FBLA students post state win By COBY LaRUE Staff A total of 15 Alleghany High School students traveled to the Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) state conference on April 6 and 7 in Greensboro and four returned with top honors. A total of 2,000 students from across the state competed in the competition, according to AHS teacher Anabel Gonzalez, who is the FBLA club's sponsor. "There was a lot of competition from all over the state," Gonzalez said. "I was real proud of our students and how they performed." She noted that she was particularly pleased with the quality of the students and their performances, considering that this is only the second year of the program. The AHS FBLA program has registered first-place winners in each of its first two years of operation.

FBLA students placing highly in the state competition are (from left) Robert Banks, T Nunce, Michelle Joines and Chris Sexton.

Of AHS's entrants, two students placed in the top three and two others were finalists.

Finishing on top of her division, Michelle Joines took first place in the business communications division.

Chris Sexton took third place in technology concepts. Sexton went to the national competition last year in Long Beach, Calif.

The county's two finalists were T Nunce and Robert Banks.

Nance competed in the networking concepts division, while Banks competed in the computer concepts division.

Joines, the county's only first-place winner for 2001, will now travel to the FBLA National Conference at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Fla. to compete with other FBLA members from across the country.

The national FBLA competition will begin on June 29 and be completed on July 3.
 
 

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