proud to receive several winners. Ten out of the 19 members attending the Conference earned a trip to the National Conference in Nashville, Tennessee, in July this summer. Winners include:
Brooke Hofstetter received Who's Who in FBLA
Brooke Hofstetter—Impromptu Speaking—Sixth Place
*Haley Dutton—Computer Applications—First Place
*Taylor Johnson and Alli Johnson—Business Plan—Third Place
Desiree Bartels—Spelling—Fifth Place
Dustin Rohr—Word Processing II—Second Place
*Sydne Endorf—Word Processing II—Fourth Place
Brandie Sykes—Word Processing II—Honorable Mention
*Dustin Rohr, Brooke Hofstetter, and Jonah Jordening—Business Financial Plan—First Place
Alli Johnson—Database Design—First Place
Taylor Johnson—Database Design—Second Place
Jonah Jordening—Spreadsheet Applications—First Place
*Brandie Sykes—Spreadsheet Applications—Second Place
*Desiree Bartels—Introduction to Business Communications—Third Place
Desiree Bartels—Business Math—Honorable Mention
*Dylan Nash—Networking Concepts—Honorable Mention
Jonah Jordening—Networking Concepts—Honorable Mention
Dustin Rohr—Sports Management—Honorable Mention
Alli Johnson—Technology Concepts—Honorable Mention
Desiree Bartels—Proofreading—Honorable Mention
Students earning a national trip are Dustin, Jonah, Brooke, Taylor, Alli, Brandie, Haley, Desiree, Sydne, and Dylan. First--, second--, and third place winners are eligible to compete at Nationals. However, a student may only compete in one event. As shown by the *, these students chose this event to compete in.
All of the Meridian Students that attended the Conference did an excellent job in all of their events. All schools participate in one division so we compete against Lincoln and Omaha schools. Tests can have up to 600 people in them so this is why we are so proud when Meridian students earn a trip to National FBLA.
Other Meridian students that attended the Conference were: Blake Bartels, Evan Bartels, Ashley Hansel, Brian Heiserman, Brianna Jackson, Christina Maschman, Blake Miller, Shane Roesler, and Kyle Rohr.
Several fundraisers will be conducted to finance this trip, which costs about $15,000. The K-12 Red Wheel fundraiser will kick off on April 27th and run through Monday, May 10th. Delivery of products will be on Thursday, May 20th, from 3:30-5:30 p.m. All students K-12 are encouraged to sell, and the prizes will be cookie dough, determined by the number of items sold. All proceeds will go to the FBLA students and sponsor to compete in the National FBLA contest in Nashville, Tennessee.
Any business or individual who would like to donate money to this academic trip please send your donations to Meridian FBLA, Meridian School, PO Box 190, Daykin, NE 68338.
To make money to go towards the trip, these FBLA students are looking for any jobs you might have. Please contact Kathy Soukup at Meridian School at 446-7265 if you have any jobs.
