South Paulding High School

FBLA Activities
Business and Technology-Mrs. Ross
Month Activity
August FBLA Fridays
• Chapter T-shirt Design Competition
• Create Tallo Leadership Account (Future
BAA 10)
• FBLA Scavenger Hunt
September FBLA Fridays
• Letter to Government Official
• Setting Goals (Future BAA 12)
• Strengths and Weaknesses (Future BAA 15)
October FBLA Fridays
• FBLA Knowledge Quiz (Future BAA 9)
• Competition Preparations
November FBLA Fridays
• Competition Preparations
December FBLA Fridays
• Competition Preparations

ACTIVITY ONE

Strengths and Weaknesses: Instruction Document

Personal Strengths and Weaknesses Activity

Standard 9: Explore how related student organizations are integral parts of career and technology educations
courses.

Purpose: To identify your personal strengths and weaknesses.

Instructions:
Now that we have been in school for several weeks, you know what areas in your academic
life that you need to continue to work hard in or to improve in. However, in your personal life
what are your strengths? Are you dependable? Reliable? Are you creative? Do you have a
quiet but strong personality?
On a blank word document, create a numbered list of 5 of your personal strengths. Write a
200-word summary on why you think the listed reasons are your strengths and describe how
possessing these strengths benefit you daily.
Now think about your weaknesses and List ONE personal weakness. Write a 100-word
summary on what you can do to overcome that weakness.
On your document, include a header with your name and the date.
Strength and Weaknesses: Student Work Sample

Caelan Hill 2nd

Strengths and Weaknesses

Strengths:
1. Honesty
2. Creative
3. Outgoing
4. Diligent
5. Organized
I believe that by having these strengths listed above, makes me a dependable and reliable person.
Honesty allows me to be trusted by my employers to do certain tasks. Creativity allows me to think
outside of the box and sets me apart from other people. It can help me come up with ideas that others
could not. Creativity allows me to brainstorm ideas I wouldn’t have thought of, especially when I’m stuck.
Being outgoing allows me to communicate well with others in a workspace. It allows me to be
comfortable when interacting with other people. I can help other people who are shy, get out of their
comfort zone and be open to other people around them. Diligence makes me motivated to do my work
with accuracy and efficiency. It helps with my work effort and shows how persistent I am with my job.
Lastly, by staying organized I can complete my work faster by knowing where everything is. Organization is
the key to staying on track. By keeping important files or documents in a specific place, you can complete
your work faster than you normally would if you were unorganized. These key traits allow me to be the
worker I am today.
Weaknesses:

1. Being too honest

I believe I can be too honest when talking others. I tell people the complete truth when talking to them
whether it’s good or bad, but I believe that’s what a true friend does. I can often find myself coming across as
too blunt, which could sometimes hurt someone’s feelings, when I am not meaning to. Honesty is very helpful
when gaining trust with employers and other people, but if you tell everything how it is, it can come across
rude and disrespectful. I should try to be more positive about my honesty towards other people. I should try
and help other people with their wrongs, than telling them what to do.

Strengths and Weaknesses Grade and Feedback:

 ACTIVTY TWO
Setting Goals: Instruction Document

Setting Goals
Standard 9: Explore how related student organizations are integral parts of career and technology educations
courses.

Purpose: To identify and set goals.

Instructions:
On a blank word document, create a numbered list of 5 goals you’d like to set for your future.
Your goals can relate to school, career, or your personal life. Write each goal using the SMART
method (Specific, Measurable, Action-Oriented, Realistic, Time-Based).
Beside each goal, type a 100-word description of how you are going to reach that goal.
On your document, include a header with your name and the date.
Setting Goals: Student Work Sample

