JHS Students Attend State FBLA Conference

JHS FBLA members are shown above at the Cajundome in Lafayette during the recent Louisiana FBLA State Leadership Conference: (left to right) Front Row, Lily Jane LaCroix, Peyton Todd, Rayla Ford; Middle Row, Wyatt Wheeler, Ivy-Kate Morphis, Sophie Parker, Emma Kate Hennigan, Mallory Courtney, Kaylie Spears, Luke Wright, Dylan Davis, Gavin Davis; Back Row, Ada Kimbrough, Cassidie Waits, Phaedra Dorsey, Marley Bass and Ava McGuffee. (See story.)

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April 4, 2023

Seventeen Jena High School Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) students attended the 2023 FBLA State Leadership Conference at the Cajundome in Lafayette March 26-28 competing in various events. Fifteen of those students placed in the top ten and two qualified to compete at the 2023 FBLA National Leadership Conference in Atlanta, Georgia this June.

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