Iceis Fort, a sophomore at McCluer North High School, along with sophomore Diamond Smith and freshman Yahcyria Tinnon from McCluer South-Berkeley High School, have qualified to compete at the Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) State Leadership Conference. The conference will be held April 24-26 in Springfield, Missouri.
Fort qualified by placing first at the Missouri District 9 Leadership Conference in the area of Client Services. The Client Services competition is a role-play event that requires competitors to provide customer service to a client, and it is based on real-life scenarios.
Tinnon placed first in the Word Processing category. She was required to produce a packet of business documents, based on the guidelines provided, using Microsoft Word.
Smith competed in the Intro to Business category, where her score was among the top 25 scores in the state. She was required to complete a timed test of 100 questions.
In the district-level competition, the students competed against students who represented over 20 St. Louis area high schools.
