This is the first time students associated with the Eagle Ridge name have competed at the FBLA State Leadership Conference (SLC) since 2020. The FBLA chapter was reinstated this school year after a six-year hiatus. The chapter was started in 2014 under the leadership of Eagle Ridge business instructor Jackie Lancaster when Eagle Ridge was a charter school. Students in the chapter competed every year at the SLC from 2014-2018.
"FBLA at Eagle Ridge was started in 2014 with EagleRidge charter school," Lancaster said. "It was exciting to get back involved."
This year’s chapter included seniors Silas Perez and Kayleeann McCool, sophomores Noah Clayton, Marcus Estep, William Taylor, Teresita Wright-Jackson and freshman Gabriel Webb and two exchange students, including senior Nafissa Zaki from Morocco and sophomore Shiyrin Kudabaeva from Uzbekistan.
Eagle Ridge placed in the top 10 in five events during the state competition, which was held in Eugene this year. Webb placed eighth in Business Concepts, Estep placed 10th in Business Plan, Clayton placed seventh in Job Interview and was eighth in Customer Service, while Kudabaeva was in sixth place in Career Portfolio.
"Thank you for the support of our administration and our school. In addition, we are grateful for the help from our co-advisors, Patty Case and Gary Clayton," Lancaster said. "We are proud of our students and look forward to building an even stronger team next year."
Eagle Ridge New Tech's Noah Clayton will go to Georgetown for summer camp
Noah Clayton, a sophomore at Eagle Ridge New Tech, has been chosen to attend and will receive a $1000 scholarship for the Education Unlimited Programs in Washington D.C. at Georgetown University this July. Clayton filled one of the 20 spots available for the business camp which will be a week-long intensive training centered around public speaking, leadership, AI and business strategy and more.
