Future Business Leaders of America is a club at Weber High that prepares students for the real-world and the business side of life. For three Warriors, all upcoming seniors, FBLA is an avenue to ride their passions. Lucky for them, they are also good at it…like, second place nationally good.

For perspective, FBLA, according to their website, “recognizes and rewards excellence in a broad range of business and career-related areas.” Throughout the school year, events are organized at a region, state, and then national level to prepare students for “successful careers in business by providing opportunities to apply classroom concepts in a workforce-simulated competitive environment.” There are over 70 sponsored events, such as business financial plans, speeches, ethics exams, and coding and programming, too.

Taylor Laing, Maxwell Lunt, and David White created a Public Service Announcement addressing the issue of student safety with regards to cyberbullying. The trio competed against 54 teams in the state of Utah, earning a perfect score from each of the judges in their PSA along the way. This led to a first-place finish, which helped the Weber High team proudly place fourth at State, which was the highest ranking in the last 20 years.

White said, “Our message was protection and prevention from cyberbullying for the students.” Laing added, “The focus for our presentation was for youth to find help and to do our best to stop this epidemic from spreading. We were able to give accurate statistics of those affected, and the rates at which it is spreading. We also offered a solution: the SafeUtah app.” Lunt said, “While it was a given topic, we loved spreading awareness of the rising problem.”