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February 2021
Volume 2, Issue 5
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In This Issue:
- Upcoming Dates
- Message from State Adviser
- State Program & Events Manager
- Message from State President
- Welcome New Chapters
- Congrats to Section Sweepstakes Winners
- AmazonSmile for CA FBLA
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- February 1-28 - National Career and Technical Education Month
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February 14-20 - National FBLA-PBL Week (Check www.fbla.org for daily activities, themes, and events)
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February 17 - SLC Guide Posted/Blue Panda open for SLC Registration
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February 26 - SLC Pre-Judged Events - Competitors Registered/Materials Submitted
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February 26 - Individual State Projects - Deadline for Evaluation and Approval for Badge by Local Adviser
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February 26 - National Lifesmarts and Virtual Business Challenge Events END
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February 26 - Chapter Support and Financial Literacy Cy-Pres Grants Applications Due
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March 1 - National FBLA Community Service Awards - Received Deadline
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March 1 - Membership Paid Deadline for SLC/NLC Eligibility
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March 1 - National BAA Received Deadline
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March 5 - State/National Officer Candidates - Deadline to Apply
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March 5 - Chapter State Projects - Adviser Submission Deadline
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March 5 - SLC Who's Who/Outstanding Local Chapter Adviser Submissions Deadline
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March 11-12 - State Officer Meeting
- March 13 - State Management Team Meeting
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March 19 - SLC Chapter Projects Submission Deadline
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March 19 - Chapter BAA/Final Chapter POW Form Submitted to Section Director
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March 19 - SLC Registration Closes
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March 19 - SLC Interview Events Material Submission Deadline
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April 2 - SLC L. Byram Bates Memorial Scholarship Applications Submission Deadline
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April 9 - SLC Non-Live Performance Events Submission Deadline
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April 10, 17, 24 - SLC Performance Events (All Day Saturdays)
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April 12-13 - SLC Online Testing FBL and Role Play Events (4 p.m. - Evening)
- April 15 - SLC Finalists Posted for FBL and Role Play Events
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April 21-23 - SLC Online Testing All Other Objective Tests (4 p.m. - Evening)
- April 30 - SLC Closing Session/Results
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Message From Your State Adviser |
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Happy CTE Month, CA FBLA Advisers!
Here we are – in the middle of a virtual school year! Look how far we’ve come since last year at this time. Yes, I know you must be exhausted with everything that’s been added to your plate. But, look at what you’ve learned about virtual education. You’ve grown and accomplished a lot and are pushing on to give our students the best experience possible. Thank you for that!
I’m happy to inform you that the through CTE initiative funds the California Department of Education is once again offering you chapter support dollars. You can apply for a chapter support grant here: Chapter Support GRANT Application Form
And we have funds from our Cy-Pres financial literacy settlement through the FBLA National Office. You can apply for one-time funds to improve financial literacy education with your students by applying here: Financial Literacy GRANT Application Form
Act quickly! Both of these grant opportunities CLOSE February 26, 2021.
Hopefully you were able to participate in your local FBLA Section Conference earlier this month. Please know that getting your students signed up and participating was just one step – We also rely heavily on adviser participation and support in supervision and proctoring. Note: In order to be eligible for chapter grants, advisers must also serve supporting duties at conferences. Be on the lookout for information coming to you soon regarding adviser supervision duty sign ups and judge recruitment for our first-ever virtual State Leadership Conference. If each adviser can refer just one judge, we will be able to provide a great experience for our well-deserving students.
As I mentioned in the December newsletter, 2021-22 school year we will be moving from charging singleton student membership dues to a chapteraffiliation fee schedule. This will bring us in alignment with current CA law and also provide schools an opportunity to pay CTSO student affiliation with Perkins and CTEIG dollars for all students enrolled in your courses. We will keep communication open with you so that you can easily make this transition at your site. However, FOR NOW, I encourage you to communicate with your site administration and CTE Directors. It is imperative that they be made aware of this change so that your chapter/FBLA organization be included in the budgeting process for next school year. The proposed affiliation fee schedule will look something like this:
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(California FBLA Board of Directors Adopted on December 9, 2020) |
Thank you for all that you do! This has been a challenging year – one that will go down in the history books for sure. Hang in there – our students aspire to be tomorrow’s business leaders! It is up to US to support them.
