Students in the Silverton High chapter of Future Business Leaders of America participated June 28 through July 2 in a national competition in Chicago.
Silverton sent 11 members to the event, which brought together nearly 15,000 participants from all 50 U.S. states and territories plus teams from Canada and China. The session marked the first time since 2019 that FBLA had been able to hold its national competition away from Zoom.
Silverton sent six individuals and two teams to Chicago, with Silverton’s FBLA adviser, Riane Miles, noting that the preliminary rounds in each event involved somewhere between 80 and 125 contestants. No Silverton individual or team advanced to the final 15.
Competing for Silverton were:
Kirsten Kuenzi and Erin Towery, business plan; Stella Harrison, electronic career portfolio; Tayler Westfall, electronic career portfolio; Megan Fischer, introduction to business presentation; Elie Fischer, publication design; Noah Price, Wyatt Heath and Marcus Capener, e-business; Hailey Smith, impromptu speaking; Jenna Schurter, impromptu speaking.
– James Day
