Brittany Straw, Elyse London, and Raven Breeding, 8th Graders from Bragg Middle School, won 2nd place at the State FBLA Middle Level Competition, held at the BJCC on Friday, April 13, 2012. They completed a Powerpoint Presentation on Cyber Bullying in the Computer Slideshow Event. Nena Bright Moorer, FBLA Sponsor.

Shades Valley High School FBLA

2011-2012

The 2011-2012 School Year was a successful one for Shades Valley’s Chapter of FBLA. Our year culminated with the State Leadership Conference on April 12-13. We received numerous awards as a chapter as well as many member receiving recognition and awards. Here’s a summary of our accomplishments:

State Officers

Nicole Jones: State Secretary/Treasurer for 2011-2012

Lydia Keating: Elected State District V Vice President for 2012-2013

Chapter Awards

Largest Chapter in District V (157)

State Blueprint Outstanding Award (one of four schools in District V)

Gold Seal Chapter (one of two schools in District V)

Raised over $500 for March of Dimes

Individual Recognition

Business Achievement Awards: 50 students were awarded the Future Level of Business Achievement Award Program. Only 198 students in Alabama achieved this award and ¼ of them are from SVHS.

10 students participated in Prom Fashion Show at State Leadership Conference. Nine students were models and Josh Taylor served as the Master or Ceremonies. The Fashion Show was organized the Shades Valley Chapter and it was such a success that it will become an annual event at SLC.

Josh Taylor: 1^st Place in Accounting I

Brandi Hutcherson: 3^rd Place in Hospitality Management

Arabella Reynolds: 1^st Place in Help Desk

AJ Long: 3^rd Place in Sports Management

Haydee Landa: 2^nd Place in Introduction to Business

Tylynn Griffin/Jasmine Thomas/Laraine Gatrey: 1^st Place in Banking and Financial Systems

Lydia Keating/Malina McAfee/Nicole Jones: 2^nd Place in Management Decision Making

Chyna Gilbert/Amaris Thomas: 1^st Place in Global Business

Jeremy Blackmon/Kimya Loder/Claudia Watkins: 2^nd Place in Global Business

All of these students are now eligible to compete at the National Leadership Conference in San Antonio in June.

We are proud of our successes this year and will be aiming higher in 2012-2013!!!!

North Jefferson Middle School had a fund Raiser to raise money for needy families for Thanksgiving and the students gave to their favorite teacher. Jacob Salters gets the students motivated for the Turkey Teacher Week contest. The winners: Briana Morton and Stephanie Chapman had to dress up like turkeys.

There were 12 FBLA Regional and State Winners from Minor High School.

The top three winners were:

2nd Place State - Jelani Grace - Business Communications

2nd Place State - Breonna Garrett - Marketing

3rd Place State - Jonte Watford - Technology Concepts

Our Career Technical department is very proud of these young people.

Dionne Williams's fiance students from Erwin High School visited Price Waterhouse and Cooper.

Bragg Middle School FBLA Winners

Roman Hyke - Keyboarding I
Kendall Jackson - Keyboarding II
Nena Bright Moorer, Sponsor

We would like to congratulate the Students from Clay Chalkville High School and Pinson Valley High School. We believe that in today's economic times, increasing the financial knowledge and skills of American youth is critical to their futures and to the future financial stability of our country. Your support and enthusiasm in spreading the knowledge of personal finance to high school students is admirable. The 2011 National Financial Capability Challenge was taken by more than 84,000 high school students between March 7 and April 8, 2011. Participants included students in rural areas, suburbs, and inner cities across the country, and in Department of Defense schools around the world. The average student score was 69 percent. The results reinforce our belief that there is more work to be done to prepare our young people for the financial future that awaits them. By offering the Challenge to your students, you have participated in a growing movement to better prepare young people for an increasingly complex financial system. Shonya Sherer is the instructor at Clay Chalkville HS and Randell Smith is the instructor at Pinson Valley High School, their students took the 2011 National Financial Capability Challenge.

Congratulations, 10 of your students from each high school scored in the top 20 percent of students nationwide!

STUDENTS IN TOP 20 PERCENT NATIONWIDE

        CAMEIA J. ALEXANDER               MATTHEW A. BALLARD

        TIFFANY D. ELLISON               CARLON A. CHANDLER

   JESSICA L. JOHNSON              MARCUS J. EALY

JOSH C. MCLAUGHLIN           CHRIS L. FOSTER

               BROCK J. MURPHREE            GABRIELLE V. JACKSON

            MATTHEW B. NORUM               ROBERT D. MCDANIEL

       ANDREW C. PARK              TYLER C. MEEKS

                    BRETT SANDERS              CAITLIN N. PATTERSON

         KRISTEN E. WARREN           JOSHUA T. SEWELL

LACEY M. WILLIAMS              CAITLIN E. TOTTY

Bevill State Torch Competition:

Business, Office Management, and Technology
1st Place - Jonte Watford
2nd Place - Brittany Spencer
3rd Place - Shanice Baldwin

Business
2nd Place - Jamerial Larkin

We're very proud of these students. All of these students take Business/Marketing classes from Minor High School.

On October 22, 2010, North Jefferson Middle School FBLA (Future Business Leaders of America) invited Jeremiah Castille to speak to the student body. Mr. Castille motivated the students with his past experiences and encouraged them to strive to be the best they could be. The students had great comments to say about him. Some comments were: great, very interesting, motivating, amazing, very encouraging and one student even said he was "the beast." The students enjoyed him coming to North Jefferson. Many students asked if he could come back. Mr. Castille shook hands with students and had his picture made with them. Rita Baggett, FBLA sponsor, contacted Mr. Castille to speak to the student body.

The Hueytown High School Future Business Leaders of America Chapter recently attended an Atlanta Business Tour Fieldtrip. During our visit we toured CNN Atlanta where students were able to take a glimpse of news and broadcasting in action. The Inside CNN Studio Tour took them behind the scenes of the Global Headquarters of CNN in Atlanta. The students also toured The World of Coca-Cola where they tasted over 60 different products from around the globe. In addition, they viewed a thrilling 4-D theater presentation that gave them an interactive experience of what it takes to create a winning product.