Mount Pleasant High School FBLA attends State Officer Training Camp

Mount Pleasant High School FBLA attends State Officer Training Camp News Staff Tue, 06/25/2024 - 20:26 Image

• FBLA State Vice President, Diya Desai, with MPHS Lead FBLA Advisor, John Whitten COURTESY PHOTOS
• Desai presents Whitten a gift for being a presenter at Officer Training Camp, utilizing her camp training on introducing guest speakers

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Mount Pleasant High School Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) State Vice President, Diya Desai, and Advisor, John Whitten, attended FBLA State Officer Training (OT) Camp from June 10-14 at Camp Copass in Denton. Desai, an upcoming senior, was elected the FBLA State Vice President for Area 6 earlier this year and attended OT camp to help her prepare for the upcoming year.

While at camp, Desai had the chance to network with other state officers from across the state of Texas. Camp activities included collaborating with other state officers, ropes courses and team-building activities, learning to introduce speakers, planning for the 2024-2025 school year, preparing to host a fall area workshop and fall leadership conference in Mount Pleasant, marketing and recruiting new members, and learning about finances and travel. She also collaborated on setting statewide goals and designing the state t-shirt and theme for the coming year. In addition, Desai presented a speech on Free Enterprise to all state officers and their advisors.

Whitten, the State Advisor for Area 6, presented a motivational speech, “Staying on the Right Path”, and a workshop on the jargon of FBLA.

“The week-long camp served as a great learning experience for Diya,” Whitten said. “She was able to network with other area vice presidents and state officers to prepare for the upcoming year.”

Desai is part of the area leadership team that also includes two other students from MPHS. Senior, Gopi Amin, is the Area 6 President, and junior, Alessandro Greco, is the Area 6 Parliamentarian. All three will work together to plan for the Area Fall Workshop and the Area Leadership Conference this coming school year.

Desai will be among the 10 students from MPHS attending the FBLA National Leadership Conference. She will join other Texas State Officers attending Nationals and present a workshop while in Orlando.

“It is imperative as a state officer that you have this valuable training to help prepare you for the upcoming year,” continued Whitten. “Diya grew in confidence as the week went along and displayed leadership capabilities throughout the week. I am excited for what’s in store for the upcoming year with Diya and our area and chapter leadership team. Our FBLA organization is fortunate to have strong student leadership. I am looking forward to our upcoming Nationals trip to Orlando and preparing for what we hope is a successful 2024-2025 school year.”

The FBLA National Leadership Conference will be held June 27-July 2 in Orlando, FL. MPISD qualified students from MPHS as well as FBLA Middle Level students from Wallace Middle School and Mount Pleasant Junior High.