Leadership Points

What are leadership points and why are they so important?

Leadership points were created to get FBLA members more involved in their chapters. They also encourage the building of leadership skills and help members establish connections with FBLA.

FBLA is no ordinary club. It is a promise to your future self. By joining FBLA, you have already proven that you care about your future and success.

However, the leading doesn't end there. To avoid letting FBLA be "just another club to add to my resume", each member must earn 15 leadership points during the school year to be recognized as an official member. The official membership fees members pay get sent to the District, State, and National Board strictly for competing and conference-attending purposes.

At the end of the year, there will be an FBLA Award Ceremony (and induction).
Members who earn 15 leadership points (or more) in one school year will be formally inducted and receive official membership certificates.

Members who earn 20 leadership points (or more) will be awarded FBLA pins as well as the official membership certificate.


There will be medals,  FBLA merchandise, a membership certificate, and FBLA pin awarded to the top 3 leadership point recipients. These are given to students who have been the most involved in the chapter, shown the most dedication, and have earned the most amount of points during the school year.

Our First Field Trip- Bernie Simpkins Entrepreneurial Lecture Series

West Shore FBLA had its first field trip in November! We went to the King Center and listened to an inspirational speaker, Brent Menswar.

Members learned the importance of admitting vulnerability and asking for help. After all, how can we grow if we never ask the right questions? Even Harvard students have tutors. Being able to ask for help is a valuable leadership characteristic.

Dressing For Success

FBLA members are learning the importance of not only acting professionally, but dressing professionally as well. Dress-For-Success Days take place on the first Thursday of every month, giving FBLA members the opportunity to look fancy and earn a leadership point.

Fun Leadership Activities Day

One of our first few FBLA meetings involved a day of leadership skill-building activities and icebreaker games. We learned how to work together and how to encourage each other. Together we can achieve success!

FBLA members Kennedy Eddlemon and Keegan Shauman compete to see who would be the "rock-paper-scissors" champion of FBLA. 

FBLA Officer Bonding Day 10/3/2015

Congratulations to our newest officer team of the 2015-2016 School Year:

President: Joanna LaTorre

Parliamentarian: Nicholas Stelter

Secretaries: Summer Rhodes and Moriah Jones

Treasurer: Jake Bursk

Historian: Michael Fagan

Reporter: Rachel Montgomery

On October 3rd we had an awesome "Officer Bonding Day" at Backwater. We discussed some great ideas for this school year. 

First FBLA meeting 8/27/2015

Thank you to everyone who attended the first few FBLA meetings. I can feel it in my heart that we will have an awesome and motivational school year.

Special thanks to the photographers and journalists who helped spread the word of our brand new chapter.