Respectfully,
Molly
Molly Anderson
Your CA FBLA State Adviser
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Thank You, Section Conferences, and SLC |
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Happy Competition Season, CA FBLA Advisers,
Wow! You all survived Section Conference and from the sounds of it, the conferences went very well! We know that it took extra encouragement on your part to get students engaged and to participate this far into a virtual year, so pat yourself on the back for keeping the momentum and drive going in our members.
I had the pleasure of serving as a judge for both pre-judged events and a live (via Zoom) event for Central and Northern Section Conferences. While I missed seeing advisers in person this year, it was nice to see your hard work through your students.
A huge THANK YOU and CONGRATULATIONS goes out to our Section Directors for hosting smooth virtual section conferences! I also want to recognize all of the Section Officers for their OUTSTANDING work planning opening sessions, assisting their Section Directors, coordinating workshops, creating social media campaigns, and producing the awards sessions. Everyone's efforts and contributions made section conferences successful and memorable for our members.
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Now, it's time to gear-up for Virtual State Leadership Conference 2021! The SLC Conference Guide is available here and at www.cafbla.org.
Our team is in full planning mode to bring the best virtual experience possible from an inspiring keynote speaker, professional workshops, engaging activities throughout the conference, to the stiff competition that always exists between chapters.
Be sure to read the guide thoroughly as some competitive events have guideline adjustments to accommodate a virtual environment. Changes to note this year are: Wild cards increased to five per chapter (2021 only), pre-judged submissions and guidelines, and online testing format. Final competitive events and leadership experience session schedules will be announced and posted on our website's SLC page.
It takes a village to coordinate all aspects of State Leadership Conference, and, with that said, we will need advisers to help administer events as we do for in person events. An Adviser Duty signup sheet will be sent out as soon as event schedules are confirmed. Also, we would greatly appreciate your help recruiting judges and will share a link with advisers to reach out to your network of professional friends and colleagues to help CA FBLA secure qualified judges.
Looking forward to a successful Virtual State Leadership Conference! Thank you for all you do to aspire our leaders of tomorrow!
Kind Regards,
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Melanie Dias
CA FBLA Program & Events Manager
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Message From Your State President |
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Hello CA FBLA Advisers!
I hope your chapter had an amazing time at Section Conference! I am blown away by the work ethic displayed by our section officer teams and their ability to execute conferences that were both beneficial and engaging for our members.
The Student State Executive Board is beginning to plan for our virtual State Leadership Conference. While this event will be conducted virtually, the State Executive Board is looking forward to producing yet another event that will provide members with networking opportunities, professional workshops, and leadership development activities. Stay tuned for more information about this year's State Leadership Conference that will be coming in the next few weeks!
As CA FBLA is quickly approaching the deadline for state projects, we ask that advisers encourage all members to take advantage of the state project opportunity. The deadline for chapter projects is March 5, 2021 and the deadline for individual projects is February 26, 2021. State projects are a great way for members to get involved and earn recognition at the section and state level!
I look forward to SLC this year and I hope to see you there!
Best wishes,
Kelsea Whiting
CAFBLA State President
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Spotlight - Section Conference Sweepstakes and Welcome New Chapters |
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Section Conference Sweepstakes
Congrats to all who participated in section conferences. Here are the first and second place Sweepstake winners per section.
The Sweepstakes Award recognizes chapters that have ranked highest in competitive events. All active local chapters participating in competitive events at the Section and State Leadership Conferences are eligible.
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This award is presented to the top ten (10) chapters with the most points at the Section and State Leadership Conferences.
Every chapter that wins a first through tenth place award at the Section and State Leadership Conference for the events listed below is automatically entered in this event. Good luck to all chapters at SLC!
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Since our December newsletter, California FBLA has a couple of new and returning faces this year! Those would be our new and re-activating chapters! We would like to take this opportunity to welcome these new and returning chapters to CA FBLA!
If you are a nearby chapter to one of these new chapters, we encourage you to reach out to the adviser with a warm welcome and offer your support. Remember, one of our official state projects is the Adopt-A-Chapter project, which has virtual activities to complete this year. Check out the guidelines to complete the Adopt-A-Chapter State Project here. Deadline for submitting activity reports for the Adopt-A-Chapter State Project is March 5, 2021.
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