The Mount Pleasant ISD Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) Middle Level, grades 5th – 8th, competed online at the State Leadership Conference with five advancing to National level competition later in the summer.<\/p>\n
National Qualifiers, their events and their places at state include:<\/p>\n
\u2022 Mykaela King and Sabrina Otero-Svirska (1st place Community Service Project, Wallace Middle School)
\n\u2022 Luke Thurman (1st place Digital Citizenship, Mount Pleasant Junior High)
\n\u2022 Frankie Rodriguez (1st place Elevator Speech, Mount Pleasant Junior High)
\n\u2022 Cooper Rider (1st place Multimedia Website and Development, Wallace Middle School)<\/p>\n
National Alternates include:
\nJeffrey Bond (2nd place Business Etiquette, MPJH)
\nAlba Zeqaj (4th place Business Etiquette, Wallace)
\nDaniel Kimbrough (2nd place Business Math and Financial Literacy, Wallace)
\nCarson Bell (3rd place Business Math and Financial Literacy, Wallace)
\nXitalay Sanchez (2nd place Career Exploration, MPJH)
\nAlfredo Santillan (4th place Digital Citizenship, Wallace)
\nAlso placing at the state level were:
\nJaden Mendoza (4th place FBLA Facts, Wallace)
\nGarrett Brown (1st place Computer Slide Show, Wallace)
\nLuke Thurman (Who\u2019s Who Award)<\/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. Last 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:
\n1. FBLA Wallace Middle School
\nFront row L to R: Cooper Rider, Jaden Mendoza, Sabrina Otero-Svirska
\nSecond row L to R: Mykaela King, Alba Zeqaj
\nThird row L to R: Carson Bell, Garrett Brown, Daniel Kimbrough, Alfredo Santillan<\/p>\n
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\nL to R: Frankie Rodriguez, Xitalay Sanchez, Luke Thurman, Jeffrey Bond<\/strong><\/p>\n