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Hallams place at FBLA national competition
Toni and Tiffani Hallam, students at El Dorado Christian High School, represented the state of Missouri at the Future Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda National Leadership Conference in Orlando, Fla., June 28-July 1.
Competing in FBLA-PBL's national awards program, Toni and Tiffani vied for top honors in Computer Applications and Word Processing I against state representatives from across the United States, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Bermuda, Guam, the Cayman Islands, and the Department of Defense schools worldwide.
At the Awards of Excellence program, it was announced that Toni Hallam earned fourth place in Computer Applications and Tiffani Hallam earned second place in Word Processing I.
The competition is part of a competitive events program sponsored annually by FBLA-PBL, a professional association for students pursuing business careers. Individuals, local chapters, and state teams compete in more than 50 events representing a range of business, career, and leadership development activities. The winners are selected more than 210,000 members, and have won regional and state competitions to qualify for the national awards program. The 8300 delegates to the 59th annual conference elected national student officers and attended business and leadership workshops in addition to competing in business and career skill events.
This year's national theme, "FBLA-PBL: Breaking Barriers!" reflects the goals of FBLA-PBL members, some of the best and the brightest of today's young people.
Future Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda, Inc.,is a nonprofit organization that prepares students for careers in business and business education. Its 210,000 members and advisers in 6,000 chartered chapters include students from the United States, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Bermuda, Guam, the Cayman Islands, and Europe.
Toni and Tiffani are the daughters of Ken and Sheryl Hallam of Harwood.ꆱ