{"id":9029,"date":"2023-02-10T11:16:07","date_gmt":"2023-02-10T17:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mpisd.net\/mphs\/?p=9029"},"modified":"2023-02-10T11:29:08","modified_gmt":"2023-02-10T17:29:08","slug":"record-number-of-mount-pleasant-high-school-fbla-students-advance-to-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mpisd.net\/mphs\/record-number-of-mount-pleasant-high-school-fbla-students-advance-to-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Record Number of MPHS FBLA Students Advance to State"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Mount Pleasant High School chapter of Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) competed against over 250 students in the Area VI FBLA Leadership Conference on Monday, January 30 at the Region 8 Educational Service Center. Of the 61 competitors representing Mount Pleasant High School, MPHS had a very successful day with 53 members qualifying for state, a new school record. Thirty-four individuals earned 1st place in their respective events at the area conference and MPHS placed 1st in 20 of the 31 events they entered.<\/h3>\n

In addition to competing, MPHS junior, Angelina Hernandez, was elected the FBLA Area VI President with sophomore Gopi Amin named the FBLA Area VI Parliamentarian for 2023-2024.<\/h3>\n

Students advancing to state, their area placement, and event are as follows:<\/h3>\n

Broadcast Journalism – Anthony Orellana, Madison Carpenter and Elijah Rider (1st)<\/h3>\n

Business Calculations – Perla Guzman (2nd), Shirlyn Cardona (4th)<\/h3>\n

Business Ethics – Harley Martin (1st)<\/h3>\n

Business Law – Abigail Retana (3rd)<\/h3>\n

Client Service – Mea Banda (1st)<\/h3>\n

Computer Applications \u2013 Ethan Harbour (2nd)<\/h3>\n

Cyber Security \u2013 Nayla Navarro (1st)<\/h3>\n

Data Analysis \u2013 Joel Palacios, Oscar Castellanos and Andrew Perez (1st)<\/h3>\n

Database Design and Applications \u2013 Param Poudel (2nd)<\/h3>\n

Digital Video Production \u2013 Evelyn Hernandez and Wendy Valdez (2nd)<\/h3>\n

Future Business Leader \u2013 Hope Powell (2nd)<\/h3>\n

Graphic Design \u2013 Kaira Leija and Jocelyn Marroquin (1st)<\/h3>\n

Health Care Administration \u2013 Natalie Crockett (1st)<\/h3>\n

Help Desk \u2013 Rachel Cato (2nd)<\/h3>\n

Hospitality and Event Management \u2013 Reese Ball, Sophie Greco and Olivia Reed (1st)<\/h3>\n

Introduction to Business Concepts \u2013 Alessandro Greco (1st)<\/h3>\n

Introduction to Business Presentation \u2013 Jessica Hang and Bryanna Nava (4th)<\/h3>\n

Introduction to FBLA \u2013 Xitlaly Sanchez (1st), Kate Ball (2nd)<\/h3>\n

Introduction to Financial Math \u2013 Luke Thurman (1st)<\/h3>\n

Introduction to Public Speaking \u2013 Gopi Amin (1st)<\/h3>\n

Journalism \u2013 Idania Castanon (2nd), Joseline Almazan (3rd), Luis Garcia (4th)<\/h3>\n

Marketing \u2013 Mary Reeve (1st)<\/h3>\n

Mobile Application Development \u2013 Jose Fuentes, Abby Phelan, and Yahaira Pina (1st)<\/h3>\n

Organizational Leadership \u2013 Natalia Aspeitia (1st)<\/h3>\n

Public Service Announcement \u2013 Desiree Avila and Ariana Jones (1st)<\/h3>\n

Public Speaking – Angelina Hernandez (2nd)<\/h3>\n

Publication Design \u2013 Ilse Ojendis, Yasenia Paloblanco, and Tiffany Rangel (1st)<\/h3>\n

Securities and Investments \u2013 Shpat Zeqaj (1st)<\/h3>\n

Social Media Strategies \u2013 Genesis Aguilar, Estefanie Garcia, and Cecilia Phan (1st)<\/h3>\n

Website Design \u2013 Marcela Mata and Kayla Hernandez (1st)<\/h3>\n

American Enterprise Project \u2013 Javier Vasquez and Madeline Plascencia (automatically qualify for state)<\/h3>\n

\u201cWe had an excellent showing at our area competition as our students rose to the occasion,\u201d said head FBLA Advisor, John Whitten. \u201cI am extremely proud of our students. They have been working after school weekly since October studying test materials, creating presentations and finalizing their speeches. I am excited for our students as they have the opportunity to prepare for state. Students will now begin the process of trying to better their test scores along with improving their presentations and speeches. I am excited to see our students have the opportunity to further their success at the state level. We have a great group of FBLA students who embody the spirit of what you would want in a future leader. I am proud to lead such a dedicated group of students who make me proud to be their advisor.\u201d<\/h3>\n

Advancing students will compete at the FBLA State Leadership Conference in Galveston on March 22-24, 2023. MPHS FBLA Advisors are John Whitten, Shanta Lockett, and Brian Williams.<\/h3>\n

Photos:<\/h3>\n

1: MPHS FBLA Advisor John Whitten (left), 2023-2024 Area FBLA Parliamentarian Gopi Amin (center), and 2023-2024 Area FBLA President Angelina Hernandez (right)<\/h3>\n

2: MPHS FBLA Area competitors<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Mount Pleasant High School chapter of Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) competed against over 250 students in the Area VI FBLA Leadership Conference on Monday, January 30 at the Region 8 Educational Service Center. Of the 61 competitors representing Mount Pleasant High School, MPHS had a very successful day with 53 members qualifying […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9031,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mpisd.net\/mphs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mpisd.net\/mphs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mpisd.net\/mphs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mpisd.net\/mphs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mpisd.net\/mphs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9029"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mpisd.net\/mphs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9029\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mpisd.net\/mphs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mpisd.net\/mphs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mpisd.net\/mphs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mpisd.net\/mphs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}