Education notebook: Freeman FBLA receives top chapter award; two members advance to nationals
The Freeman High School Future Business Leaders of America chapter was honored as one of the top chapters in the state during the recent State Leadership Conference held in Bellevue. The 19 students who attended from Freeman received the Champion Chapter – Gold Chapter Award of Merit.
The students had to finish in the top six in the regional competition held in February in order to advance to the state competition. Two of the students, seniors Marley Pratt and Tyler Waite, qualified to attend the National FBLA Leadership Conference in Baltimore in June. Seniors Erick Flack, Odie Landoe, Nathan Longhurst and Shilo Stuart have been named alternates.
Pratt was an individual winner, taking second place in the job interview category. He and Waite teamed up to take third place in the public service announcement category. Flack took eighth place in computer problem solving, Landoe and Waite took eighth place in management decision making and Longhurst and Stuart took ninth place in marketing.
Other students who competed were seniors Jack Cramer, Jared Lara and Shayna Nickerson; juniors Sage Aldendorf and Maggie Bailey; sophomores Bailey Coumont and Kylie Nelson; and freshmen Ben Chadduck, Hope Storro, Masha Stuart, Katelyn Tippett, Elisa Vigil and Tate Waite.
Stuart made it to the finals in introduction to public speaking while Flack was in the finals in the sales presentation category. Landow, Nickerson and Tyler Waite teamed up to make the finals in the entrepreneurship category.
Students learn about effecting social change
The Community School 11th- and 12th-graders recently explored how they would like to change society by writing letters modeled on Martin Luther King Jr.’s written work, “Letter from Birmingham Jail.”
Led by guests from Whitworth University, the students researched historical social movements, including the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and ’60s, as well as contemporary movements. They reflected on what they had learned to answer the question, “How can I create change in society?”
The students’ letters can be found at ksps.org. They include “Wildfire Prevention” by Nicholas Salyers, “Vaccinations” by India Smith, “Faith Healing Laws” by Audrey Cox, “Gun Control” by Emmarriah Hunt, “Police Shootings” by Maleché Moss, “Special Needs Students” by Isabelle Carson, “Drug Decriminalization” by Melanie Reamer and “School Dress Code” by Shea Handelman.
Filmmaking challenge open to youths
Spokane Public Schools and the Career and Technical Education Department are hosting the One-Week Film Challenge, beginning with the project kickoff today, 4-5 p.m. at the Saranac Building, Third Floor Learning Studio, 25 W. Main Ave.
The challenge is open to youths ages of 14 and 19 who are currently enrolled in Spokane Public Schools. They will have seven days to complete a 3-5-minute movie, from writing to the final editing, using items and props assigned during the kickoff. Completed films that meet the guidelines will be shown at Magic Lantern Theater on May 4, 4:30 p.m. Info: josephc@spokaneschools.org.
The event is also sponsored by Dancing Crow Community Projects, the Community Building and Magic Lantern Theatre.