Keller ISD is proud to recognize Central High School and Timber Creek High School for their recent success at the Texas Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) State Leadership Conference on April 10-12 in Galveston.

The Central High School's FBLA chapter received the Vernon Payne Award, named after the founder of Texas FBLA, for being the largest chapter in the state. Additionally, Central's Akanksha Jha was elected as the new state Vice President and received the Who's Who award for Area 7. While Dekhontee Jo was awarded the Area 7 Scholarship and the Endowment Fund Scholarship. 

Keller ISD is so proud of all our students who participated at the state level of competition. We would like to extend a special thank you to the chapter sponsors – Wesley Haynes from Central and Lindsey Gideon from Timber Creek. We congratulate the following students who have qualified to compete at the National Leadership Conference in Orlando in June:

Rohil Patel | Securities & Investments (TCHS)
Brandon Woo | UX Design (TCHS)
Audrey Doan, Jessica Pham | Visual Design (CHS)
Jaya Conmy, Akansha Jha, Amisha Koirala | Local Chapter Annual Business Report (CHS)
Akansha Jha | Future Business Leader (CHS)
Jake Kaster | Intro To Marketing Concepts (CHS)
Chris Ozuna | Mobile App Development (CHS) 
Sebastian Garner | Insurance and Risk Management (CHS)
Endy Liu | Healthcare Management (CHS)
Eric Denis, Nathan Lee, Jacob Palcich | Digital Video Production (CHS)
Alisha Ung | Social Media Strategies (CHS)
Milka Folly-Gah | Job Interview (CHS)
Aabha Shrestha, Angelina Yu, Vedika Panchal | Business Plan (CHS)
Kyle Chung, Vesko Do, Connor McKinnon | Network Design (CHS)
Myrabelle Tran | Digital Animation (CHS)
Emma Vargas | Intro to FBLA (CHS)
Dekhontee Joe | Entrepreneurship (CHS)
Zain Alkhatib | Journalism (CHS)
Samarth Jain, Aashi Kashyap, Anna Pickett | Intro to Business Presentation (CHS)

About FBLA
Future Business Leaders of America is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) educational association with active middle school, high school, and college chapters worldwide. Its mission is to bring business and education together in a positive working relationship through innovative leadership and career development programs. The association is headquartered in Reston, Virginia, just outside Washington, D.C. For more information, visit www.fbla.org.