HERMISTON, Ore.- 13 Future Business Leaders of America students from Hermiston High School competed at the State Leadership Conference and qualified to move on to the national competition.
Two students, Gisselle Rivera in Spreadsheet Applications and Kaitlyn Crowther in Introduction to Business Concepts, were named state champions in their events.
11 others also qualified for nationals, finishing anywhere from second to fourth in their divisions.
Pride Shelley – 2nd in Accounting IIKurt Clayson – 2nd in Introduction to Marketing ConceptsAiden Ryan – 3rd in Cyber Security and 3rd in Network InfrastructureAdriana Gutiérrez – 3rd in Digital Video ProductionYahir Conejo-Garcia – 3rd in Introduction to Information TechnologySeven Bahr – 3rd in Word ProcessingCody Adams – 4th in Accounting IILiana Jiménez – 4th in AdvertisingJoseph Markwith – 4th in Cyber SecurityGisselle Rivera – 4th in Word ProcessingPride Shelley and Fatima Venegas-Navejas- 3rd in Entrepreneurship
Hermiston participated with 11 other students placing at state.
Seven Bahr – 5th in Cyber SecurityOmar Silva Isabeles – 5th in Securities & InvestmentsMiranda Vivar – 6th in Word ProcessingJoseph Markwith – 6th in Computer Problem SolvingKurt Clayson – 6th in Introduction to Business ProceduresAdriana Gutiérez – 7th in Broadcast JournalismYahir Conejo-García – 7th in Website DesignKaitlyn Crowther – 10th in Introduction to Event PlanningVenegas-Navejas, Adrianna Coleman and Liana Jimenez- 5th in Marketing
“The students should be very proud of their accomplishments as a first-year chapter,” said FBLA advisor Denise Thornton. “They all worked very hard and most of them sacrificed half of their Spring Break to attend the state conference.”
Qualifiers will move on to the FBLA National Leadership Conference in June from Atlanta, Georgia.
