Calvert students excel at FBLA conference
Calvert County students took top honors after competing in the virtual 2022 Maryland Future Business Leaders of America State Leadership Conference held Feb. 29 and March 30.
Forty-five students from Northern High School, Huntingtown High School and Plum Point Middle School placed in the top 10 in their respective competitions. The top four students from each competition will now advance to the national competition, which will be held June 29–July 2 in Chicago, Ill.
Several regional and state leadership officers were also. Northern High School’s Olivia Herrin was elected as Region IV Vice President while while Northern student Sarah Hurley was elected as State Parliamentarian for the upcoming 2022-23 school year; both are students at Northern High School. Northern High School’s Aamaly Hossain served as FBLA State Vice President during the 2021-22 school year.
Nancy Tassa-Wilt, who has served as the advisor at Northern High School for the past 24 years, was named FBLA Maryland Local Outstanding Chapter Advisor. “While this conference was again virtual and most competitions were pre-recorded or done at their home schools, [nationals] will be a different story,” Tassa-Wilt said. “I told them to already pack their bags; we are getting on that plane to be with each other to share great memories as a chapter and with other members from across the country. I hope to again bring home some national winners.”
The following students were recognized for their state accomplishments:
Accounting II: Third — Ashley Cooke (Huntingtown)
Agribusiness: Second — Abigail Spence (Northern)
American Enterprise Project: Second — Amanda Bower, Mao Yu Cheng, Sarah Hurley (Northern)
Business Communication: First — Amanda Bower (Northern)
Business Etiquette: First — Maria Leonor Miranda (Plum Point)
Business Law: Sixth — Cate Hall (Northern); 10th — Addison Fortenbery (Northern)
Business Management: Sixth — Lorenzo Guttadauro (Huntingtown)
Career Exploration: First — Kash Larnerd (Plum Point)
Career Research: First — Mykenzie Monroe (Plum Point)
Client Service: Fifth — Sydney Cooksey (Northern)
Community Service Project: First — Gentry Bowie, Addison Fortenbery, Aamaly
Hossain (Northern)
Critical Thinking: First — Racheal Howell, Mikayla Millsaps (Plum Point)
Digital Video Production: Second — Christian Arias (Huntingtown)
Electronic Career Portfolio: Third — Aamaly Hossain (Northern)
Elevator Speech: Third — Jayden Eversole (Plum Point)
Financial Literacy: First — Charles Stern (Plum Point)
Graphic Design: First — Joseph Williams (Huntingtown)
Human Resource Management: Sixth — Jalon Bain (Huntingtown)
Insurance and Risk Management: Eighth — Tori Jackson (Northern); ninth — Ariana Tanouye (Huntingtown)
Intro to Business Communication: Third — Dylan Kinner (Northern); eighth — Anna Kim (Northern); 10th — Mariah Wiseman (Huntingtown)
Intro to Business Concepts: Jasmine Simpson, third (Northern)
Intro to Business Presentation: Riley O’Leary, sixth (Northern)
Intro to Business Procedures: Greg Proctor, ninth (Huntingtown)
Intro to FBLA: Seventh — Mikaella Jones (Northern); eighth — Reagan Hersh (Huntingtown)
Intro to Information Technology: First — Mao Yu Cheng (Northern); eighth — Luke Erly (Northern)
Intro to Public Speaking: Third — Olivia Herrin (Northern); fifth — Sarah Hurley (Northern)
Intro to Social Media Strategy: Fourth — Laila Mitchell (Northern)
Journalism: Ninth — Canon Drummond (Huntingtown)
Leadership: First — Cayden Campbell (Plum Point)
Marketing: Second — Cason Bradford, Calvert Burkholder, Steven Vilcheck (Northern)
Partnership with Business Project: Second — Cate Hall, Laila Mitchell, Abigail Spence (Northern); fourth — Caroline Garrett, Tori Minakowski, Bella Rosasco (Huntingtown)
Personal Finance: Third — Rylan Venable (Huntingtown); ninth — Allie Frederickson (Northern)
Public Service Announcement: First — Taylor Webster (Huntingtown); sixth — Gentry Bowie (Northern)
Website Design: 10th — Emmanuel Roberts, 10th (Huntingtown)
Word Processing: First — Kyle Nielson (Huntingtown)