(Canastota, NY – Feb. 2013) The Canastota FBLA-PBL chapter attended the annual Spring District Meeting held at Herkimer BOCES in Herkimer on Monday, Feb. 4. Seventeen Canastota High School students attended the all-day event along with nearly 160 students and 11 chapters from Madison, Oneida, and Herkimer counties.
The activities of the day included written and performance competitive events in the areas of business and technology. Canastota High School came away with several awards including several students advancing directly to the state level. Six CHS students will advance to the state competition to represent District 7 in the speaking/elimination events. The State Leadership Conference will be held in Rochester this April.
Future Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda, Inc. (FBLA-PBL) is a nonprofit career and technical student organization that prepares students for careers in business and business education. Its 250,000 members and advisers in 12,000 chartered chapters include representatives from the United States, the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, and Europe. Its mission is to bring business and education together in a positive working relationship through innovative leadership and career development programs.
To learn more, visit fbla-pbl.org or call (800) FBLA-WIN.
Results:
Elimination Events – 1st and 2nd Place advance to the State Leadership Conference, 3rd place serve as alternates
Basic Decision Making – Jacob Fleming – 1st Place
Client Services – John Nirelli –2nd Place
Impromptu Speaking – Derick Trost – 1st Place
Job Interview – Hafeezah Lewis – 3rd Place
Public Speaking 1 – Paul Gregoris – 3rd Place
Public Speaking 2 – Ariel Orcutt – 1st Place
Battle of the Chapters
1st Place – Nichole Delaney
3rd Place – Paul Gregoris
Written Events
Banking and Financial Systems | Darren Gardner | 4th Place |
Banking and Financial Systems | Taylor Hawkins | 1st Place |
Business Calculations (Grades 9-10) | Darren Gardner | 2nd Place |
Business Calculations
(Grades 11-12) |
Alex Bazan | 3rd Place |
Business Management
(Grades 9-10) |
Maureen Krak | 5th Place |
Business Management
(Grades 9-10) |
Chris Bigos | 4th Place |
Business Management
(Grades 11-12) |
Hafeezah Lewis | 5th Place |
Business Math | Maureen Krak | 5th Place |
Business Math | Michael McDermott | 2nd Place |
Business Ownership and Marketing | Ariel Orcutt | 1st Place |
Business Procedures
(Grades 11-12) |
Vanessa Loomis | 5th Place |
Business Procedures
(Grades 11-12) |
Taylor Hawkins | 2nd Place |
Entrepreneurship – Individual | Joe Vaccaro | 4th Place |
Entrepreneurship –
Team |
Joe Vaccaro | 2nd Place |
Entrepreneurship –
Team |
John Nirelli | 2nd Place |
FBLA Principles and Procedures (9-10) | Paul Gregoris | 2nd Place |
FBLA Principles and Procedures (9-10) | Nichole Delaney | 1st Place |
FBLA Principles and Procedures | Derick Trost | 2nd Place |
Hospitality Management | Vanessa Loomis | 5th Place |
Introduction to Business | Olivia Palamara | 3rd Place |
Introduction to Business | Chris Bigos | 2nd Place |
Introduction to Parliamentary Procedure | Jacob Fleming | 1st Place |
Introduction to Technology Concepts | Jacob Fleming | 1st Place |
Marketing | Ariel Orcutt | 5th Place |
Marketing | Joe Vaccaro | 4th Place |
Personal Finance
(Grades 9-10) |
Darren Gardner | 5th Place |
Store Window Display | Vanessa Loomis | 5th Place |
Word Processing I | Maureen Krak | 3rd Place |
Word Processing I | Olivia Palamara | 1st Place |
Word Processing II | Taylor Hawkins | 2nd Place |
Logo Design | Derick Trost | 1st Place |