Students show off business knowledge
Pine View High School students Caitlin Trani, Nick Basset and Braedon Porter attended the Future Business Leaders of America state competition and placed second in two categories, Global Business and Entrepreneurship. Their high placement qualifies them to compete at FBLA's National Leadership Conference in Anaheim, Calif., in June.
Competitions require students to take a written exam as a prequalifier to advance to a final round, where students are given a simulated business situation. Student teams must present their recommendations for solving the problem to a panel of judges, who then determines a winner.
Trani and Basset teamed up to win the entrepreneurship competition by providing winning advice to increase revenues for owners of a coffee shop. Porter joined the duo in the global business category, where the team of three students proved its knowledge of expanding a business' global market. Classmate Kelcie Dean placed second in business communications and will be attending nationals with them.
"To place in the top 10 is, in itself, an honor and includes the most outstanding students in the state. In each event, students compete against hundreds of others for an opportunity to represent Utah on the national stage. Pine View's students showed their broad comprehension of business concepts in more than one event, and I'm confident they'll do well competing against the top in the nation," said Dianna Moore, FBLA advisor.
This will be Trani's second time traveling to California for academic achievement, having won first place in accounting at the DECA state competition in March.
DECA, the national association of marketing students, holds it's international competition later this month, and Trani will be the only student who qualified from Washington County School District to attend the event. Trani has been a member of both FBLA and DECA business clubs for four years and has served as the FBLA president this year. Trani, along with a select group of outstanding seniors, will graduate from Pine View's elite School of Business program in May. Pine View High boasts the largest business program in the district, offering students the ability to graduate with a strong portfolio and a business major.
"We have a vision of what we would like our Pine View students to become and to achieve," remarks principal Mike Mees. "Caitlin Trani is a perfect example of that vision."
With current budget constraints, Trani and her peers will be required to pay the majority of their travel expenses to compete at the national level. The competitions cost each student about $600 out of their own pockets.
source :The spektrum.com
