Sophomore Claire Roberts took home a silver medal at the FCCLA state conference in late March.

To win this medal, Roberts competed against 2,000 other high school students. She helped with a service project for homeless teen moms. She and the rest of FCCLA members traveled to Tan-Tar-A at the Lake of the Ozarks. Sponsor

Ms. Pizzo was very happy and exited for Claire when she got called for first place.

“I was so excited. I felt like a proud mom,” Pizzo said.

Two of Liberty’s FBLA students placed at the state FBLA competition on April 26.

Nicholas Raphael took first in Advanced Accounting while Cameron Dierks placed second in Accounting 1.
“I was kind of nervous to go on stage, but I was very excited and happy for our school,” said Raphael.

To advance to state, Raphael and Dierks both had to take an accounting test.

“Taking accounting at Liberty has been a great experience and Mr. Jarrett is a great teacher,” Raphael said. Although Raphael can’t take anymore accounting classes because there are no more to offer, Dierks plans to take advanced accounting next year. Dierks was very happy for Raphael.

“I kind of knew he would win because I knew he was good and I’m happy for him,” Dierks said.

The competition was in Springfield Mo. and although Dierks wasn’t physically there, he still got second place. “I was expecting to do well, but not second place. It was a good finish,” Dierks said.