Katy ISD Students Earn Honors at National Business Conference

KATY, TX [August 23, 2024] – More than a dozen future entrepreneurs and leaders from Katy ISD earned awards at this year’s Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) National Leadership Conference, held this summer in Orlando, Florida.

Among the honors earned by District students, Seven Lakes High School students Archana Arangil, Siri Ramineni and Akshitha Varre earned first place in Business Plan, and Tompkins High School student Keerthana Thatikonda earned first place in Word Processing.

“It is great to have so many of our students honored at the national conference, which is attended by thousands of students each year,” said Jeannie Knierim, Career and Technical Education Director for Katy ISD. “Congratulations to our CTE teachers as well for supporting these young leaders.”

Other awards earned by Katy ISD students include:

Cinco Ranch High School

• Rebecca Jung – 9^th Place in Client Service
• Tiffany Kim – 10^th Place in Website Coding and Development

Jordan High School

• Jeffrey Au – 7^th Place in Advertising
• Jaiden Suh – 7^th Place in Introduction to Business Communication
• Mateo Nigrinis – 8^th Place in Supply Chain Management

Seven Lakes High School

• Nikhil Bharadwaj – 6^th Place in Personal Finance
• Shiva Uppaladinni – 6^th Place in Supply Chain Management

Tompkins High School

• Chimamanda Agbaroji – 7^th Place in Accounting II
• Madison Huang – 8^th Place in Business Communication
• Emily Powell – 9^th Place in Introduction to FBLA

FBLA is the largest business organization for junior high and high school Career and Technical Education (CTE) students, boasting more than 200,000 members.

FBLA 2024 National Winners Photo Gallery

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