Twenty-nine members of the DeKalb County High School, Future Business Leaders of America organization attended the Tennessee State Leadership Conference in Chattanooga, Tennessee this week. The following members made finals in their event: Julia Little (Public Speaking II), Hannah James (Public Speaking II), Kara Kanipe and Aspen Flarity (Social Media Campaign), and Chloe White and Azya McKoy (Digital Design and Promotion). In addition the following students placed in the top 5 in their event:
•Nicole Atkins, 2nd Place Securities and Investments
•Anna Malone, Keely McKay, and Hailey Walker, 3rd place Chapter Community Service Project.
•Noah Parsley, 3rd Place Future Business Leader
•Heather Scott, 4th Place, Local Chapter Annual Business Report
•Kamien Sparks, 5th Place, Chapter Electronic Scrapbook
Four of these students qualified to compete at the National Leadership Conference in Chicago, Illinois this summer. Nicole Atkins, Anna Malone, Keely McKay, and Hailey Walker will be competing against top students in the nation.
Hannah James, a junior at DCHS was elected to serve as the Tennessee Future Business Leaders of America State Secretary 2015-2016. She will be attending Institute for Leaders to be trained in her office. She will also be attending the National Leadership Conference as a voting delegate for Tennessee.
The Chapter placed 1st in the Books for Tennessee Literacy for collecting 2,790 books. The chapter received the Gold Seal of Merit Award and the Club 50 membership Award for having over 50 members. We received recognition for our donation to March of Dimes, and our donation to all FBLA scholarships.
Pictures:
TOP: Noah Parsley
MIDDLE: Mrs. Marilyn Roberts (Adviser) and Hannah James
BOTTOM: from Left to right: Nicole Atkins, Kamien Sparks, Heather Scott, Anna Malone, Hailey Walker, Keely McKay
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