I am so excited to share with you the results of Edison Future Business Leaders of America's participation in the 2021 Virginia FBLA State Leadership Conference! Even though it was a tough year with this year's chapter activities, projects, and competitive events were completely virtual, Edison FBLA was named Virginia's MOST OUTSTANDING HONOR CHAPTER for 2021 on April 23, 2021 at the closing session of the State Leadership Conference. This rare honor is a result of years of work, reflection, and refinement by students and advisers, present and past. The previous title winner had held the Most Outstanding Chapter designation since 2012. 

 

Edison FBLA won more competitive events than any other FCPS school, and the second-most competitive events in all of Virginia. More Edison students participated in and won SLC events than at any time in school history (if I’m not mistaken).

 

Senior Jorge Mansilla served as Virginia FBLA's Vice President Representing the Northern Virginia Region and Northern Virginia Regional President. Jorge and his team have passed the torch to a new team of state officers. I am proud to announce that freshman Katrina Chen will serve as an at large state officer, and freshman Yaqeen Bahjat will assume Jorge's position as State Vice President Representing the Northern Virginia Region/Northern Virginia Regional President. 

 

Our chapter's projects this year received outstanding awards. In the following chapter events, students plan, implement, and run projects around a specific topic, and then must document their project's successes and growth opportunities through a 15-page report.

 

Edison's chapter project results were the following:

Chapter Event	Committee CoChair	Committee CoChair	Place	Qualfies for NLC?
American Enterprise Project	Aymen Yibrie	Luis Ong	1st	Qualifies for NLC
Partnership with Business	Monica Carty	Yaqeen Bahjat	1st	Qualifies for NLC
Community Service Project	Andres Sanchez	Katrina Chen	1st	Qualifies for NLC
Local Chapter Annual Business Report	Christy Judy Nohra	Jorge Mansilla	1st	Qualifies for NLC

 

Edison FBLA surely stood out from the crowd as the winners of this year's state competitive events program were called. FBLA’s competitive events program recognizes and rewards excellence in a broad range of business and career-related areas and enhance the Business and Information Technology curriculum. FBLA competitive events also prepare students for successful careers in business by providing opportunities to apply classroom concepts in a workforce-simulated competitive environment.

 

Congratulations to our winners and participants in the competitive events program!

 

First Name	Last Name	Event	Place	Qualifies for NLC?
Andres	Sanchez	3-D Animation	1st	Qualifies for NLC
Hennok	Tilahun	3-D Animation	1st	Qualifies for NLC
Ferdean	Jami	Banking and Financial Systems	1st	Qualifies for NLC
Christy	Nohra	Electronic Career Portfolio	1st	Qualifies for NLC
Yasmine	Marrero	Impromptu Speaking	1st	Qualifies for NLC
Aymen	Yibrie	Insurance and Risk Management	1st	Qualifies for NLC
Rania	Ali	Business Calculations	2nd	Qualifies for NLC
Marin	Mato	Coding & Programming	2nd	Qualifies for NLC
AJ	Muir	Computer Applications	2nd	Qualifies for NLC
Katrina	Chen	Introduction to FBLA	2nd	Qualifies for NLC
Melanie	Leon	Graphic Design	3rd	Qualifies for NLC
Jorge	Mansilla	Publication Design	3rd	Qualifies for NLC
Enzer	Khurshid	Website Design	4th	Qualifies for NLC
Gelila	Solomon	Website Design	4th	Qualifies for NLC
Monica	Carty	International Business	5th	Alternate for NLC
Leila	Selassie	Introduction to Public Speaking	5th	Alternate for NLC
Huda	Naeem	Journalism	5th	Alternate for NLC
Eileen	Li	Accounting I	Participant
Julian	Lopez	Accounting I	Participant
Yaqeen	Bahjat	Agribusiness	Participant
Jonathan	Hernandez	Political Science	Participant
Yaqeen	Bahjat	Business Plan	Participant
Enzer	Khurshid	Health Care Administration	Participant
Abdi	Kusata	Computer Problem Solving	Participant
Hanna	Orozco	Public Speaking	Participant
Jorge	Mansilla	Securities and Investments	Participant