Ward Melville FBLA Team Wins Big at States

Ward Melville High School’s Future Business Leaders of America team, advised by business teachers Alyssa Gold and Carol Vonnes, had a remarkably successful season and most recently competed at the FBLA State Leadership Conference in Rochester, N.Y. 

Over three days, the students competed in various business events focused on different elements of the business world. With more than 600 students in attendance, Ward Melville’s students brought home 25 awards, which was the second highest amount won in the state. 

As a result of their performance at the state competition, at least 18 team members have secured spots to compete at the National Leadership Conference in Nashville, Tenn., in June.

First Place

Ariel Leong – Business Math

Eric Li – Computer Problem Solving

Carolina Zheng – Cyber Security

Dinko Franceschi – Insurance and Risk Management

Kyra Durko, Theo Gibbs and Carly Weber-Levine – Marketing

Luke Sugrue and William Yoo – Sports and Entertainment Marketing

Harrison Li – Spreadsheet Applications

Second Place

Donna Yu – Agribusiness

Dinko Franceschi, Luke Sugrue and Philippe Tarjan – Banking and Financial Systems

Benjamin Winston – Business Communication

Eric Wang – Business Procedures

Ramya Rao – Cyber Security

Harrison Li, Ramya Rao and William Yoo– Entrepreneurship

Emily Winston – FBLA Principles and Procedures

Third Place

Carly Weber-Levine – Business Procedures

William Yoo – Electronic Career Portfolio

Harriet O’Brien, Ramya Rao, Katie Wang and Emily Winston – Parliamentary Procedure Team

Fourth Place

Stephanie Chen – Computer Applications

Ariel Leong, Thomas Li, and Katie Wang – Hospitality Management

Emily Winston – Intro to Business Communication

Eric Li, Dan Yu and Carolina Zhen – Website Design

Fifth Place

Stephanie Chen – Business Calculations

Dan Yu – Computer Problem Solving

Carolina Zheng – Networking Concepts

Ramya Rao – Parliamentary Procedure Individual

Photo provided by the Three Village Central School District