LTCI Student Takes Top Honors at FBLA Conference

A Lehigh Career & Technical Institute student was among those receiving top honors at the Future Business Leaders of America National Leadership Conference held in late June in California.

Hadrian Gable, of Parkland High School, placed fourth in the Networking Concepts event, according to a release from LCTI. 

More than 8,500 high school students from around the country competed for national recognition in business, technology, and leadership events.

Gable's event included an online one-hour objective test covering general network terminology and concepts, network operating system concepts, equipment for network access (such as firewall) and network security. 

It was the second consecutive year that Gable was recognized. Last year, Gable placed third in the Network Design event, along with his teammate, David Fritz.

Also at this year's conference, LCTI student Michael Rodriguez, of Allen High School, was a finalist in the Desktop Application Programming event. His 
event included designing a program to evaluate people for potential employment—a rating scale to assess work habits, job knowledge, and behavior/relations with others. As a finalist, he was required to make two oral presentations.