Thirty-two students in Wisco's Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) competed at the Regional Leadership Conference held at the Mary D. Bradford High School in Kenosha, Wis. on February 3. More than 4,200 FBLA members from across Wisconsin demonstrated their business skills competitively in 60 plus events. Some of these events included job interview, entrepreneurship, accounting, social media campaign, public speaking, digital video presentation, electronic career portfolio, computer problem solving, and many more. Fourteen of our students qualified for FBLA state competition in April and 21 of our 32 students placed in the top 5. Highlights included:
1st place Ana Sofija Veljkovic ('24) - Accounting I Alicia Wilkinson ('25) - Business Law Jacob Belott ('24) - Supply Chain Management
2nd place Camden Theesfeld ('25) - Advertising Jack Pierret ('27) - Introduction to Information Technology Mason Ware ('26) - Introduction to Marketing Concepts Tianhao Cai ('25) - Securities & Investment
3rd place Frank Quan-Pham ('24) - Journalism Jianna Matthews ('25), Favor Michael ('26), Adalin Bogenschneider ('25) - Marketing (Team)
These students automatically qualified to compete at State: John Gehl ('26), Anh Dinh ('24), Angelina Tran ('26) - Computer Games and Simulation (Team)
4th place (alternates for State) Scotty Cousins ('24), Angel Hartmann ('24) - Digital Video Production Javon Robinson ('25) - Impromptu Speaking
5th Place (alternates for State) Jenna Goelz ('25) - Human Resource Management Kylah Alexander ('25) - Public Speaking Hanh Nguyen ('26), Dalton Rost ('26), Bradley Baldassi ('24) - Financial Systems Analysis (Team)
Congratulations to Coaches Jason Goede ('94) and Shakirah Cousins and to these students on their outstanding performances!