Crismon High students have strong showing at state conference

Crismon High School’s Future Business Leaders of America attended the Arizona State Leadership Conference recently and earned the highest honor of platinum.

In all, 15 students competed in various leadership categories, placing in seven events, including individual, testing, chapter and team categories.

Vice President Jada Beasly earned “leader,” the second level of the Business Achievement Awards and was honored with a pin and certificate. Vice President Aaditya Patel earned “contributor,” according to a press release from the Queen Creek Unified School District.

Tamara Tapia, FBLA advisor for CHS, earned an honor for her 10 years of service with the group.

CHS students came home from the competition with 11 top 10 finalists:

• Kamya McNeal / Isabella Merdick-Lopez / Isabella Schultz – Second place for their community service project called “Rattlers Dress For Success,” and secured their nationals spots.
• Jada Beasley / Desiree Bobo / John McLaws – Presented the local annual chapter business report and brought home glass for CHS’s chapter.
• David Nguyen – Business communication.
• Dylan Glass / Sebastian Mattson / John McLaws – Management information systems role play.
• Kamya McNeal / Isabella Merdick-Lopez / Isabella Schultz / Carlos Trujillo / Aaditya Patel – Parliamentary procedure team and chapter officers, who conduct meetings using Robert’s Rules of Order.
• Sebastian Mattson / John McLaws – Software design in introduction to programming.
• Isabella Merdick-Lopez / Kamya McNeal – Earned fifth honor with “Magic Full Ride Bags” business plan.

Four finalists in each category will compete in San Antonio this summer as members of the Arizona delegation.