On April 9-11, members of Monroe-Woodbury High School’s Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) attended the FBLA State Leadership Conference in Rochester, NY. Competitive events at the state Leadership Conference play an integral role in the mission of FBLA. According to the FBLA conference description, they “prepare students for successful careers in business by providing opportunities to apply classroom concepts in a workforce-simulated competitive environment.”
Congratulations to the following M-W attendees who placed in a variety of performance and test based competitions:
Swathi Sathiyamoorhy - 1st place in Parliamentary Procedure
Prasad Saha - 1st place in Coding and Programming and 2nd place in Financial Math
Siddhi Ranganathan and Pravin Jegan - 1st place in Sales Presentation
Swathi Sathiyamoorhy and Joanna Rodriguez - 1st place in Social Media Strategies
Swathi Sathiyamoorhy and Sanjita Raja - 2nd place in Public Service Announcement
Tanay Shah - 2nd place in Intro to Information Technology, 3rd place in Into to Decision Making and 4th place in Intro to Financial Math
Sanjita Raja - 4th place in Client Service
Joanna Rodriguez - 5th place in Electronic Career Portfolio
Siddhi Ranganathan won NYS FBLA Reporter and Sanjita Raja won NYS Vice President for District 3N. Sanjita Raja will be hosting the 3N Fall District Meeting and Spring District competitions at MWHS next year. Both students will begin their state officer training over the summer in preparation of the 2025-2026 academic school year.
All events placing up to 4th place will qualify for nationals being held in Anaheim, CA at the end of June. With multiple chapters competing at the state level and over 1,000 students in attendance, Monroe-Woodbury took home 2nd place for Gather and Grow and 6th place for Chapter of the Year. What a great accomplishment! Go Crusaders!
