Family, Career and Community Leaders of America

The Ultimate Leadership Experience

FCCLA: The Ultimate Learning Experience is a dynamic and effective national student organization that helps young men and women become leaders and address important personal, family, work, and societal issues through Family and Consumer Sciences Education. FCCLA has more than 225,000 members. The organization has involved more than ten million youth since its founding in 1945.

Family, Career and Community Leaders of America is unique among youth organizations because its programs are planned and conducted by members. It is the only career and technical in-school student organization with the family as its central focus. Participation in national programs and chapter activities helps members become strong leaders in their families, careers and communities.

Chapter projects focus on a variety of youth concerns, including youth safety, family relationships, financial literacy, peer pressure, community service, nutrition and fitness, youth violence and career exploration.

Involvement in FCCLA offers member the opportunity to expand their leadership potential and develop skills for life-planning, goal setting, problem solving, decision making, and interpersonal communication-necessary in the home and workplace.

Who Are We?

Family, Career and Community Leaders of America is a national organization of students who have taken or are taking a course in Family and COnsumer Sciences Education. FCCLA is one of the eight national career and technical student organizations.

Our Goal

Focusing on the multiple roles of family member, wage earner, and community leader, members develop skills through character development, creative and critical thinking, interpersonal communication, practical knowledge and career preparation.

Creed

We are the Family, Career and Community Leaders of America.
We face the future with warm courage and high hope.
For we have the clear consciousness of seeking old and precious values.
For we are the builders of homes, Homes for America's future,
Homes where living will be the expression of everything that is good and fair,
Homes where truth and love and security and faith will be realities, not dreams.
We are the Family, Career and Community Leaders of America.
We face the future with warm courage and high hope.

CWCTC Culinary Arts Results:

Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA- AM & PM Chapters)

State Leadership Competition –Lancaster, PA

April 2, 3, 4, 2008

Student:                HS:       Grade:  Competition: Medal:      Scholarship(s):

Total:       7 Bronze, 7 Silver, 2 Gold AND $32,750 in scholarship money

FCCLA PM Chapter - CWCTC

Colby Hunter in grade 11 from Mount Pleasant and Rebecca Hilty a senior from Jeannette will be attending the 2008 National Leadership Meeting/ Competition along with their FCCLA advisor, Ms. Christie R. Parks during the week of July 11 – 18 in Orlando, Florida.

STAR Events (Students Taking Action with Recognition) are competitive events in which members are recognized for proficiency and achievement in chapter and individual projects, leadership skills and occupational preparation. STAR Events offers individual skill development through the following: Cooperative--teams work to accomplish specific goals; individualized--members work alone to accomplish specific goals; and competitive--individual or team performance measured by an established set of criteria. There are currently 17 different Pennsylvania STAR Events in which members may participate. 

STAR Events:

• Applied Technology
• Career Investigation
• Chapter Service Project (Display and Manual)
• Chapter Showcase (Display and Manual)
• Culinary Arts
• Early Childhood
• Entrepreneurship
• Fashion Design
• Financial Planning
• Focus on Children
• Hospitality
• Illustrated Talk
• Interior Design
• Interpersonal Communications
• Job Interview
• National Programs in Action
• Parliamentary Procedure
• Recycle and Redesign

To compete in the 2008 National STAR Events, members must have FCCLA national dues postmarked to FCCLA National Headquarters by March 1, 2008 and participant registrations are due from State Advisers to FCCLA national headquarters by May 1, 2008.

Awards:

LOCAL STUDENT RECOGNIZED FOR OUTSTANDING

SKILLS IN NATIONAL COMPETITION

Orlando, FL. – Rebecca Hilty and Colby Hunter, Culinary Arts students at Central Westmoreland Career & Technology Center (CWCTC) in New Stanton, PA recently participated in the STAR (Students Taking Action with Recognition) Events at Family, Career and Community Leaders of America’s (FCCLA) 2008 National Leadership Meeting.

Partners:

• American Hotel and Lodging Educational Institute
• The Culinary Institute of America
• Goodheart – Willcox Publisher
• Johnson and Wales University
• National Association of Parliamentarians
• Rosen School of Hospitality Management

Scholarship info for Nationals (FCCLA):

Culinary Scholarships will be offered by Johnson and Wales and the Culinary Institute of America. A Hospitality scholarship will be offered by the Harris Rosen Foundation and the American Hotel and Lodging Educational Foundation.  The STAR page of the Web site features partners that offer scholarships. www.fccla.org