April 7, 2025
Seven teams from Pinellas schools won first place at the Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) State Competition in Orlando in late March. More than 500 Pinellas students competed, and at least 50 have qualified to compete in the national competition in Anaheim, California, June 29-July 2.
The first-place teams came from six schools, including two middle schools: East Lake and Fitzgerald middle schools, and Countryside, Osceola, Palm Harbor, and St. Petersburg high schools.
Winning categories included Network Design, Exploring Parliamentary Procedure, Video Game Challenges, Health Care Administration, Introduction to Programming, Partnership with Business Projects and Introduction to Information Technology.
Congratulations to all the winning teams and students:
First place:
- Network Design - Countryside High: Alexander Briceno, Tanner Ledford and Matthew Valentine (photo above)
- MS Exploring Parliamentary Procedure - East Lake Middle School: Kaden Aboul-hosn
- MS Video Game Challenge - Fitzgerald Middle School: Thephaluck Champa and Rylan Ruttencutter
- Health Care Administration - Osceola Fundamental High School: Sriya Boddapati
- Introduction to Programming - Palm Harbor University High School: Ritchel Mesidor
- Partnership with Business Project - Palm Harbor University High School: Group Entry
- Introduction to Information Technology - St. Petersburg High School: Julian Muetzel
See the full list of teams qualifying for the national FBLA competition:
