Under the guidance of moderator Mrs. Heather Land, members of our Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) attended the Southwestern Area FBLA Conference held January 19 as Kaskaskia College.  The following students earned awards for the events in which they competed either prior to or at the conference: Ben Kassen (1^st in Cyber Security); Anna Klostermann (1^st in Hospitality); Alexis Patton (1^st in Business Communications); Matthew Sinnock (1^st in Journalism); Madison Stone (1^st in Political Science); Ashlyn Vonder Haar (1^st in Introduction to Business Procedures); Nick Hummert (2^nd in Securities & Investments); Meredith Innes (2^nd in Business Communications); Jun Moon (2^nd in Computer Problem Solving); Faith Rackers (2^nd in Insurance & Risk Management); Max Harad, Will Schleper, and Nick Wolden (2^nd in Management Decision Making); Katie Toennies and Emily Wiegmann (2^nd in Marketing); Mailee Toennies (2^nd in Introduction to Business); Jacey Wieter (2^nd in Agribusiness); Ellen Antonacci (3^rd in Introduction to Business Communication); and Bennet Krebs (3^rd in Securities & Investments).

Members of our FBLA who attended the Southwestern Area FBLA Conference that was held January 19 at Kaskaskia College are (front, from left) Mailee Toennies, Anna Klostermann, Emily Wiegmann, Amy Boeckman, Alexis Patton, Caitlin Trame, Grace Rapp, Claire Wilke, Katie Toennies; (back, from left) Max Harad, Nick Wolden, Ashlyn Vonder Haar, Matthew Sinnock, Bennet Krebs, Ben Wilke, Nick Hummert, Wil Schleper, and Jun Moon.

Senior Emily Wiegmann, 2018-2019 Southwestern Area FBLA Vice President, is pictured presiding at the Southwestern Area FBLA Conference that was held January 19 at Kaskaskia College.