Sixteen Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences and the Arts students earned recognition at the Future Business Leaders of America District IV Spring Conference.
The district conference was held at the University of Arkansas Community College at Hope in February. Students competed in various business-related events that included either an objective subject test, performance/presentation, or a combination of an objective test and a performance component.
Fifteen students won awards in their respective competitions and qualified to compete in the state competitions, which will be held virtually sometime this spring because of the COVID-19 pandemic. They included:
- Jacob Holmes, a junior from Rector, first place, Business Calculations;
- Carson Hardin, a senior from East End, first place, Business Communication;
- Kaletra Arnold, a junior from Searcy, first place, Business Law ;
- Dawson Jones, a senior from Hot Springs, second place, CyberSecurity;
- Lilli Hickman, a junior of Omaha, first place, Economics;
- Team of juniors Peyton Manry of Melbourne, HarLeigh Smith of Altus, and Amanda Smothers of Pottsville, second place, Entrepreneurship;
- Team of juniors Eli Fisher of North Little Rock and Jayden Hutchison of Midway, fourth place, Emerging Business Issues;
- Alec Gatewood a junior from Smackover, first place, Global Business;
- Isabel Han, a senior from Maumelle, sixth place, Healthcare Administration;
- Sydney Crabtree, a junior from Altus, second place, Job Interview; and
- Team of seniors Hadley Medlock of Alma and Benjamin Oliver of Jonesboro, first place, Marketing.
Senior Rebecca Edwards of Piggot will compete in the Broadcast Journalism event at the state competition. Broadcast Journalism is not conducted in the district competition, so Edwards automatically qualified for the state competition.
HarLeigh Smith and Jacob Holmes also were selected to district-level offices at the conference. Smith was elected to serve as District IV FBLA vice president for the 2020-21 Spring Conference. Jacob Holmes was elected to serve as District IV FBLA parliamentarian for the 2020-21 Spring Conference.
Two ASMSA seniors served as officers for this year’s Spring Conference. Solomon Ni of Jonesboro served as vice president, and Carson Hardin of East End was secretary for the conference.