NLC Days 3-6 -- Universal Studios, Disneyland/California Adventure, Opening Session, and Competition

Hello supporters.

These past few days of been really crazy and we have not been able to keep up on daily blog posts, so I am going to give updates on what has been happening.

Universal Studios -- (Tuesday)
We attended Universal Studios Tuesday morning. The advisers and presidents of the Elgin and Union FBLA chapters chose to keep the type of transportation from the rest of the members for good reason...we were driven in a Red, Stretch LIMO! (picture coming soon!) After a great day at Universal, we were driven back to the hotel in a "party bus" type of limo.

Disneyland / California Adventure -- (Wednesday)
We attended Disneyland on Wednesday. For some of the members, this was their first time at Disneyland and they were super excited to see, explore, and ride around Disney.

Disneyland / California Adventure and Opening Session -- (Thursday)
For those who were interested, they were able to go back to Disneyland and explore the area. Thursday night was the Opening Session where the 7800+ members, advisers, and guests were introduced to the Nation's State Presidents and Advisers of the Year.

1st Day of Competition -- (Friday)
Today was the first day of competition. The Emerging Business Issues team drew and presented around 12 noon today and the Parliamentary Procedure team took their individual objective tests. Unfortunately, neither one of the teams qualified to advance on to the final round of competition. They look forward to watching the finalist compete tomorrow and learning what they could have done better. Steven will take his objective test for Word Processing II tomorrow.

Union FBLA competed very well this year and they truly Got the Edge.

Union FBLA Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/unionfbla
Oregon FBLA Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/OregonFBLA
National FBLA-PBL Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/FBLA_PBL

SUNDAYS AWARD OF EXCELLENCE CEREMONY WILL BE BROADCAST LIVE ONLINE STARTING AT 6:00PM SUNDAY EVENING. YOU CAN WATCH IT HERE!

http://www.nlc2009.com/

NLC Day 2 -- Fly to Anaheim, Angels Game

Today started bright and early at 3:30 am (Boise time--thats 2:30 Union time!!!!). After a short flight to Salt Lake City, The group was split in two--6 flying out at 8:30 am and the remaining at 9:45 am.

After taking public transportation to the Angels Stadium we watched the home team, the L.A. Angels, play the Colorado Rockies. The Angels got stomped ending the game in a ten to one score, Colorado. Now we are just sitting in the hotel room getting ready for tomorrow which is sure to be filled with all sorts of fun as we visit the Universal Studios Theme Park.

Get the Edge Union FBLA!

NLC Day 1 -- Drive to Boise

The first day of NLC was pretty uneventful. The drive to Boise went well and everyone got along--no menstural mommas! The group took Stephanie and her husband to dinner at the Cracker Barrell.

Bags packed. Ready to go!

National Leadership Conference

Hello everyone

I wanted to let people know that the national leadership conference is coming up this next week and there will be updates posted on the blog and twitter feed.

Thanks for all your support and wish us good luck!!!!!

Day 1 of SBLC

Today was the first day of Oregon FBLA's State Business Leadership Conference in Portland, Oregon. For the Union Chapter the day started at 4 o'clock in the morning when we pulled out of the parking lot at the high school. The day continued as we arrived at our hotel after a 5 hour drive. From there the advisers and chapter president and apprentice went over to headquarters to get our conference t-shirts and name tags and conference programs. After members recieved their name tags they were off to their workshops and some of them to their events prelims.

The following students competed today:

• Business Presentation--Nicole Roberts, Tyler Fouts, & Brie Bunkers
• Client Services--Kate Stewart
• Community Service--Brittany Josephson, Anna Maxwell, & Ali Anderson
• Emerging Business Issues--Ally Brudevold, Sarah Longwell, & Jordin Lineback
• Impromptu Speaking--Celena
• Impromptu Speaking--Emma Stockhoff
  

The following students qualified for finals on Thursday:

• American Enterprise--Will Hulden, Jackie Huitt, & Cody Fouts
• E-business--Alex Palmer
• Future Business Leader--Steven Crader
• Parli Pro--Jordann Roberts, Taylor Sarman, Shanna Riomondo, Sara Bauer, & Kathryn Hepler

Union was also fortunate enough to have JaKarra Sanders sing the National Anthem at the opening session. Congratulations JaKarra and Great Job!!!!

Look for Thursday's events tomorrow!!!!

FBLA State

Hey

This is Steven and I wanted to let you know that I will be updating the blog on the status of the conference as it progresses. During the award session stayed tuned as I will keep you informed of how UNION is doing. Please follow or subscribe to have updates sent to your email. If you would like to have updates sent to your mobile phone, follow us on Twitter to and turn device updates on (you will need to set up your mobile phone in the settings tab).

Stay Tuned

Regional Skills Conference Results

2009 Regional Skills Conference

The 2009 Blue Mountain Regional Skills Conference was a major success for Union High School FBLA. Out of the 31 members who competed, 20 qualified for the State Business Leadership Conference in April. Results are below.

Business Law 1st—Cheyanne Wyant 8th—Kate Stewart Computer Applications 1st—JaKarra Sanders Desktop Publishing 7th—Jessica Reynolds & Ali Anderson FBLA Principles & Procedure 1st—Sergio Morris 5th—Brie Bunkers Global Business 2nd—Cassie Colton & Jennifer Longwell Help Desk 1st—Jakarra Sanders Impromptu Speaking 3rd—Emma Stockoff Introduction to Business Communications 2nd—Jordin Lineback 3rd—Jackie Huitt 8th—Cheyanne Wyant Introduction to Parliamentary Procedure 1st—Taylor Sarman 2nd—Jordann Roberts 3rd—Sara Bauer 4th—Kate Stewart 6th—Kathryn Hepler Marketing 5th—Cassie Colton 9th—Jennifer Longwell Parliamentary Procedures (Individuals) 1st—Jordann Roberts 2nd—Taylor Sarman 3rd—Sara Bauer 5th—Kathryn Hepler 6th—Shanna Riomondo Parliamentary Procedures (Team) 1st—Union (Sara Bauer, Kathryn Hepler, Shanna Riomondo, Jordann Roberts, and Taylor Sarman) Personal Finance 6th—Shanna Riomondo Public Speaking II 1st—Caleb Harmon 5th—Briana Tanaka Word Processing II 5th—Steven Crader