Thayer Central FBLA Members Attend State Leadership Conference

by Chris Schropfer

April 10, 2008

On April 3-5, nine students from Thayer Central attended the Future Business Leaders of America State Leadership Conference held in Omaha. Over 1,900 FBLA members from across the state were on hand to participate in the conference activities.

Competitive events began at 4:00 p.m. Thursday and finished at 8:30 a.m. Saturday. Each student participated in six events. Two of the seniors also participated in a mock job interview. Throughout the conference, the members attended general sessions, the Awards of Excellence Program, leadership seminars, voted on next year’s state officers, and had the opportunity to attend karaoke and a dance.

Those attending were Logan Chapman, Paige Priefert, Rachel Lee, Andrea Kriesel, Kelsey Loontjer, Jeffrey Bantam, Andrew Craig, Joseph Dougherty, Jenica Jarchow and adviser Chris Schropfer.

At the Awards of Excellence Program Saturday morning, Kelsey Loontjer was awarded seventh place in Spelling and earned Honorable Mention in Introduction to Business Communication, Keyboarding Knowledge and Business Math.