Boulder Creek FBLA Goes from “Green” to “Gold”

During the 2010-2011 school year, Boulder Creek introduced a new “Business Operations” course, and with that course came the establishment of a Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) chapter. In its infancy, the new chapter enjoyed some outstanding accomplishments, including two students placing first in their events at regional competition, three students winning at state and progressing to nationals, one student placing at nationals, and one student elected to state office. Kyle Wight placed 1st in Business Procedures and Brian Singer placed 1st in Client Service at Boulder Creek’s first showing at regional competition in February.

Maintaining the momentum from regional competition, Boulder Creek students prepared for the State Leadership Conference. Out of the six Boulder Creek members who competed at state in April, three members qualified to move on to nationals representing FBLA Arizona. These students were: Kyle Wight in Introduction to Technology Concepts, Telman Melkonyan in Marketing, and Bart Zalinski in Business Calculations.

Summer “break” provided an opportunity for these enterprising students to gear up for the school year ahead. The three Boulder Creek FBLA students attended Future Business Leaders of America’s 2011 National Leadership Conference in Orlando, Florida. While in Orlando for the conference, students participated in motivational general sessions, competition, workshops, and fun social events including a day and Universal Studios and a trip to Kennedy Space Center. From the 17 national awards received by FBLA Arizona, Boulder Creek student Kyle Wight placed 10th in Introduction to Technology Concepts.

Bart Zalinski was one of the eight members elected to serve on the FBLA Arizona’s State Officer Team during the 2011-2012 school year. With the help of Boulder Creek FBLA members and adviser Michelle Coots, Bart was successful with his campaign and was elected by the more than 1500 members in attendance. One of his duties as a state officer is to host a regional conference. The FBLA Arizona Region 4 Conference will be held at Boulder Creek High School on Feb. 1, 2012.

With their phenomenal first-year successes already under their belts, Boulder Creek FBLA is looking forward to an exciting second year. The officer team (listed below) has already attended FBLA’s Arizona Leadership Camp and participated in the Deer Valley Unified School District’s Officer Training for Career and Technical Student Organizations.

This year’s officers are:

Telman Melkonyan, 12 – President

Ashley Ryer, 9 – VP of Communication & Organization

Bella Escalante, 11 – VP of Community Outreach

Kyle Wight, 10 – VP of Competition & Conferences

Bart Zalinski, 12 – VP of Finance & Membership

Allison Schrafel, 12 – VP of Promotion & Public Relations

Congratulations to all, and best wishes for success during your second year!