Lauren Cates 9/12/2019

1. To end my 1st semester of 10th grade with all A’s
To achieve this goal, I am going to study more, and study more frequently. I also want
to have more of an organizational structure. I want to either get an planner or utilize my
phone calendar to the fullest. I also want to be more clean and I feel like that would help
me to achieve my goal. I also want to stop slacking and procrastinating as hard as I do
currently. I feel like limiting my procrastination will allow me to have less stress and
possibly more time to extracurricular activities and general time to unwind and enjoy
myself.
2. To be an important part/person in a club
I have somewhat of a plan already to achieve this goal. My 2 nd period teacher, Mrs.
Hicks, is starting a history club and asked some kids in our class to write a small
paragraph on why she should choose them. She is going to choose 4 sophomores and
has already expressed that she trusts me. When she was out on injury, she let the sub
know that I was a trustworthy person in the class and that if the sub had any questions
that they could ask me. So im currently thinking that if I write a good summary on why
she should choose me that I can get chosen and become an officer in the History Club.
3. To Get my driver’s license
There isn’t much that is required of me to get my license. I have already finished my in-
car lessons for it, so now all that is left is for me to do is finish my online lessons.
However, there are only 6 hours of them so realistically it will not take much time.
However, there are more things to do with driving that I still need to accomplish. My 3-
point turns and hairpin turns aren’t very good so I want to perfect those. I also want to
just get more comfortable behind the wheel in general.
4. Get my Microsoft excel certification
Getting my Microsoft excel certification might pose a fairly big challenge. I would have to
study on g Metrix, which the state of that is debatable, then I would have to study for a
good amount of time though. My first certification for Microsoft word, I barely passed,
and I do not want that to happen again. So, I want to study and prepare more because I
honestly never use excel that often, so it would be a little bit of an uphill battle. But
nonetheless, I really want to get my excel certification, and possibly more certifications
like the PowerPoint certification.
5. Exercise more.
I would like to exercise more just to stay in shape and stay healthy. Having a healthy
lifestyle is important in my family so I would like to try to be as healthy as I can and
exercising is a big part of that. So along with working out, I would like to eat better,
because as of now my diet is very bad. As of now I have a light exercise regimen, but I
would like to go out running, or ride my bike for an hour. There’s a lot of things I can do
to make my lifestyle better.

Setting Goals Grade and Feedback:

 ACTIVITY THREE
Letter to Government Official: Instruction Document

FBLA Letter

Compose a professionally formatted letter to a government official about FBLA. Topics can include general
information about FBLA, as well as specific information about our chapter at South Paulding High School
(number of members, our community and school service goals for the year, competition goals for the year,
etc.). Additional ideas to include:

• Why you joined FBLA

• Why you think FBLA is an important student organization
• The benefits of being an FBLA member
• Request that they join us at an upcoming meeting or event

You may use a block style business letter template in Microsoft Word, if you wish.

When complete, submit to Canvas.

Letter to Government Official: Student Work Sample

39 Cedar Creek Drive

Dallas, GA 30157
September 16, 2019

Brad Raffensperger
Secretary of State
2201 C St NW
Washington, DC 20520

Dear Mr. Raffensperger,

I am addressing you this afternoon concerning the FBLA club at my school, South Paulding High School. FBLA stands for
Future Business Leaders of America. I joined this club because part of my career will benefit from learning business
leader aspects that I may not learn in a traditional class, I wanted to join as many clubs as I was interested in, and I also
wanted a special cord for graduation. FBLA is an important student organization because, like I stated earlier, it gives
them chances outside of the standard classroom and allows them to develop more than just extra knowledge. They
develop beneficial relationships, what it means to be loyalty to your peers and school, and the experience of helping the
community.

Upon joining FBLA, students also get to compete in regional, state, and national competitions. These consist of students
showing off our knowledge in performance and presentation. Other events like Fall Rally, College & Career Fair, and
specifically for our chapter, Spartan Holiday. Those events usually involve other school chapters that all come together.
A total of 230,000 people has taken advantage of these opportunities by becoming members. Strengthening our
confidence, as students, in ourselves and our leadership is what we believe is most important. Lastly, it would be truly
appreciated if you were to join my chapter and I in an upcoming event. You are welcome you come to our Reality Fair on
October 3rd, located at South Paulding High School. We would even enjoy your presence at one of our meeting which
occur every 1st Friday of the month. Thank you for taking the time to read this. Have a wonderful day.

Sincerely,
I’ona Freeman

Letter to Government Official Grade and Feedback:

ACTIVITY FOUR
FBLA Scavenger Hunt Instruction Document
*Canvas Instruction Screenshot
Scavenger Hunt Student Work Sample:
(Next Page)
Scavenger Hunt Grade and Feedback:
 ACTIVITY SIX
FBLA Meeting Information Sheet/Brochure: Instruction Document

Meeting Information Flyer Instructions

Standard 9: Explore how related student organizations are integral parts of career and technology educations
courses.
Purpose: To create an informational 1-page flyer for members to take at our next meeting.
Instructions:
Create an eye-catching, professional appearing 1-page information sheet to hand out at our next FBLA
meeting. Use your creativity but be sure to meet the criteria found on the rubric.
Rubric:

Criteria Points Available Points Earned

Holiday Themed Clip Art 10
List of Upcoming Events, meetings, 10
and Remind Sign-Up
List of Upcoming Events 10
Professional, Readable Font 10
Proper Alignment: Flyer is Eye- 10
Catching and Easy to Follow
Total

FBLA Flyer Student Work Sample:

FBLA Flyer Grade/Feedback:

Student Name:

Criteria Points Available Points Earned

Holiday Themed Clip Art 10 10
School Name and FBLA Appear on 10 10
Flyer
List of Upcoming Events, meetings, 10 10
and Remind Sign-Up
Professional, Readable Font 10 10
Proper Alignment: Flyer is Eye- 10 10
Catching and Easy to Follow
Total 50 50
Comments Very nice job creating a holiday themed informational flyer for next
FBLA meeting! This includes all necessary information plus
additional information about our social media accounts. Flyer is
organized and easy to follow.

ACTIVITY SIX
Tips for Maintaining a Good Credit Score: FBLA State Project Activity: Instructions

Credit Score Tips PowerPoint

Create a PowerPoint presentation with 10 tips for maintaining good credit. This is FBLA State Project Activity 1.
Follow the grading rubric below when creating your PowerPoint.

Criteria Points Possible Points Earned

Professional Layout Chosen 10
7x7 Rule Followed 10
Images/Transitions Used Sparingly 10
Grammar/Punctuation is Correct 10
Title and Closing Slide 10
Total 50
Comments
Tips for Maintaining a Good Credit Score: Student Work Sample
Tips for Maintaining a Good Credit Score: Grade/Feedback
Name: Rianna Jackson

Criteria Points Possible Points Earned

Professional Layout Chosen 10 10
7x7 Rule Followed 10 8
2 slides with more than 7 rows
Images/Transitions Used Sparingly 10 10
Grammar/Punctuation is Correct 10 8
Slide 6 has punctuation error
Title and Closing Slide 10 5
No closing slide
Total 50 41/50
Comments Excellent tips: you chose a clean, simple layout. Great job!
 Activity Seven
SPHS FBLA Chapter T-Shirt Design: Instruction Sheet
*Students were provided with the official FBLA competition instructions
2019 Georgia FBLA Chapter Spirit T-Shirt Contest
Guidelines The above must be on shirt.
The annual Georgia FBLA Annual Chapter Spirit T-Shirt
Contest will take place this year in conjunction with the
Georgia FBLA Fall Motivational Rally and FBLA Day at the
Georgia National Fair. Chapters not participating in the
Fall Motivational Rally are not eligible to participate.
Your chapter members must wear their shirts to the Rally
and Fair. You must email a picture of your members in
their shirt at the Rally.
Each chapter may enter one (1) t-shirt based on their
chapter’s design and theme of choice.
You must pin a 3” x 5” index card to the front of the shirt
listing your school name, region, adviser’s name, theme
of tshirt, and the method of printing used (screen vs.
sublimation).
T-shirts and t-shirt designs become the property of
Georgia FBLA and the designs may be changed and
reproduced without the designer’s consent.
All t-shirts must be submitted at the Rally competition
desk no later than 10:15 am on the day of the Rally.
Judging will occur after the Fair, with winners
announced at the Fall Leadership Conference.
Required Elements of the T-shirts:
The following items MUST appear on the visible portions
of your shirt:
➢ Name of School with FBLA included (not just
school initials; you may use the initials FBLA,
though)
➢ Theme of choice (do not use the Follow Your
Vision logo as the predominant design element of
your tshirt). Please note that we do not have a
vector version of the Follow Your Vision logo.
➢ Georgia FBLA Flag Logo (state and FBLA flag
logo) or FBLA flag logo
You are free to add anything
else that would be appropriate. Please note that the
FBLA logo does not have to be the central element of the
t-shirt.
This is your shirt. Just be sure and include all three
items as stated above.
You must design the t-shirt in a graphics software
application. The t-shirt must be screen printed or use a
sublimation and heat press process; therefore, t-shirts
created using iron-on or designs will be disqualified. It
is strongly recommended that your chapter members
wear their t-shirts to the Rally.
Submission Guidelines
Rather than submitting your items before the Rally, all
entries must be submitted at the Fall Motivational Rally
competitive events table no later than 10:15 am on
Thursday, October 10, as judging will occur after the
Fair. T-shirts will not be accepted after 10:15 am. T-
shirts will be returned at the Fall Leadership Conference.
You must get a picture of your students in their t-
shirts at the Rally (either General Session or at the
Fair). This picture must be emailed to
georgiafblapics@gmail.com no later than October
17. Entries without a picture will not be judged.
Judging and Prizes
T-shirts will be judged by a panel of judges based on
creativity, originality, color combination, text, and
presence of the required elements mentioned
above. All decisions of the judges are final. This will
determine the top 5 finalists in each division. Once
the finalists are determined, the finalist entries will
be posted to Facebook for our members, advisers,
and supporters to vote on. The final scores will
consist of 75% prejudged score and 25% Facebook
vote. T-shirts will be returned at the Fall Leadership
Conference. Results will be announced at the Fall
Leadership Conference.
Prizes will be awarded to the top three entries in the
high school division and the top two entries in the
middle level division. All prizes will be awarded to
the local chapter at the Fall Leadership Conference.

