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Thirty-eight Simpson County Academy students and two adults headed to Jones County Junior College on February 5, 2015, for the Future Business Leaders of America district competition. There were approximately 720 students in attendance at the district competition. Twenty-eight students from Simpson Academy placed anywhere from 1st to 6th place in their categories. Colt Barron of Simpson Academy also won the FBLA ‘s Got Talent competition. FBLA Students from all schools put over $500.00 dollars in his bucket to help raise money for March of Dimes while he was singing! Amy McWilliams is the FBLA sponsor at Simpson Academy. Congratulations to all the winners, and good luck at state!
All of these students qualified to move on and compete at the FBLA State Leadership Conference that will be held in Jackson April 8 – 10.
1st place winners:
Ashton Moody – Future Business Leader
Ariadna Ruiz, Katie Rogers, Anna Stevens – Global Business Team
Krista Brown, Christin King, Ashlyn Johnston – Banking and Finance Team
Nicholas Broadhead – Job Interview
2nd place winners:
Sam McWilliams – FBLA Principles and Procedures
Caleb Ries – Computer problem solving
Emily Crace – Public Speaking II
Anna Leland – Impromptu Speaking
3rd place winners:
Ericka Ingram – Word Processing
Isaiah Adkins, Chandler Lott, Jacob Berry – Entrepreneurship Team
4th place winners:
Jacob Holbrook, Maggie Wallace, Abby Caughman – Marketing Team
Peyton Neely – Business Calculations
5th place winners:
Jacob Hardin – Agribusiness
Ashley Bruce – Business Procedures
Dakota Lepard, Morgan Ponder, Lakelan Flynt – Sports & Entertainment Management
6th place winners:
Addi Grace Caughman – Accounting I
Bailey Bryant, Courtney Ballenger – Desktop Publishing
Ethan Brewer – Into. to Information Technology
