FBLA
:State Chapter of the Year
By:
Cami Nickelson
Originally
Appeared in The Chieftain Volume 35, Issue 3
After months of preparation,
our school’s FBLA chapter finally found out just how great they are. On
April 9th and 10th Scappoose FBLA received many awards, most were for first
place. Mrs. Hill and the whole chapter were surprised to find out that
she won Oregon State FBLA Advisor of the Year. The club also took home
the Oregon State FBLA Chapter of the Year Award! Each school division (4A,
3A, 2A, 1A) competes against other schools in their division. Our chapter
was in the race with all 3A schools. Scappoose made it to the finals along
with 4 other schools. All the club members had a hunch that they would
receive the award for the fourth straight year! When they found out, just
about every member there jumped on a chair and started chanting Scappoose,
Scappoose!
Besides the championship,
there were many other awards won by Scappoose.
The Partnership with
Business team earned first place for their partnership with Fred Meyer.
During the year, they took FBLA members and students to take tours of our
local store, the distribution center in Clackamas, and had special guest
speakers talk to students about job opportunities in the Fred Meyer Corporation.
A big contribution to the project was Teri Weinberg (Manager of Scappoose
Fred Meyer). She was awarded FBLA Business Person of the Year.
The students involved in
this were Brittany Archuleta, Nick Maggi and Desiree Dewey.
Another project that received
first place was the American Enterprise project. There were many students
involved with this project that was planned for Grant Watts students to
learn about financial awareness. The presenters were Dayna Abercrombie,
Ian Hagen and Joy Robison.
The Community Service
Project also took first place. Students that are involved with this project
are Katy Shinn, Ryan Broberg, Erin Bules, and Lacey Ehrenkranz. They coordinated
the project and set-up the dates in which they went over to the Scappoose
Senior Center.
Every month club members
go over to the Senior Center and give gifts to the seniors whose birthdays
were that month. Also special guests joined in to entertain, those guests
included: The high school Treble Makers, Chamber Choir, Cheerleaders, and
Dance team.
Curt Willener (president
of FBLA) won many awards during his stay at state. They included:
· First place local
annual business report.
· First place job
interview.
· Induction to the
Oregon FBLA Speaker’s Bureau.
· Nominated for Who’s
Who in FBLA.
Also receiving awards
with their projects were:
· Fifth place: Project
HELP(March of Dimes fundraising) presented by Kristen Dorschler.
· Fifth Place: Business
Plan Project by Kevin Freimuth.
· Fourth Place: Chapter
Scrapbook by Kristen Dorschler.
On the last day of
the conference everyone who took tests or had speaking tests the past two
days found out what place they received. These people received 5th place
or higher, the 1st place winners will go to nationals in Chicago this summer.
The results were as follows:
· First Place: Job
Interview Curt Willener.
· Fourth Place: Parliamentary
Procedures Team Michael Pierce, Dan Cleveland, Kristen Dorschler, Lauren
Worley, and Michael Austin.
· Fourth Place: Information
Processing Concepts Chris Arnesen.
FBLA is now preparing
for Nationals in Chicago this summer. Good Luck to everyone competing to
be the best in the Nation!
Other
FBLA Related Links
Oregon
FBLA Website
FBLA:
District Chapter of the Year
Copyright 1999 Cami
Nickelson