DASD Students Earn Top National Honors at FBLA National Leadership Conference
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- Achievements
Congratulations to the students and advisors who represented Downingtown Area School District at the Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) National Leadership Conference in San Antonio, Texas!
More than 13,400 students from across the country competed in 108 business-related competitive events during the national conference. In addition to competing on the national stage, DASD students participated in workshops, developed their professional skills, and connected with peers from across the country.
DASD students earned numerous top-10 finishes in their respective events:
Top 10 National Finishers
1st Place
- Shreshta Poluri (STEM) – Future Business Educator
3rd Place
- Daniel Wu (STEM) – Introduction to Public Speaking
- Puneesh Mehndiratta and Neil Thakkar (STEM) – Introduction to Social Media Strategy
- Abhiram Vadiguri (East) – Financial Planning
4th Place
- Evan Iyer (STEM) – Introduction to Information Technology
5th Place
- Gayatri Manoj (STEM) – Introduction to Programming
- Srikar Mukkamala and Rishabh Patel (East) – Introduction to Business Presentation
- Aadyant Jain (STEM) – Job Interview
6th Place
- Suvir Bhatla, Advik Sugan, and Anish Sugan (STEM) – Data Analysis
7th Place
- Neha Ananth (East) – Public Speaking
8th Place
- Rishika Kurma (East) – Supply Chain Management
9th Place
- Rinay Prasad (East) – Introduction to Programming
10th Place
- Aayush Singh (STEM) – Website Coding & Development
National Chapter Recognition
Congratulations as well to Downingtown STEM Academy, which earned two national chapter honors: National Gold Seal Chapter status for the Eastern Region and Gold Level Champion Chapter status.