The Mount Pleasant ISD Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) Middle Level, grades 5th – 8th, recently competed in their first state competition. Although the students were unable to attend the State Leadership Conference in Galveston due to COVID-19, students completed their events virtually with some advancing to National level competition later in the summer.<\/p>\n
National Qualifiers, their events and their places at state include:<\/p>\n
Business Etiquette: Hope Powell (1st place, Mount Pleasant Junior High)
\nCommunity Service Project: Jannely Aguilar, Monse Gonzalez, Alba Zeqaj (1st place, Wallace Middle School)<\/p>\n
National Alternates include:<\/p>\n
Introduction to Computer Science: Garrett Brown (2nd place, Wallace Middle School)
\nDigital Citizenship: Mykaela King (3rd place, Wallace Middle School)
\nCareer Exploration: Jaqueline Arroyo (3rd place, Wallace Middle School)
\nBusiness Math: Luke Thurman (2nd place, Mount Pleasant Junior High)
\nElevator Speech: Addison Heeren (2nd place, Mount Pleasant Junior High)<\/p>\n
Also placing at the state level were:<\/p>\n
Computer Slide Show: Jeffrey Bond and Xitlaly Sanchez (1st place, Mount Pleasant Junior High), Daniel Kimbrough (4th place, Wallace)
\nOutstanding Middle Level: Hope Powell (Mount Pleasant Junior High)
\nWho\u2019s Who: Xitlaly Sanchez (Mount Pleasant Junior High)
\nMarch of Dimes Contribution: Mount Pleasant Middle Level<\/p>\n
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. This year the group expanded to include members from Mount Pleasant Junior High under the guidance of Dana Armstrong and Macy Russell.<\/p>\n
The National competition will take place virtually this summer.<\/p>\n
Photos:
\nFBLA Middle Level from Mount Pleasant Junior High
\nFBLA Middle Level from Wallace Middle School<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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