Gunn FBLA Qualifies For State Competition

PALO ALTO, CA - Gunn High School’s Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) Chapter qualified for the State Competition over the weekend with its fine showing at a meet at Westmoor High School in Daly City.

More than 2,300 students from 24 other school participated in the Section Competition in areas as diverse as cybersecurity and hospitality management.

The State Competition will be held in Ontario in April.

Gunn FBLA students who placed in the Section Competition:

• Kevin Li- PLACED THIRD, Introduction to Financial Math
• Alex Gao- PLACED THIRD, Introduction to Information Technology
• Joshua Wu- PLACED FOURTH, Introduction to information Technology
• Benjamin Owens- PLACED FIFTH, Computer Applications
• Brian Owens- PLACED FIRST, Securities and Investments
• William Chi- PLACED EIGHTH, Spreadsheet Applications
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• Julia Huang- PLACED FOURTH, Accounting 2
• Michael Song- PLACED NINTH, Business Calculations
• Matthew Oh- PLACED EIGHTH, Agribusiness
• Alex Gao- PLACED SIXTH, Computer Problem Solving
• Benjamin Owens- PLACED FIRST, Cyber Security
• Joshua Wu- PLACED SIXTH, Cyber Security
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• Michael Lu- PLACED SEVENTH, Cyber Security
• Bryan Owens- PLACED NINTH, Economics
• Joseph Ng- PLACED TENTH, Economics
• Justin Tsin- PLACED TENTH, Health Care Administration
• Joseph Ng- PLACED FOURTH, Entrepreneurship TEAMMichael Song- PLACED FOURTH, Entrepreneurship TEAMRandy Wu-PLACED FOURTH, Entrepreneurship TEAM
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• Julian Pennington- PLACED TENTH, Global Business TEAMGavin Tieng- PLACED TENTH, Global Business TEAMShawn Yu- PLACED TENTH, Global Business TEAM
• Yasmine Hetherington- PLACED SIXTH, Hospitality Management TEAMTim Chau- PLACED SIXTH, Hospitality Management TEAMCatherine Wang- PLACED SIXTH, Hospitality Management TEAM
• Jigar Swaminanjan- PLACED EIGHTH, Management Decision Making TEAMIris Wang- PLACED EIGHTH, Management Decision Making TEAMLing Yan- PLACED EIGHTH, Management Decision Making TEAM
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• Celine Shaw – PLACED EIGHTH, Marketing TEAMAvital Rutenberg– PLACED EIGHTH, Marketing TEAMValerie Rutenberg– PLACED EIGHTH, Marketing TEAM
• Tim Chau – PLACED SEVENTH, Parliamentary Procedure TEAMSabrina Chen– PLACED SEVENTH, Parliamentary Procedure TEAMSerra Jung– PLACED SEVENTH, Parliamentary Procedure TEAMEmily Cao– PLACED SEVENTH, Parliamentary Procedure TEAMRashmi Sharma– PLACED SEVENTH, Parliamentary Procedure TEAM
• Dhir Desai- PLACED TENTH, Sports & Entertainment Management TEAMRebecca Ko- PLACED TENTH, Sports & Entertainment Management TEAMKevin Lee- PLACED TENTH, Sports & Entertainment Management TEAM
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• Randy Wu- PLACED TENTH, Job Interview
• Minki Kim- PLACED SIXTH, Job Interview
• Shagun Khare- PLACED NINTH, Impromptu Speaking
• Joseph Lai- PLACED FIFTH, Public Speaking 2
• Gunn FBLA, PLACED SECOND, Sweepstakes (The team won the second most awards at the event)

FBLA’s mission ”is to bring business and education together in a positive working relationship through innovative leadership and career development programs.”

Gunn’s FBLA Adviser is Toni Smith. Chapter presidents are Randy Wu and Joseph Lai.