The Mount Pleasant ISD Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) Middle Level, grades 5th – 8th, competed online at the National Leadership Conference June 29-July 2.

Sixth grade student Cooper Rider placed 1st in the nation in Multimedia Website and Development. His website featured the FBLA Middle Level community service project for the 2021 school year and can be viewed at https://2119174.wixsite.com/my-site. He is the son of Nathan and Lisa Rider.

Sixth grade students Sabrina Otero-Svirska and Mykaela King placed 10th in Community Service Project. The project collected money and suitcases for the Safe-T Shelter in Mount Pleasant. Otero-Svirska is the daughter of Norberto Otero and Maryna Svirska-Otero and King is the daughter of Lorena Reyes.

Mount Pleasant ISD FBLA Middle Level was chartered at Wallace Middle School in the fall of 2018 with the help of Matthew Armstrong, 2018-19 MPHS FBLA President and Texas FBLA Area 6 State Vice-President, along with the MPHS FBLA advisor, John Whitten. Last year the group expanded to include members from Mount Pleasant Junior High and are under the guidance of Dana Armstrong and Macy Russell.

For more information or to join the MPISD FBLA Middle Level, grades 5th-8th, contact Dana Armstrong at [email protected].

Photos:
1. FBLA Middle Level National Champion, Cooper Rider
2. Sabrina Otero-Svirska and Mykaela King