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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 />

TROJAN UPDATE <strong>May</strong>, <strong>2012</strong> Page 8

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