26 fbla members qualify for state

Whether it be learning about management, journalism, or business, FBLA club members showed up all their competitors at this year's District Competition. Schools from all over the valley, including Fruita, Junction, Central, Meeker, and more attended the competition. FBLA, aka Future Business Leaders of America, opens the door for students who want to experience the business lifestyle. They each take an online test with topics relating to business and also a group project, where they present in front of a series of judges. If they place in the top 4 for the group project they have the opportunity to go to State, top 5 for online tests. Palisade had the most students that qualified for State, a huge accomplishment for the club. “I am happy to say I took first in districts and hope to go all the way to nationals,” says junior Trevor Rund, “I just love being a part of FBLA.” Trevor is the vice president of PR for Palisade High School’s FBLA chapter. This is his third year involved in the club and his second year doing the “Help Desk” event, which he mentions taking first place in. “Through this event, I get to learn and apply customer service skills that will help me with my current job as well as future one,” he says. Palisade has 26 total members qualify for State, the most between all other schools who competed.

These members who qualified include Bailey Edwards for Accounting (1st) and Job Interview (1st), Clair Elise Rasmussen for Advertising (3rd) and Graphic Design (1st), Sofia Parros for Advertising (4th) and Marketing (1st), Mia Moore for Business Communication (2nd) and Business Management (1st), Mallory Brownell in Business Management (1st) and Journalism (5th), Joseph Kirschenmann for Business Plan (2nd), Layton Tobin for Computer Problem Solving (1st) and International Business (1st), Sophia Dickerson for Health Care Administration (2nd), Trevor Rund for Help Desk (1st), Brooklynn Dodd for Hospitality and Event Management (4th), Jazmin Gonzalez for Hospitality and Event Management (4th), Kaleigh Guptil for Human Resource Management (1st), Logan Bankert for International Business (1st) and Securities and Investments (3rd), Noah Hirons for International Business (1st) and Securities and Investments (2nd), Hank DeFord for Introduction to Business Concepts (5th) and Introduction to Presentation (2nd), Marcella Flores for Introduction to Presentation (1st) and Introduction to Information Technology (5th), Hailey Shackelford for Introduction to Presentation (1st), Haley Ammons for Introduction to Presentation (2nd), Ava Heil for Introduction to Presentation (2nd), Sasha Guerra for Job Interview (4th), Brielle Sorensen for Journalism (4th), Raeley Branson for Marketing (1st) and Political Science (4th), Brady Fenton for Networking Infrastructures (2nd), William Neese for Political Science (1st), Carson Johnson for Political Science (2nd), Sawyer Jacobsen for Sports and Entertainment Management (1st) and UX Design (4th), Evan Prosner for Sports and Entertainment Management (1st) and UX Design (2nd), and Aspen Johnson for Website Design (2nd). We congratulate these students for all their hard work and wish them the best of luck at State this April 5th-7th!