May, 2012 - Tucson Unified School District
May, 2012 - Tucson Unified School District
May, 2012 - Tucson Unified School District
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2011-<strong>2012</strong> Future Business Leaders<br />
of America (FBLA) and Link Crew<br />
Finishing up my first year as the FBLA/Link Crew Advisor is bitter-sweet. I<br />
had many of my seniors as freshmen in Success class, so it has been an honor<br />
being able to welcome them to Catalina four years ago and now bidding them<br />
farewell to pursue their dreams. I will miss the many seniors who will be<br />
graduating and moving on to bigger and better things; I have no doubt that<br />
each and every one of them will be successful.<br />
As the year comes to an end, we can look back and feel proud of what we<br />
accomplished this year; the year really did fly by, but FBLA and Link Crew<br />
students completed a wide variety of tasks. We continued helping Ms. Curtis,<br />
in the Wellness Center, with the bread delivery which in the end helped many<br />
of our students and staff.<br />
Connie Lawson<br />
FBLA Advisor<br />
Link Crew Teacher<br />
Link Crew continued with their lesson delivery, saying their goodbyes in April. Many of the freshmen<br />
students have said they will miss their Link Leaders very much. Link Crew also hosted a recruiting<br />
luncheon for next year’s Link Crew. I did something new this year and got teacher recommendations<br />
for students they felt would be strong leaders and a positive addition to Link Crew. Link Crew students<br />
created flyers and delivered them to 98 students. We actually had 67 students show for the Eegees<br />
luncheon. From those 67 students, I have 38 students who said they are interested in being part of Link<br />
Crew next year. What a great showing!<br />
FBLA and Link Crew students continued fundraising activities. One of the best ideas that the students<br />
came up with was to decorate and sell crowns for the senior assembly. The students really enjoyed<br />
decorating the crowns and I have never seen just a beautiful display of headwear. The crowns were worn<br />
with a great deal of pride and they really stood out at the assembly.<br />
Two of my FBLA students attended the first annual Eller Business College High <strong>School</strong> Analytics<br />
Challenge. Love Francis, Esmeralda Rodriguez, and I traveled to the University of Arizona where we met<br />
with other Arizona high school students and Eller Business College Personnel. The students were given a<br />
marketing project and had one hour to figure percentage increases, develop a marketing plan, and create<br />
a PowerPoint presentation. Each student then had to present a portion of the project to a panel of U of A<br />
judges. The day ended with a fabulous lunch and student connections that would not have happened had<br />
it not been for this incredible opportunity. As we were leaving for the day, Love Francis was approached<br />
by one of Eller’s Admission’ Deans who said Love did an outstanding job on her presentation. The Dean<br />
said Love has what Eller is looking for and gave her a business card. I was so proud!<br />
At the beginning of <strong>May</strong>, eight Link Crew students helped give campus tours to incoming freshmen and<br />
parents. One of the highlights of the evening was getting to show off our Be Kind mosaic in the cafeteria.<br />
I still can’t believe how quickly this year has gone by, but I am looking forward to next year. Good luck to<br />
all my seniors; I will miss you!<br />
- Connie Lawson, FBLA Advisor, Link Crew Teacher<br />
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