PBGHS Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) Chapter is proud to announce our winners for District 20 Competition. Last Wednesday we had 146 students place in the top ten and 115 who qualify for State in late April. Our first place winners are Cady Mirtil, Mayumi Sembrano, Welsonne Renoir, Tatiana Carr, Elena Pham, Portia Lockhart, Jaymeson West, Tyler Scott, Aliyah Wise, Grace Kenney,Evelyn Garcia, Austin Ehrler, Leah Wisneski, Emily Kearns, Vicki Velastegui, Meghan Wilkins, Sherron Williams, Lauren Dees, Corey Fleming, and Sam Nunziate. We are very proud of our students. We also had another unique thing happen. PBGardens chapter now holds all three offices for the 2012-2013 District Officer Team. Aaron Clemens-District President, Mayumi Sembrano-Secretary and Gabriel Mazariegos was the highest scoring junior on the parliamentary procedures test, so he is now our District Parliamentarian.
HOSA States Results
This past weekend HOSA members headed off to beautiful downtown Jacksonville to participate in various state competitions. 17 students qualified to advance to nationals in June. First place finishers were Jeannie Le, Kevin Avila, and Jordan Camp. Second place finishers were Kunjal Shah, Lamiya Khan, Erin Weisnstock, and Eduardo Medina. Third place finishers were Melanie Chen, Daniela Zamora, Kevin Gajjar, Alexis Gomez, and Victoria Patel. Fourth place finishers were Kelsey Little, and Remo Montero. Fifth place finishers were Alan Shteyman, Amanda Bass, Youshra Ahmed, and Aubrie Stephens. The top 10% included Arya Momeni, Haya Ghannouma, Rukshana Uddin, and Laurie Ortiz. Congratulations to all students who participated.
TV Winners
The 3 seniors were Taylor Schwarz, Corey Ray and Chase Elliott.
They won the Region 3 Competition of the “Act Out for Health – Healthy
Kids and Kidcare PSA Contest”. They attended the awards ceremony at
the Werner Auditorium at the Florida Hospital in Orlando. They split a
$750.00 scholarship with the TV program winning a $350.00 prize. It is
the second time that the TV Magnet has won an award at this
competition.
Sophia Gross & Samantha Stepper
Congratulations to Sophie Gross who placed 4th overall in Microbiology
at the county Science Fair for her work with the bacterium
Staphylococcus epidermidis. Samantha Stepper also placed 4th overall
in Behavioral Sciences studying the effects of aging on learning
ability. We are proud of both students who competed against hundreds
of other students from around the county.
Morikami Museum
The Global business and Entrepreneurship Sophomores took a cultural awareness field trip to the Morikami Museum on January 31,2012. The students enjoyed touring the Japanese Museum and beautiful gardens. They learned about the ancient Japanese Tea Ceremony and how this important ritual is still used in Japan today. They also were able to see what a typical Japanese classroom looks like and hear various stories about life in Japan. After the tour was over, they stopped at Chick-Fil-A for lunch! The students really enjoyed the day and bonded with their fellow magnet students!
CPR Initiative
The CPR initiative is an action plan designed to train as many high school students as possble at CPR. However, promoting the idea of mass CPR training to the students and faculty was the first step in this process. Then, the plan is to get all seniors in the first-responder programs to be certified American Heart Association instructor. Therefore, our senior students can go on and teach others CPR to save lifes.
FBLA District Winners
Well this was a huge year for the Palm Beach Gardens High School Future Business Leaders of America. FBLA was proud to announce the winners for the District 20 competition. We had 146 students place in the top ten and 115 who qualified for States. 16 of our students placed 1st in this years competition. Also, the Palm Beach Gardens chapter now holds all three offices for the 2012-2013 District Officer Team.
Senior Global Business Students Visit the Port of Palm Beach
Seniors in Mrs. Kummerlen’s International Finance and Law class were in for a treat when they recently toured the Port of Palm Beach! The tour began with a lecture from Carl Baker, Director of Operations for the port and a proud graduate of PBGHS! He explained the functions of the port and its vital role in moving merchandise to and from the Caribbean, as well as the security protocols in place to ensure that the port is not a weak link in the chain of homeland security. Following Mr. Baker’s lecture, the students enjoyed a bus tour of the port facility and then walked through the various warehouses that contain the goods being shipped to the Caribbean. This field trip provided a terrific opportunity for students to see the mechanics of international trade up close.
Northwood University International Festival
On November 15th, students from the Tourism, Hospitality, and Resort Management and Global Business and Entrepreneurship magnets attended the annual Northwood University International Festival. Students toured the verdant campus and listened to current students speak about why they enjoy Northwood University. After learning about the university, the students entered the gym for the international festival, an event hosted by tourism students at Northwood University. Working in teams, the college students presented various aspects of the cultures of Colombia, Venezuela, Greece, Serbia, and Canada. Of course, the highlight for the students was enjoying the foods of these diverse cultures!
