Cambridge FCCLA State STAR qualified for nationals.

2nd PLACE NURSERY & LANDSCAPE TEAM – Brenna Deterding (8th place/ purple), Bailee Ahelmeyer (6th place/ purple), Jensyn Weiss (30th place/blue), Carter Shoemaker (4th Place/purple) White Ribbon (26th Place) Agriculture Technology and Mechanics Team - Landon Sines (52nd place/blue), Karson Klumpe, Nickolas Rohr, Trev Burke Purple Ribbon (13th) Agriscience Team - Micah Gerlach (37th place/purple) Mallory Springer (53rd place/ blue), Aspen Webb (51st place/blue), Trev Burke (31st place/purple) Welding (47th place) Dierks Sayer: Oxyacetylene (white), Tye Stanton: TIG, Karson Klumpe: ARC (White), Jordan Ruf: MIG Creed Speaking - Micah Gerlach (Bronze) Jordan Ruf - The State Star in Agriculture Production

The Elwood FCCLA chapter had a great week at State FCCLA! They took competitors in 2 STAR events, participated in the State FCCLA Serves event, attended workshops, and had a lot of fun together! They brought home several awards including: Kara Brockman - Gold, 1st place in Promote and Publicize; Kassandra Salisbury Bronze in Career Investigation Aliyah Wilken - 1st place in Child Development and Family Individual Knowledge Bowl Tests, 7up Membership award, Region D Membership Increase Award, Community Service National Program Award.

Elwood had an exciting State FFA. Here are their results from the 95th Nebraska State FFA Convention.

Arapahoe attends FFA Convention.

Southwest FBLA received the Seven-Up Award for increasing membership over the previous year by seven members. They also completed the Go Green Challenge this year. Haylee Thomas received an Honorable Mention for her score on the Organizational Leadership test, meaning that she was in the top 4% of test takers at the convention.

Arapahoe attends FCCLA State Leadership Conference.

Natural resources--> Trey Broeker, Sam Russell, and Sam Bantam all received red ribbons, leading the Team of Trey, Sam R, Sam B, and Shandlyn green to a red ribbon team. Biotechnology--> 8th place team, Kamden Bose was 11th overall and Natalee Holste received a white ribbon.

Ag Mechanics: Heath Koch-Blue, Kiana Martin-Red; Tristan Martin-White, Jarrett Hitt. Agriscience: Ella Cure-White, Alex Lashley, Kyra Nelms, Anikka Nelms.

Southern Valley had a lot of success at FBLA SLC in Kearney this year. Southern Valley FBLA attendees of the State Leadership Conference are required to compete in three to five business-related competitions. There are many events to choose from ranging from objective tests (Advertising, Personal Finance, etc.) to performance events (Job Interviews, Public Speaking, etc.) to project events (Digital Video Production, Publication Design, etc.). There is a competition for every type of person and business topic. With so many events to choose from, the SLC schedule was very busy, and it was up to each of us to know when our individual events were happening. Additionally, we had the opportunity to attend various business leadershiprelated workshops and presentations. On to the Awards. Congrats to Southern Valley FBLA members. Kamden Bose and Nathan McPhillamy for a 4th place finish in Sports and Entertainment Management. Congratulations to Southern Valley High School FBLA at Nebraska FBLA SLC. Individual awards are Isaac Hamilton 4th place in Introduction to Business Communication, Honorable Mention Introduction to Financial Math, Political Science, and Introduction to Business Concepts. Nathan McPhillamy was recognized as FBLA Who’s Who Outstanding Senior and Mr. York was recognized for his 20 Years of Service to the State of Nebraska FBLA.