Chopticon High School FBLA -- Leading the Way!

Chapter 3690--------------------Morganza, MD--------------------1999-2000

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On April 15-17, Chopticon FBLA traveled to Hagerstown, MD to participate in the annual State Leadership Conference. Chopticon FBLA competed in 29 events, and members performed very well en route to earning Chopticon the title of Conference Champion. Awards received in competitive events are listed below.

Kevin Eagan accepts his award in Accounting II.

Competitor(s)

Event

Placement

Sylvia Walter Who's Who in FBLA N/A

Chopticon FBLA Largest Local Chapter Membership 3rd

Ben Vess Vocational Education Week Report 1st

John Williams Chapter Scrapbook 1st

Tommy Burnett Community Service Project 2nd

Vicky Delgado Local Chapter Annual Business Report 3rd

John Williams Webpage Design 2nd

Andy Beal Accounting I 10th

Kevin Eagan Accounting II 3rd

Gina Hager Accounting II 6th

John Williams Business Communication 2nd

Linda Brown Business Law 4th

Kelly Lewis Business Math 6th

Kristin Farrell Computer Applications 9th

Jennifer Lilly & Sylvia Walter Desktop Publishing 6th

Bobby Long, Steve Pilkerton, & David Rollins Entrepreneurship 4th

Amanda Palko FBLA Principles and Procedures 2nd

Crystal Lewis Information Processing Concepts 6th

Matt Farr Introduction to Business 9th

Tia Briscoe Introduction to Business Communication 4th

Holly Owens Introduction to Parliamentary Procedures 3rd

Stacey Buckler Job Interview 6th

Karen Colonna Keyboarding Applications 9th

Kate Calvin Machine Transcription 5th

Brandy Cheseldine Machine Transcription 1st

Tommy Burnett Mr. FBL 2nd

Amber Lyon Marketing 2nd

Nichole Estep Public Speaking N/A

Chopticon FBLA Chapter of the Year 2nd

Chopticon FBLA Conference Champion 1st

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The 1999 NLC was held in Chicago, IL from June 29 to July 2. Chopticon received the Hollis & Kitty Guy Award for qualifying as a Gold Seal Chapter during an Eastern Region session. Six members competed in seven events. Although no one placed in the top ten, it is an honor simply to compete at the national level. Below are the competitors and their events.

Competitor

Event

Vicky Delgado Annual Business Report

John Williams Chapter Website Award of Merit

Kevin Eagan Accounting II

John Williams Business Communication

Amanda Palko FBLA Principles & Procedures

Kelly Lewis Marketing

Tommy Burnett Mr. FBL

John Williams and Tommy Burnett perform during the opening general session.

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The Region IV Competitive Events were held at Patuxent High School on February 17. Chopticon exhibited the largest delegation, filling all available slots. Our efforts proved successful as we walked away with 23 competitors moving on to state competition. Below are members who placed in the top three.

Competitor(s)

Event

Placement

Crystal Arevalo Accounting I 1st

Kristin Farrell Accounting II 3rd

Linda Brown Business Calculations 2nd

Anne Kurtz Business Communication 1st

Gary Cutler Business Communication 2nd

Christina Gray Business Math 1st

Matt Farr Business Procedures 2nd

Paul Cornett Computer Applications 1st

Tommy Pilkerton, Rusty Lacey, & Jamaal Thomas Entrepreneurship 2nd

Ashley Alford FBLA Principles & Procedures 3rd

John Williams Future Business Leader 1st

Adam Morgan Impromptu Speaking 1st

Nathan Howell International Business 1st

Amanda Goddard Introduction to Business 1st

Evie Neuberger Introduction to Parliamentary Procedure 1st

Kevin Eagan Job Interview 3rd

Melissa Abell Machine Transcription 1st

Angie Tennyson Machine Transcription 3rd

George White, Rebecca Decker, Holly Owens, Melissa Goddard, & Jessica Sanders Parliamentary Procedures 1st

Seth Gibson Public Speaking 2nd

Derrick Flood Technology Concepts 3rd

Shonta Countiss Word Processing I 1st

Gina Hager Word Processing II 3rd

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Members are recognized outside of the competitive events program as well. Below are some more of the many ways members are recognized for their success.

FBLA articles are frequently published in our county newspaper, The Enterprise, as well as our school publications. The articles recognize members for their achievements in projects, conferences, and ceremonies among other things.
John Williams was awarded a $50 stipend for teaching a workshop, "Scrapbook: An Event for All Chapters," at this year's Fall State Leadership Conference.
A letter was received from Principal John Ryan thanking us for our assistance in escorting Maryland's Governor Parris Glendening during his visit to Chopticon.
State Senator Roy Dyson sent a letter thanking us for his invitation to our annual Awards Banquet.
St. Mary's County Social Services sent us a letter recognizing our enormous contribution to the St. Mary's County community through our Thanksgiving canned food drive.