Eight Spartans head to nationals
Published 9:37 am Saturday, June 18, 2016
Eight members of Bainbridge High School’s Future Business Leaders of America chapter will travel to Atlanta, Georgia to compete in the National Leadership Competition from June 29-July 2.
To qualify for nationals, students had to place among the top four out of 55 business and computer events at the state-level competition in Spokane.
BHS students won in the following categories:
Business Calculations – Ryan Cox, second place; Management Decision Making – Ryan Cox, Nate Marx, Nick Shiach, fifth place; Sports & Entertainment Management – Ryan Cox and Nate Marx, second place; Cyber Security – Charlie Hanacek, third place; Computer Problem Solving – Charlie Hanacek, fourth place; Economics – Albert Ragsdale, third place; Personal Finance – Albert Ragsdale, second place; Introduction to Information Technology – Sebastian Batali, fourth place; and Business Ethics – Yuyu Madigan, Madison Barrett and Jonathan Coonan, second place.
Future Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda, Inc. (FBLA-PBL) is the largest career student organization in the world. Every year, FBLA-PBL helps more than 200,000 members prepare for careers in business.
The local BHS chapter is a club focused on promoting skills used in leadership and business while helping the community in various ways.
