News: LCPS Students Honored at FBLA Regional Competition

(April 7, 2012) - Loudoun County Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) chapters recently participated in the FBLA Shenandoah Region Conference at Shenandoah University in Winchester.
Sixteen high schools in the region participated.

The Briar Woods High School FBLA won the award for “Most Competitive Chapter.” This award is presented to the chapter with the most points earned. Points were awarded as five for first place, three for second place and one for third place. Students will be attending and competing in the Virginia FBLA State Leadership Conference next month in Reston.

Following are the Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) students who placed in the regional FBLA competition:


Accounting l
First Place: Michael Thompson, Broad Run High School
Second Place: Madelyn Kellen, Briar Woods High School

Accounting II
Third Place: Manvitha Mallela, Stone Bridge High School

Business Ethics
First Place: Tanvi Rawat, Megan Sammons & Nial Hasan, Briar Woods High School

Banking and Financial Systems
First Place: Ryan Ngo, Matt Scott and Praneeth Vummalaneni, Briar Woods High School

Business Calculations
Second Place: Jake Ryan, Briar Woods High School

Business Communication
Second Place: Erin Green, Stone Bridge High School
Third Place: Holly Vizek, Broad Run High School

Business Law
First Place: Nicole Norris, Freedom High School
Second Place: Thomas Soroka, Broad Run High School

Business Math
Second Place: Ryan Hughes, Briar Woods High School
Third Place: Divyanshu Srivastava, Stone Bridge High School

Business Plan
First Place: Sierra Papazian, Andi Mack and Clarissa Marni, Stone Bridge High School

Business Procedures
First Place: Jenna Antezana, Briar Woods High School

Client Services
Third Place: Preston Lofgran, Broad Run High School

Computer Applications
First Place: Griffin Long, Briar Woods High School
Second Place: Erin Dice, Stone Bridge High School

Cyber Security
First Place: A.J. Sherfick, Stone Bridge High School
Second Place: Jimit Jhaveri, Briar Woods High School

Database Design and Applications
First Place: Angela Pathammavong, Briar Woods High School
Third Place: Mukundh Balasubramanian, Freedom High School

Desktop Publishing
First Place: Caiti Garrity and Zack Kerns, Broad Run High School
Second Place: Sabiha Zaman and Joanna Wong, Briar Woods High School

Digital Design and Promotion
Third Place: Brandon Rivera, Loudoun County High School

Digital Video Production
Second Place: Amanda Ryerse and Anokhi, Patel Stone Bridge High School

Economics
First Place: Chet Fincke, Briar Woods High School
Third Place: E. Marie Bohanon, Stone Bridge High School

Emerging Business Issues
First Place: Kevin Jang and Nick Friedl, Broad Run High School

Entrepreneurship
Second Place: Sarima Mughal, Shezia Khan and Brian Arsenault, Briar Woods High School
Third Place: Alec Gard and Joe Harrison, Tuscarora High School

FBLA Principles and Procedures
First Place: Selin Ulkuatam, Broad Run High School
Third Place: Elaine Koo, Freedom High School

Future Business Leader
First Place: Greg Waldrip, Briar Woods High School
Second Place: Cristina Bordeaux, Briar Woods High School

Global Business
First Place: Forrest Colyer, Bruce McIntosh and Anna Smallwood, Loudoun County High School
Second Place: Abrianna Dennis, Lila Hafiz and Kara Smith, Freedom High School
Third Place: Eric Maestri and Nick Irvine, Tuscarora High School

Healthcare Administration
Third Place: Delaney O’Brien, Stone Bridge High School

Help Desk
First Place: Anish Bhutani, Briar Woods High School

Introduction to Business
First Place: Maggie Eaton, Freedom High School
Second Place: Kevin Cloninger, Heritage High School

Introduction to Business Communications
Second Place: Beth Gebre, Freedom High School

Introduction to Parliamentary Procedure
Third Place: Victoria Johnson, Stone Bridge High School

Introduction to Technology Concepts
First Place: Yasaswini Dandu, Briar Woods High School
Second Place: Jordan Silbaugh, Freedom High School

Job Interview
Third Place: Melina Minhas, Tuscarora High School

L. Marguerite Crumley/Frank Manning Peele Foundation – Sarah Lowe Thompson Scholarships Finalists
Gregory Taylor Waldrip, Briar Woods High School
Jasmine Millsaps, Briar Woods High School

Management Decision Making
First Place: Tyla Louis-Charles, Tara Mainali and Jasmine Sandhar, Freedom High School
Third Place: Jenny Baumer and Hannah Baumer, Briar Woods High School
Management Information Systems
Second Place: Brad Daniel and Josh Showalter, Loudoun County High School

Marketing
First Place: Laura Acosta, Andrew Morgan and Danielle Mostert, Stone Bridge High School
Second Place: John Thompson and Chris Payne, Broad Run High School
Third Place: Domenic Ricciardi, Marc Romagnoli and William Roukis, Freedom High School

Networking Concepts
Second Place: Rayhana Kabiri, Broad Run High School
Parliamentary Procedure
First Place: Mehmil Zia, Stone Bridge High School
Second Place: Claire Jarvie, Stone Bridge High School
Third Place: Ebonnee Deshields, Stone Bridge High School

Parliamentary Procedure Team
Stone Bridge High School

Public Speaking I
First Place: Serage Gerrbi, Broad Run High School
Third Place: Trey Howard, Briar Woods High School

Spreadsheet Applications
First Place: Adam Wulchin, Stone Bridge High School

Technology Concepts
Second Place: Kevin Lowe, Stone Bridge High School

Website
Second Place: Loudoun County High School

Word Processing II
First Place: Olamide Ewetusa, Briar Woods High School

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