Top 15!

They did it! Olajuwon and Ayanna were among the Top15 scorers in the first round of their competitive event, the Marketing Team Competition. This qualifies them for the final round, the performance event where they will be given a marketing scenario to plan and present!

Best wishes to Olajuwon and Ayanna! Way to represent the Commonwealth of Virginia, the City of Hopewell, Hopewell Public Schools, Hopewell High School, Virginia FBLA, and HHS FBLA!!!!

The Road to San Antonio!

Let's take a moment to recap our journey to San Antonio! First of all, we are so appreciative to our School Board, Hopewell Public Schools Administration, and Hopewell High School Administration for their support.

Special thanks to the following Hopewell High School faculty for their individual contributions:

Mrs. Allen
Mrs. Coleman
Ms. Crocker
Mr. Hayes
Miss Hill
Miss Kirksey
Ms. Leavitt
Ms. Pelham
Ms. Scanlan
Mrs. Walker
Mr. Wheat

We give a huge thank you to the our business and community supporters:

Mr. Steven Benham
Pastor Mike Browder and the First United Methodist Church
Mr. Andy Clark, Ligon Jones Insurance Services
Delegate Riley Ingram
The John Randolph Foundation
Mr. Jesse MacLelland
Fire Chief John Tunstall, Jr.

Because of your generosity and support this trip was possible!

FBLA NLC Opening Session

Wow! We are here at the opening session of the Future Business Leaders of America National Leadership Conference, celebrating FBLA's 70th Anniversary! There are 8,000+ FBLA students and advisors here!

As FBLA'ers know, this year's theme is "Gateway to Greatness." I am so thankful that our students are here for this great opportunity! Many thanks to everyone who was instrumental in making this trip to San Antonio possible!

Virginia FBLA State Meeting

Our first official conference meeting was this evening: the Virginia FBLA Meeting.

The students from Hopewell look great and are ready for the first round of competition tomorrow morning!

Pictured here are Ayanna Olgadez and Olajuwon Parham. Tomorrow morning they have an online objective test. The top 15 scoring teams will move on to the performance portion of the Marketing competition.

Best wishes as these excellent Hopewell High School students represent HHS and Virginia FBLA at the FBLA National Leadership Conference!

Well, time to grab a quick bite to eat before the opening session! Stay tuned...

Tower of the Americas - San Antonio, Texas

So we are here in San Antonio, Texas for the FBLA National Leadership Conference. Our first touristy activity: the Tower of the Americas!
What an adventure! ...ok...so the wind was an unexpected element for hilarity! ...oh the events that cause us to laugh and laugh and laugh!