Senior places first at FBLA

Joining Ian at the national competition are three sophomores – Nithya Kommineni, Leela Kulkarni and Olivia Mamakos – who placed second in Introduction to Business Presentation, as well as junior Anand Jani, who placed fourth in Organizational Leadership. All will represent Upper St. Clair High School at the National Leadership Conference, scheduled for June 29–July 2 in Anaheim, California.

This year, 33 Upper St. Clair High School students competed in 26 events at the state conference. The following Upper St. Clair students also earned top-10 finishes in Pennsylvania:

• Devesh Jani (grade 11): Sixth Place, Public Policy & Advocacy
• Ahana Mendhi and Kelly Qin (grade 9): Ninth Place, Business Ethics

Mr. Patrick Manion, social studies teacher, serves as the school’s FBLA adviser.

The FBLA State Leadership Conference featured more than 50 individual and team events across a wide range of business-related subjects, including broadcast journalism, business management, coding and programming, data analysis, entrepreneurship, graphic design, hospitality and event management, and marketing. The top four finishers in each event qualified for nationals.

FBLA is a nonprofit educational organization that prepares students for careers in business by helping them develop leadership skills and build pathways toward business and related professions.