Club Spotlight

FUTURE BUSINESS LEADERS OF AMERICA

By Club Moderator: Amity Willenborg

This summer marks an important milestone for Calvert Hall’s FBLA club. Tony Kuebler ’22 became the fi rst club member to represent Calvert Hall at the National

Leadership Competition and Conference. The national competition and conference (NLC) is the culmination of regional and state competitions. Participants qualify if they fi nish in the top three in the state in their competition category. The NLC provides competition, workshops, and ample networking opportunities with business leaders and fellow students from every state in the country. Tony competed in the accounting competition and attended the weeklong conference in Chicago at the end of June. This was a rewarding accomplishment for Tony who balanced his FBLA commitment with leadership roles on the varsity Water Polo and Squash teams, YMCA lifeguarding duties, and participation in outside opportunities with the T. Rowe Price High School Experience.

As a national organization, FBLA provides a platform for students to organize and operate a chapter like the way they would organize and operate a business. Calvert Hall is one of the few private schools in the state to have a chapter. Along with competitions, the chapter hosts guest speakers, arranges a stock market competition, and organizes social and service events. FBLA is a natural fi t for Calvert Hall given its vast alumni base of business owners and business leaders in the local community and beyond. This coming school year the club is expanding its role and assisting in the operation of CHC’s branch of the First Financial Federal Credit Union. The club looks forward to further growth and greater participation at the NLC in the future.

If you are interested in being a guest speaker for the club, email communications@calverthall.com.

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1 - 2nd Lt Jeffrey Kordenbrock, Jr. ’17 flies this style helicopter 4 - Number of Knott Scholars attending The Hall 9 - This Hall of Fame Inductee was featured on Oprah 12 - Nick Szpara ‘04 won this for his work on “The Gift of Gaba” 13 - Last name of the current CHC Athletic Director 15 - The capital campaign has raised $20M focused on this 17 - The title of the upcoming 2023 Spring musical (Two words) 21 - The 2022-2023 school theme - The Gold _____ 22 - The athletic fields are made of this surface 23 - Rodney Williams ’02 co-founded this company

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2 - Location of this year’s national FBLA conference 3 - Team Adrian Amos ‘11 plays for 5 - Number of sports offered at The Hall in 1982 6 - The 2023 Gala is being held here 7 - Name of the CHC Model UN Conference 8 - The month the most New Kids of The Hall were born 10 - The country our 4x100 team competed against at Penn Relays 11 - Five generations of this family have attended The Hall 14 - This student artist’s inspiration was a sea monster 16 - Crop picked at First Fruit Farms 18 - Dr. John Weaver ’86 is serving as this type of specialist in Norway 19 - A discipline featured in our visual arts program 20 - One of the two immersion trip locations