by Nicole Cochran
The Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) is a student lead organization attached to Vail Academy and High School’s (VAHS) Career and Technical Education Business Management Classes. VAHS is the only school in the district that offers FBLA. Each year our chapter works towards Business Achievement Awards, Partnership with Business, Community Service, and the American Enterprise Project. FBLA is a year-round commitment. Students who placed in the top four at our State Leadership Conference are eligible to attend the National Leadership Conference in Baltimore, MD this summer.
This year’s chapter results:
VAHS Parliamentary Procedure Team collecting their second-place award.
1st Place: Battle of the Chapters-Demonstrating FBLA knowledge (Sienna Mack, Daniel Gately Colleen Gately, Cole Nochumson, and Gabe Sorensen)
2nd Place: American Enterprise Project-teaching economics to grade school students (Emily Richart, Gabe Sorensen, Lexus Zambrano)
3rd Place: Local Annual Chapter Report (Daniel Gately, Psalm Davis, Crystal Benjamin)
5th Place: Partnership with Business-APEX Technologies Strategic Marketing Project (Sienna Mack, Cole Nochumson, Brandon Martinez)
2nd Place: Chapter Scrapbook
2nd Place: Chapter Sweepstakes-award for cumulative points in chapter projects
4th Place: Chapter Sign-Shelby Gundry
Jazmine Benjamin, Psalm Davis, and Julian Cavell working on their response to a Marketing prompt.
Milana Marshall presenting as a State Officer.
VAHS third place Local Annual Chapter Report team.
VAHS second place American Enterprise Project team.
This year’s team and individual event results:
5th Place: Business Communications (test) -Sienna Mack
1st Place: 3D Animation (team skill event) -Shelby Gundry and Gabby Roper
1st Place: Global Business (team test and skill event) -Kara Burkholder and Jeremy Sumpter
4th Place: Introduction to Parliamentary Procedures (test) -Colleen Gately
1st Place: Introduction to Public Speaking (skill event) -Crystal Benjamin
2nd Place: Introduction to Business Presentation (skill event) -Milana Marshall
5th Place: Journalism (test) -Julian Cavell
4th Place: Organizational Leadership (test) -Orion Berry
2nd Place: Parliamentary Procedure (team test and skill event) -Anna Augusta, Eli Beutler, Daniel Gately, Sienna Mack, Gabe Sorensen
5th Place: Publication Design (team skill event) -Julian Cavel and Psalm Davis
1st Place: Public Speaking (skill event) -Milana Marshall
4th Place: Public Speaking (skill event) -Daniel Gately
3rd Place: Sales Presentation (skill event) -Faridat Mustafa
5th Place: Website Design (skill event) -Emily Richart
Honorable Mentions:
Daniel Gately was recognized with an AZ FBLA Scholarship
Milana Marshall was elected to a second term as a State Officer
Milana Marshall and James May were recognized as earning “Leader” in the Business Achievement Awards
