Please congratulate the following students grades 6-12 on their amazing accomplishments as we definitely dominated our FBLA State Competition with a great showing at the FBLA State Leadership Conference. All of these students worked extra hard bringing the diversity and pizzaz to the stage and represent New Haven County School District. As a former product of FBLA as a student in high school, I thank each and every teacher for volunteering and supporting our students as they are learning amazing leadership, communication, and other skills and experiences that will last them a lifetime. To celebrate their accomplishments, the students went bowling with free food and drinks and had a great time all provided by Alex Lugo from OBG.
The skills students gain in FBLA are useful in many different career fields: economics, agribusiness, healthcare management, computer science, and journalism, just to name a few. Whatever their interest, FBLA can help prepare students for further education or the workforce through competitive events, free partner programs, educational workshops, and more. In fact, a survey of members shows that FBLA helps them in areas as time management, collaboration/teamwork, critical thinking/problem-solving, leadership/decision making, and social responsibility–all skills important to helping students succeed in the real world.
Our Accomplishments
💅 Sham Mahini and Shahd Mahini
GOLD SEAL CHAPTER: ESUMS two years in a row accomplished the highest honor of Gold Champion Chapter by completing a variety of tasks and challenges presented to members and officers by National FBLA - This chapter award was led by: Sham Mahini and Shahd Mahini.
MEMBER OF THE MONTH: Sham Mahini and Shahd Mahini our current chapter Co-presidents were elected as Who's Who for Connecticut FBLA.
Placed First for their Business Plan Report and Presentation
Placed First for their Local Chapter Annual Business Report and Presentation
✍ Sahithi Aliminate
Sahithi Aliminate, was elected as FBLA's State's President for this upcoming year. What an amazing accomplishment to know our entire State FBLA chapter will be led by our very own Sahithi Aliminate. Along with this honor, she swept the awards with many other honors:
Received a historic milestone as the recipient of the prestigious FBLA Business Achievement Award (BAA). Representing her school with distinction, Sahithi's dedication to leadership and professional excellence earned her this exclusive state honor, highlighting her as a standout future leader in the community.
She also secured First Place in Public Service Announcement for her compelling video and anti-bullying campaign.
WHO'S WHO: Who’s Who Award is a prestigious honor recognizing outstanding members who have made significant contributions to the association at local, state, and national levels. Typically awarded to senior members, it recognizes service, leadership, and participation rather than being a competitive event.
This year Ethan Joseph and Sahiti Alimiante served on the State FBLA Council while serving as Vice President's of our ESUMS FBLA Chapter.
🙌 Asia Murphy
Asia Murphy received the Ambassador Award for her contributions for helping to grow and elevate the FBLA State Chapter.
Asia Murphy also secured a 3rd Place win in her Visual Design Event.
💪 Saket Aliminate
Congratulations to Saket Aliminate, on receiving the prestigious Richard Dyer Award from Connecticut FBLA. This honor, is a scholarship and recognition typically granted to 1 student from the entire state who demonstrates exceptional service, leadership, and dedication to the state chapter with a strong record of participation in state conferences and competitive events. Saket earned this distinction through his extensive involvement and leadership roles. His commitment to the organization’s mission of preparing community-minded business leaders has solidified his place as one of the state's top student leaders.
Saket served as the State Vice President and MC for our State Leadership Conference. He is ending his FBLA high school career as a 4 year FBLA Member and officer currently serving as the Vice President of the ESUMS local chapter.
Saket also won 5th for Sales Presentation along with his team.
Competitive Event Awards
FBLA stands for Future Business Leaders of America but is not just for "business" students. FBLA focuses on a plethora of other careers including healthcare and law. With 200,000 active student- members across 5,200 chapters in all 50 states, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Canada, China and other countries, FBLA is the largest business career and technical student organization (CTSO) in the world. It is 1 of 8 CTSO's (Career Technology Student Organizations) represented by the federal government and is co-curricular. CTSO is a term designated by Congress to various national student organizations that aim to provide students with experiences and knowledge linked to a common career field. There are eight CTSOs recognized by the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act, which was first authorized in 1984.