FBLA Attends State Leadership Conference

Thirteen Winners

The conference began its opening general session on Thursday afternoon with over 2,000 in attendance. The keynote speaker was Rhett Laubach addressing "Living the Big World of Others." His message was to encourage, inspire, an challenge you to live in the big world of others instead of the little world of self. After the general session, many of the students were beginning to take the first of their five tests they had to take throughout the conference.. Students were also able to attend workshops on many interesting topics.

It is such a honor for these students to receive awards because everyone is competing from all levels. Class A, B, C, and D Schools all compete together. There are over 65 events for the competitors to choose to participate in. Some of these events are individual and some are team events. Contestants in each event range from 3 to 691 competitors. Honorable mention is given to the top 4 percent on Friday evening in each event and the top eight places are given on Saturday morning at the Awards of Excellence Program.

Meridian Chapter also received an award for the largest Class D chapter with 63 members.

Congratulations to the FBLA members at the State Leadership Conference. Meridian was fortunate to have 13 winners at this year's conference. Honorable mentions were given on Friday night to Jake VanWesten in Business Communications, Erin Johnson in Intro to Business Communications, and Allison Klipp in Word Processing. During the awards ceremony on Saturday, other winners included: Business Plan-2nd-McKehna Bartels, Bridgette Jackson, Jake VanWesten; DataBase-5th-Shelby Homolka; E-Business-6th-Erin Johnson, Breanna Miller, Riley Pieper; and Network Design-8th-Baxter Beals, Isaiah Ellis, and Crystal Nunez. The business plan has qualified for Nationals in June in Atlanta, Georgia. Good job to all 24 members that went to SLC.Congratulations to the FBLA members at the State Leadership Conference. Meridian was fortunate to have 13 winners at this year's conference. Honorable mentions were given on Friday night to Jake VanWesten in Business Communications, Erin Johnson in Intro to Business Communications, and Allison Klipp in Word Processing. During the awards ceremony on Saturday, other winners included: Business Plan-2nd-McKehna Bartels, Bridgette Jackson, Jake VanWesten; DataBase-5th-Shelby Homolka; E-Business-6th-Erin Johnson, Breanna Miller, Riley Pieper; and Network Design-8th-Baxter Beals, Isaiah Ellis, and Crystal Nunez. The business plan has qualified for Nationals in June in Atlanta, Georgia. They will present their business plan to a panel of judges during the conference.

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