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MHS FBLA members attending the National Leadership Conference in San Antonio, Texas, June 28-July 2 include Malaysia Kennedy, Elle Carter, Catherine Hill, Kyleigh Souls and Lily O’Conner.
Five members of the Metter High School Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) career technical student organization traveled to San Antonio, Texas to attend the National Leadership Conference from June 28 – July 2.
All five students attending the conference had the opportunity to compete in competitive events at the national level. Three members competed in testing events.
Lily O’Conner and Kyleigh Souls competed in Introduction to Business Communications and Elle Carter competed in Human Resources. Malaysia Kennedy competed in Sales Presentation and placed 9th overall in the nation. Catherine Hill also represented Georgia FBLA as the State Reporter and competed in the Job Interview event.
The members of Metter High School FBLA were accompanied by MHS FBLA adviser Brenda Deal.
Metter High School FBLA also was awarded the Southern Region – Georgia Gold Seal Chapter Award of Merit as well as the FBLA Gold banner for completing the highest level of the national FBLA Champion Chapter program, which is a set of membership recruitment- and engagement-focused challenges throughout the last school year.
Over 17,000 FBLA members from across the country as well as Canada and Puerto Rico converged on San Antonio to make this the largest National Leadership conference in FBLA history. The MHS FBLA representatives attended general national sessions as well as state sessions and also served as voting delegates for the Southern Region.
While in San Antonio the students were able to experience local attractions such as the RiverWalk, Historic Market Square, the Riverboats, the Alamo, and some amazing restaurants.