Superintendent Inspiring Today s Students To Meet Tomorrow s Challenges 10501 Washburn Way Klamath Falls, OR 97603 PHONE FAX 541-883-6677 E-mail: thedeg@kcsd.k12.or.us Date: April 27, 2017 KCSD high schools have strong showing at FBLA state competition 25 headed to national competition Klamath County School District high schools had a strong showing at the FBLA State Business Leadership Conference in Portland with 112 KCSD students competing and 25 of those continuing on to national competition. Students from Mazama, Lost River, Bonanza and Gilchrist high schools attended the competition on April 8 and 9. Mazama High School national qualifiers: Mazama 39 students attended State Tristen Mengis Brazil Cisneros and 12 students headed to Nationals Jordan DeLorme 66 students in FBLA chapter Matt Volpe and Geralline Sapp Zulema Hernandez Lost River Zach Landry Favian Galvan and Rebeca Ramirez 44 students attended State Daniela Garcia 8 students headed to Nationals 57 students in FBLA chapter Lost River Jr./Sr. High School national qualifiers: Eric Jimenez Yulisa Alonzo Dante Esqueda Jessica Cobian and Madison Carelton Madison Hartman, Ashleigh Taylor and Angela Taylor Bonanza Jr./Sr. High School national qualifiers: Bonanza 15 students attended State 5 students headed to Nationals 25 students in FBLA chapter Gilchrist 14 students attended State 14 students in FBLA chapter Madelyn Cunningham Madison Butler Brooklyn Cunningham, Michelle Viorato and Zoey Johnson
Additionally, Madelyn Cunningham from Bonanza won her campaign to the FBLA State Business Leadership Conference. She will join the state officer team as the Cascade Region vice president. She is the first student from Bonanza to be a state officer. I am really proud of them. It is so rewarding to see their confidence grow and realize that hard work does pay off, said Freddy Maldonado, business teacher at Bonanza. I am especially proud of Madalyn Cunningham for stepping up to the challenges of running for Cascade Region vice president. I believe she will represent our school and district extremely well. I m blown away, Rafael Ivan Hernandez said of the achievements of his Lost River team. As a new teacher I have been very impressed with the students at Lost River. Their hard work, dedication and determination has been second to none. I am honored to be a part of this great school and look forward to what lies ahead. Gilchrist FBLA also competed, with all 14 members of its team going to state. Gilchrist FBLA ers did great, said business teacher Michael Telford. All of the chapter qualified for the state conference and 40 percent placed in the top 10 of their events. KCSD FBLA at State Business Leadership Conference: top: Mazama High School; middle: Lost River Jr./Sr. High School; bottom two: Bonanza Jr./Sr. High School. The top four in each state division qualify for the national competition, said Judy Story, business teacher at Mazama. At nationals, the top 3 percent are competing out of all 230,000 FBLA members nationwide. To step up to that level, FBLA students continue to cultivate their skills and gain new ones. The growth of students is phenomenal, Story said. They increase their confidence, their poise and gain real-life business and communication skills. They gain a lot of skills, Maldonado agreed. They develop confidence and begin to learn about networking and connecting with other students. They also learn about competition and winning and losing, in addition they begin to see what personal responsibility means when they have to depend on teammates and their peers rely on them for success.
Aside from learning speaking, writing, presenting, networking and leadership skills, I feel their biggest gain is confidence, Hernandez said. Confidence to know they are awesome, confidence to know they will be successful in their lives and confidence to know they can go out into this world and dominate. Students gain many things such as self-confidence and networking opportunities that may lead to knowing someone at the college they later attend, agreed Telford. Finally, they are around others like themselves for three days that are all doing good things and going places. Being from the Basin they have opportunity to see what there is outside of Klamath County and the opportunities that lie in other areas, Maldonado added. It is an extremely beneficial opportunity for our students. Samantha Tipler, public relations, Klamath County School District Phone 541-851-8743; Email: tiplers@kcsd.k12.or.us Mazama High School FBLA Kyle Lynch Accounting I 5 th place Shayla Lakey Accounting I 7 th place Seth Paré Accounting I Tristen Mengis Accounting II 1 st place Jordan DeLorme Accounting II Business Calculations 7 th place Matt Volpe Business Law 1 st place Branae Sanchez Client Services 10 th place Zulema Hernandez Computer Applications Geralline Sapp FBLA Principles and s Public Speaking I 7 th place Alexis Yates Health Care and Administration Zach Landry Insurance and Risk Management Organizational Leadership Rebeca Ramirez Insurance and Risk Management Caitlin Hulsey Intro to Business Communications Daniela Garcia Intro to Business s 7 th place Sales Presentation 3 rd place Jazmin Hall Job Interview 7 th place Gillian Crowder Public Speaking II 9 th place Cadence Balsz Sales Presentation 5 th place Mazama teams: Zulema Hernandez Local Chapter Annual Business Report 1 st place Favian Galvan Partnership with Business Brazil Cisneros Intro to Business Presentation Matt Volpe Jack Boulter Computer Game and Simulation Programming 9 th place Logan Boulter Jazmin Hall Branae Sanchez Alexis Yates Community Service Project
Seth Paré Digital Scrapbook Jordan DeLorme Chapter Awards Rebeca Ramirez Ireland Wynne Chapter Newsletter Brazil Cisneros Chapter Website 1 st place Skylee Tupper March of Dimes 3 rd place Jazmin Hall Who s Who Award Recognition Mazama High School Gold Seal Chapter Award Recognition Mazama High School Chapter of the Year 4A 3 rd place Mazama High School Enthusiasm Award 1 st place Mazama High School Chapter Publicity Award 1 st place Lost River Jr./Sr. High School Eric Jimenez Introduction to Information Technology 3 rd place Yulisa Alonzo Networking Concepts Sarah Addington Database Design and Applications 5 th place Coreima Lopez Database Design and Applications 7 th place Brenda Romero Database Design and Applications 9 th place Daniela Duran Ryan Asbill Lost River Teams Jessica Cobian Madison Carleton Business Ethics 1 st place Madison Hartman Ashleigh Taylor Angela Taylor Isabel Venegas Giselle Cobian American Enterprise Project 9 th place Susy Cobian Ximena Lemus Yajaira Cobian Business Ethics Christopher Whisenhunt Maria Rios Brenda Romero Emerging Business Issues Bernice Ramirez Introduction to Business Gracie Britton Presentation Jennifer Leon-Cobian Coreima Lopez Nicole Lopez Jenna Moran Raelene Barrows 9 th place Kalista Wisenhunt Daniel Valadez Makenzie Girtman Dante Esqueda Website Design
Bonanza Jr./Sr. High School Madelyn Cunningham Public Speaking II Madison Butler FBLA Principles and s Nicholas Herrera Business Law 7 th place Chris Eck Sales Presentation Michelle Viorato-Alvarez Computer Applications 10 th place Austin Butler Personal Finance Securities and Investments Bonanza Teams Brooklyn Cunningham Michelle Viorato Digital Video Production Zoey Johnson Bonanza Chapter Awards Bonanza High School Chapter of the Year 2A 3 rd place Gilchrist School Holly Pelzel Business Law Daniel Barstad Business Law Gabe Ferrell Business Law 9 th place Jake Blood Computer Game and Simulation Programming 5 th place Riley Manley Madison Mefford Gilchrist Teams Introduction to Business Presentation 5 th place