Centennial’s FBLA attended the Oregon State Business Leadership Conference that was held April 7-9 at the Doubletree by the Lloyd Center and in the Convention Center.  

This is the fifth time Centennial has been state champions as they won in 2006, ‘07, ‘08, ‘09, ‘10 and ‘16.

At the conference, students participated in an opening session on Thursday and then competed on Thursday and Friday.  The events included chapter bonding, and business workshops. Saturday consisted of the closing session, where the students received awards for placing in the different events that were held during the previous days.

The opening and closing sessions were held at the Convention Center, while all other events were be held at the Doubletree Hotel.The students that placed 1st-3rd received a certificate from the Centennial School Board for their accomplishments.  

Here is a list of the winners from Centennial:

• Crystal Ambrocio
  • 2nd Partnership with Business
• Erika Arce
  • 1st place Business Plan, 6th place Chapter Newsletter
• Alondra Barerra
  • 2nd place Public Service Announcement
• Kimberly Barerra
  • 3rd place Business Plan
• Tess Bostwick
  • 2nd place Business Financial Plan
• Dayron Bueno
  • 1st place Business Plan
• Stephen DaHann
  • 2nd place Web Design
• Katee Early
  • 7th place Intro to Business Communication
• Nathan Erickson
  • 6th place Intro to Business Presentation
• Ashton Farris
  • 2nd place Public Service Announcement
• Ellie Graham
  • 1st place Community Service, 4th place Spreadsheet Application, 7th place  Electronic Career Portfolio
• Madison Higgins
  • 1st place Web Design
• Janesha Jackson
  • 2nd place Web Design
• Sean Jim
  • 3rd place Computer Game Simulation
• Patricia Juarez-Jimenez
  • 1st place Web Design, 2nd place Electronic Career Portfolio, 5th place Digital Scrapbook, 6th place Chapter Newsletter
• Brian Koll placed
  • 1st place Community Service, 2nd place Word Processing,
• Selvyn Larios placed third for Business Plan
• Cheng Lee
  • 2nd place Digital Video Production
• Diane Lobato
  • 4th place American Enterprise
• Noah Mabee
  • 6th place Intro to Business Presentation
• Antonio Martinez
  • 1st place Business Financial Plan, 6th place Electronic Career Portfolio
• Carlos Martinez
  • 1st place Public Service Announcement
• Geselle Martinez
  • 2nd place Business Financial Plan, 9th place Electronic Career Portfolio
• Phillip Mestas
  • 1st place Business Financial Plan, 2nd place Business Calculations
• Leticia Navarro
  • 2nd place Business Financial Plan
• Van Nugyen
  • 3rd place Computer Game Simulation, 6th Intro to Information Technology
• Marissa Nowordoski
  • 2nd place Web Design, 9th place Network Concepts
• David Pham
  • 2nd place Public Service Announcement
• Brittney Pioquinto
  • 2nd place Digital Video Production, 6th place March of Dimes
• Grace Ramstad
  • 2nd place Future Business Leader, 2nd place Partnership with Business, 9th place Business Calculations
• Yvette Tapia
  • 1st place Web Design
• Sheila Trnjanin
  • 1st place Business Plan, 6th place March of Dimes
• Jerry Vuong
  • 1st place Public Service Announcement, 5th place Electronic Career Portfolio