FBLA Students Attend State Leadership Conference

April 25, 2012 by Kathy Rhodes

    Members of the Putnam County R-1 Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) recently attended the 2012 Missouri FBLA Leadership Conference held on April 22th, 23th, and 24th in Columbia, Missouri.  This year was especially exciting because our very own Jake B served as President of Missouri FBLA (and Mrs. Rhodes was a member of the Executive Board.)  Our students were able to get first-hand officer experience at this years SLC, and many memories were made.
FBLA is a career and technical student organization for all high school students participating in business programs.  Over 2,750 members and advisers representing 426 chapters throughout the state met to elect state officers, transact business of the state chapter, participate in leadership and career workshops, and compete in the state leadership awards program.

    Delegates representing Putnam County R0-1 in the state competitive leadership awards

program were:  Jake B, Dillon C, Brett T, Craig G, Christian B, Anna B, Sarah C, Joetta S, Savanah S, Jacey V, Kristen C, Dalice M and Mary P. Winning recognition at the state conference were:  Jake and Dillon with a 1st place in the Marketing, Jake with a 5th place win in Who’s Who in Missouri FBLA, and Kristen with a 7th place win in Introduction to Business Communications.  Sarah and Joetta had a 5th place win for Website Design.

  
    While at the conference, the students attended workshops, networked with FBLA students from throughout the state, attended campaigning events and listened to motivational speaker Amy Larimore.
   

 Two delegate(s) from the Putnam County R-1 (Jake and Dillon) will attend the National Leadership Conference in San Antonio, TX  27-July 2.