Dear FBLA Members,

This year has been a busy one for the Jamestown High School FBLA club. We have gone on a field trip to the Federal Reserve Bank, had two guest speakers come in to tell us about the business world, and have done many different fundraisers for both charity and to help our club.

The trip to the Federal Reserve Bank was a very exciting experience for us all. We were given a tour of the entire building, including where the money came in to be counted. We were taught about how the system worked, and were told about different job opportunities one could seek there.

We had two guest speakers: one to teach us about computer repair, and the other to tell us about how to apply for jobs. We learned how to use proper terminology of computers to help the computer technicians do their job correctly. The other speaker, from Barbizon School of Modeling, taught us how to apply to jobs, and gave us tips of what to wear and what would go with us best. We also learned about how to answer interview questions.

Some of the fundraisers we've done are the Great America Fundraising Cookie Dough, collecting donations for needy families during Thanksgiving, and selling Virginia Peanuts. We also are planning to do the Leukemia Society Type-A-Thon in the near future.

We currently have 50 members, consisting of 29 Caucasians, 13 African-Americans, 2 American Indians, and 1 Asian. There are 34 females, 16 males.

FBLA began at Jamestown High School 8 years ago, September, 1997, when the high school was opened. Currently, Jamestown High School has over 1,400 students.