Tuesday, March 29, 2016

CHHS Students Place at State FBLA Conference


Thirteen members of Chapel Hill High's FBLA organization attended the State Conference March 15-17 in Greensboro, joining the more than 2,500 other students and advisors from across North Carolina.

At the conference, Ting "Nick" Pan was elected as the Triad Region's Vice President.  With this honor, CHHS FBLA will host the Regional Competitive Events in 2017.  Pan is also leading an entire region of FBLA chapters, both at the middle and high school levels.

CHHS also earned several places in the conference's competitive events:

  • First Place, Website Design, Reily Johnson, Justin Mecham and Jonas Todd;
  • Second Place, Intro to Business Communication, Maddie Springer;
  • Second Place, Public Speaking I, Gabrielle Kmiec;
  • Third Place, Network Design, Alan George, Ryan Halstater and Alex Li;
  • Fourth Place, Future Business Leader, Evan Amico;
  • Top 10 Finish, Computer Applications, Erik Amico;
  • Top 10 Finish, Intro to Financial Math, Dhruv Patel; and
  • Top 10 Finish, Networking Concepts, Nick Pan.
All of the students who placed received plaques, awards and medallions.  Those students who placed first through fourth go on to compete at the National FBLA Leadership Conference in June in Atlanta.