Students of Kirkland’s International Community School (ICS) achieved outstanding results at the Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) State Leadership Conference, held in Spokane April 7-9.
Students had the opportunity to compete in 55 different business-related events, attend workshops and network with other students from around the state and professionals in their various fields.
Lori Zebrack-Smith, FBLA advisor and ICS math teacher, said “I’m very proud of all our competitors. Because ICS does not offer any business classes, students must prepare for their events by researching as much material as they can on their own in lieu of learning the concepts in class. I look forward to taking our qualifiers to Orlando in June for the National Business Leadership Conference.”
The following ICS students have all automatically qualified to compete at the National Business Leadership Conference in Orlando, Fla. June 26 – July 2 against approximately 17,000 students from across the country:
• 1st place: Elena Good, Business Procedures; Alice Chang, Economics; Smrithi Sukumar, Introduction to Business; Priya Ganesan, Introduction to Business Communication.
• 2nd place: Sai Paul, Business Calculations; Teodora Rautu and Isidora Vukosav, Management Information Systems; Atul Pai, Kevin Moon and Mark Colt, Business Plan; Anwell Wang, Introduction to Technology Concepts; Atul Pai, Personal Finance.
• 3rd place: Amy Wang, Joyce Lin and Edward Cordell, Business Presentation; Nick Rayl and Stanley Tan, Graphic Design; Leon Zhang, FBLA Principles and Procedures; Amy Wang, Joyce Lin and Edward Cordell, Business Presentation; Kristi Weber, Hospitality Management; Ian Backstrom, Public Speaking II.
• 4th place: Aditi Renganathan, Creed; Smrithi Sukumar, Introduction to Business Communication; Anwell Wang, Introduction to Business.
• 5th place: Ryan Li, Leon Zhang, Aakash Maniyar, Banking and Financial Systems; Calen Olesen, Olivia Kao and Jessica Jin, Emerging Business Issues; Amanda Lin, Business Math and Introduction to Business Communication; Joyce Lin, Electronic Career Portfolio; Sai Paul, Business Communication.
The mission of the Washington State FBLA is to prepare students for successful careers in business through support for curriculum development and innovative assessment tools. To help meet that charge, this competitive events series was developed and made available to local chapters for use in assessing students in the various knowledge, skills, and abilities that make up today’s business educations curriculum.
