Future Business Leaders of America
Dexter High School
Congratulations to the following FBLA members for placing at the District Leadership Conference. Katelynn Chappell placed 1st in both Intro to Business Presentation and Sports and Entertainment Management. Faith Midkiff placed 1st in Digital Video Productions. Henley Barrett placed 2nd in Computer Application, as did Dylan Harris in Financial Math. Third place was awarded to Skyler Baird in Computer Applications, Henley Barrett in Organizational Leadership and Faith Midkiff in Broadcast Journalism. Henley Barrett placed 4th in Networking Infrastructures. Nicole Johnson placed 4th in Human Resource Management and 5th in Introduction to FBLA. Isabella Pittman placed 5th in Personal Finance. Isabella Pittman and Marlie Hatton, District 16 officers had speaking parts in the program. Henley Barrett was elected President of District 16 and installed at the event on Thursday, January 30 at SEMO.
Club photo, February 26, 2025
FBLA/FCCLA Annual Christmas Party at Hickory Log on November 18, 2024
Dexter FBLA "Members of the Month"
Vivan, VP of Membership presents certificates to our August "Members of the Month" are Joseph, Trisha, Juan and Stella. (Stella not pictured)
September "Members of the Month" are Aurora, Destany, Elizabeth and Rebecca (Aurora not pictured)
October "Members of the Month" are Kaylea, Austin, Lucas and Taylinn (Kaylea not pictured)
November "Members of the Month" are Kolten, Henley, Faith, and Nicole.
Our December recipients were Skyler, Dylan, Isabella and Adriannah.
Our January receipents were Madison, Cheyanne, Katelynn and Marlie.
Henley talked to middle school students in Mrs. Templemire's class about the importance of "servant leadership" and FBLA on November 13th.
We welcomed Brian Roberts from Regions Bank as our guest speaker on Nov 14th. He gave important information about financial fraud targeting students.
FBLA Members invited friends to participate in their "Haunted Hallways" booth on October 30, 2024.
Minions
Nightmare Before Christmas
Power Puff
Princesses & Sven
Top Fundraisers
Elizabeth and Rebecca tied for 1st place, Sam was 3rd, and Callista won the "wildcard" drawing of those who sold 10 or more Krispy Kreme dozens. We sold 448 dozen this year. Our profits go toward club expenses, travel and helping reduce costs of events.
Signing up to join at "Stock your Locker" and serving at our concession stand.
Potential members enjoyed learning about the club, eating a sandwich or cookie & participating in some mixer games.
Joseph, Austin and Eli loaded 36 bags of shoes to donate to Funds2Org on October 4, 2024. This was a community service/fundraising project to collect new and gently used shoes.
Our chapter has been awarded 2024-2025 Summer Starter, Shaping Success and Service Season recognitions for our progress toward the Champion Chapter incentive.
Recruiting trip to Six Flags, October 12, 2024
Dexter High School FBLA had 15 members attend and compete at the Missouri State Leadership Conference in Springfield. From April 14 to 16, 2024, students competed in performance events, participated in leadership workshops, and networked with other FBLA members across the state.
During the Awards of Excellence ceremony, the following students were recognized on the stage. Cy Scott and Luke Gentry qualified for the National Leadership Conference with 3rd place in Business Plan. Earning 9th place was the Mobile App Development team of Caden Lee and Joseph Passley, as well as the Syler Baird in Computer Applications. Henley Barrett and Lilly Crockett were also recognized for their hard work competing levels in Business Achievement Awards.
Dexter FBLA members, Cy Scott, Luke Gentry, Henley Barrett and adviser, Sharon Guy attended the National Leadership Conference this summer. We are accepting gently used or new shoes in donation boxes at each Dexter schools building.
We will also have a table at the "Back to School Bash" to accept donations, as well as "Stock Your Locker" night at Dexter High School.
Meet your 24-25 FBLA Officers
Officers were installed at our last meeting in May, 2024.
Officers for 2024-25
President: Marlie Hatton
VP Communication: Isabella Pittman
VP Membership: Vivan Patel
VP FBLA-PBL: Henley Barrett
Secretary: Skyler Baird
Chapter Adviser: Sharon Guy
At the Missouri State Leadership conference, members also enjoyed a nice meal at Hemingways restaurant in Bass Pro Shops, as well as bowling and video games at Andy B's in Springfield.
District Leadership Conference 2024 on February 7th. Many medalists and two district officers.
Krispy Kreme fundraiser in September
Six Flags trip in October
Macaroni and Cheese in November
Christmas party in December
Work on competitive event entries/tests in December & January
FBLA Week is in February
Stay tuned for "dress up days"
FBLA Instagram
dexter.fbla
Dexter High School FBLA Google Classroom
National Website: https://www.fbla-pbl.org/
Missouri Website: http://missourifbla.org/
