Royal Palm Beach High Students Score Big at State Competition

Recently, fifteen Royal Palm Beach High School students headed off to the 2012 Future Business Leaders of America State Leadership Conference in Orlando, Florida.  It was a record setting turnout for competitive students, with more than 4,000 students participating. 

With the help of generous scholarships which were provided by Gold Coast Federal Credit Union and Gold Coast’s Chief Executive Officer, Robert Delaney, Royal Palm Beach High School had fifteen students competing, as well as three delegates.

These students and their areas of competition are listed as follows:

Tyler McGrath (10^th grade) – Accounting I

Kevin Abinader (12^th grade) and Mahendra “Randy” Deoroop (11^th grade) – Accounting II

Lionel Muñoz (12^th grade) and Jennipher Castillo (12^th grade) – Business Law

Christopher Miccieche (10^th grade) – Business Mathematics

Quincy Jeanty (11^th grade), Bryan Baker (11^th grade), and David Alves (11^th grade) – Business Plan

Nicholas Spigarelli (12^th grade) – Economics

Thuy Tu (12^th grade) and Louis Hernandez (12^th grade) – Entrepreneurship

Gabrielle Marionakis (11^th grade) and Erica Lloyd (11^th grade) – Global Business

Kevin Deal (11^th grade) – Health Care Administration

Austin Lombardi (12^th grade), Makeshia Johnson (12^th grade), and Domingo Reyes (12^th grade) – Delegates

All of the students performed very well and were extremely dedicated participants in their respective events. In many cases, the students opted to miss the senior prom to compete at the state level.  One such senior was Lionel Muñoz, who placed third in the competition for Business Law.

For the second year in a row, Royal Palm Beach High School has had a student place in one of the top five positions for the Business Law division. Lionel Muñoz was the only Palm Beach County student to place in this division, and will represent both Royal Palm Beach High School and the State of Florida at the upcoming National Leadership Conference on June 29- July 2, 2012 in San Antonio, Texas.

Lionel, who will attend Florida International University in the fall, is the second national competitor in the last three years from Royal Palm Beach High School. “I promise to do my best and  bring back a national trophy to all my friends here in Florida,” said Lionel.

For more information contact Tiffany Taylor at (561) 753-4000 or via email at tiffany.taylor@palmbeachschools.org.  

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 Public Affairs Contact: Natalia Arenas – (561) 357-7662 – natalia.arenas@palmbeachschools.org