Competing at
the Hyatt Regency in downtown Atlanta over March 20th & 21st,
Alpharetta FBLA members took home twelve 1st place awards including
the prestigious Sweepstakes Award presented to the High School with the most
competition event wins. It was the third year in a row that Alpharetta won the
award. FBLA is the largest nationwide high school organization whose mission is
to bring business and education together in a positive working relationship
through innovative leadership and career development programs. AHS students
competed in over 30 events with 67 qualifying for the National Leadership
Conference in Chicago this summer which is a Georgia FBLA record. Events range
from public speaking events, technical pre-submission events such as computer
programming, and on-line testing events like Accounting, Business Law and
Securities and Investments. FBLA is the largest student organization at
Alpharetta High School with over 300 members this school year.
