Education Notebook: 28 Freeman students get business honors
Thirty-five Future Business Leaders of America members from Freeman High School recently participated in the 2016 Northeast Region Future Business Leaders of America Winter Conference, which was held at Eastpoint Church in Spokane Valley on Feb. 3.
After competing against nearly 500 students, 28 Freeman students placed in the top six in their respective competitions and will compete at the state conference, which will be held in Spokane in April.
The students moving on to the state conference are:
First place: Nicholas Franz, Business Calculation; Nicholas Franz and Alma Longhurst, Graphic Design; Tristan Albrecht, Help Desk; Nathan Longhurst, Introduction to Business Communication and Introduction to Financial Math; and Shilo Stuart, Public Speaking.
Second place: Marley Pratt, Client Service, and Riley Flack, Spreadsheet Applications.
Third place: Kaylee Fuchs, Business Communications; Maridi Folsom, Job Interview; Morgan Stokoe and Desi Thosath, Marketing; Celia Vigil, Public Speaking 1; Erick Flack, Sales Presentation; and Nathan Longhurst, Introduction to Information Technology.
Fourth place: Bobby Landoe, Nic Smith-Cave and Bradley Williams, Banking and Financial Systems; Kayla Figler, Heidi Hohmann and Morgan Stokoe, Graphic Design; Kayla Figler, Healthcare Administration; Odie Landoe, Introduction to Business Communication; Odie Landoe, Bobby Landoe and Tyler Waite, Marketing; and Nicholas Franz, McCall Henderson and Morganne Strahl, Publication Design.
Fifth place: Jack Cramer, Agri-Business, Erick Flack, Cybersecurity, Shilo Stuart, Introduction to Business Communication, Trent Smith, Introduction to Financial Math, Bobby Landoe, Tyler Waite and Bradley Williams, Public Service Announcement and Marley Pratt, Web Design.
Sixth place: Noah Carasco, Business Communications; Aimee Cox, Introduction to Business; Isabelle Miller, Introduction to Business Communication; Emma Stevens, Public Speaking 1; and Kaylee Fuchs, Public Speaking 2.
Linwood, Brown inventions win
Eight teams from Spokane Public Schools competed at the FIRST Lego League state championships at Eastern Washington University last month. Linwood Elementary School and Brown Elementary Schools won for their inventions.
Linwood’s Big Bot Theory’s invention, the Eco-Compactor 9000, won the Project: Innovative Solution award and was a Global Innovation Award nominee, which gives them a chance to compete for the national prize.
The team included Nathaniel Nickell, Jonah Nichols, Brenna Houk, Devon Thompson, Yakobo Mleha, Jonathan Love, Jacob Smith, Jessi Brown, Madeline Flett and Olivia Rodriguez.
Browne’s team, the Browne Bear Groovy Bots, researched ways to reduce waste in the lunchroom and came up with a three-part solution that reduced waste by 30 percent, earning the team the Project: Presentation award.
The team included Jordan Anderson, Johnny Curtis, Jaydin Cuzick, Arona Vashon, Jayce Greenland, Zane Theirolf, Ben Watson and Genevieve Janda.
The FIRST Lego League is a robotic competition for elementary and middle schools students aged 9-14. The program hopes to inspire students to learn more about science and technology and consider careers in those fields.
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