FBLA Chapters
➢ 1st Place: $100 in Georgia FBLA Bucks ➢
2nd Place: $50 in Georgia FBLA Bucks
➢ 3rd Place: $25 in Georgia FBLA Bucks

FBLA-ML Chapters
➢ 1st Place: $50 in Georgia FBLA
Bucks ➢ 2nd Place: $25 in Georgia
FBLA Bucks
 2019 Georgia FBLA Chapter Spirit T-Shirt Contest

School:___________________________________________________ Region:_____________

Chapter Spirit T-Shirt Contest Rating Sheet Total Possible Total Points
Points Earned
Follows Directions

Submitted at the Fall Motivational Rally competitive events table no later than 10
10:15 am on Thursday, October 10.
3”x5” index card is attached to shirt listing school, region, and adviser, t-shirt
theme, and the method of printing used (screen or sublimation) T-shirt
is not created using an iron-on design.
The following items must appear on your shirt:
➢ Name of School and FBLA
➢ Theme of Choice (do not use the Follow Your Vision logo as the
predominant design element of your t-shirt)
➢ Georgia FBLA Flag Logo or FBLA Flag Logo
Submission of picture of students in t-shirts at the Rally emailed to
georgiafblapics@gmail.com no later than October 17.
Shirts will be disqualified if they do not follow these requirements.

Easy to Read

Text and graphics on shirt are clear and easily deciphered 15

Proper Spelling and Grammar

Correct Grammar and Spelling is used on the T-shirt Design 5

Color Combination

Color Combination chosen is eye catching and aesthetically pleasing, while at the 25
same time conveying a professional manner. Use of color is best suited to
printing method used (screen vs. sublimation)

Creativity and Originality

T-shirt demonstrates ingenuity on the part of the chapter. Original and creative 40
designs will be unique and show that the chapter spent time in the brainstorming
process.

Photograph Submission

Picture of the students in their t-shirts is taken at the Fall Motivational Rally 5
(either general session or fair). Photo is emailed to georgiafblapics@gmail.com
no later than October 17.

Final Score
 100 max

Judge’s Comments:

SPHS FBLA Chapter T-Shirt Design: Student Work Sample

Design using free t-shirt design service:

Printed T-shirt/Final Product:

SPHS FBLA Chapter T-Shirt Design: Grade/Feedback