Two Palisade High School students placed in the top 10 of competitions held as part of the Future Business Leaders of America national leadership conference in Atlanta.

Bailey Edwards took ninth in accounting 1, while Trevor Rudd finished 10th in help desk role play.

A total of 13 other students from Grand Valley high schools also participated in the event. They included Raeley Branson, Mallory Brownell, Noah Hirons, Mia Moore, Will Neese, Sofia Porras, Claire Elise Rasmussen and Layton Tobin from Palisade High School; Isenia Fergoso and Erica Young from Central High School; Jacob Cornelison and Britton Hovland from Fruita Monument High School; and Taytin Knoblich from Grand Junction High School.

Melissa Wright from Palisade High School and Suzanne Dunlap from Grand Junction High School accompanied the students as advisers.

The conference brought together middle and high school students for competitive events, workshops and career development opportunities.