Screven County High School

FCCLA members, Alanna Anderson and Dawn Stewart, are working hard and having fun preparing for the FCCLA Booth Competition at the Georgia National Fair!

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Imagine That!

          

Imagine winning first place in a state competition! The SCHS chapter of Family, Career and Community Leaders of America placed first in the FCCLA tee shirt contest sponsored by Georgia FCCLA at the Fall Leadership Conference on September 22- 23 at the FFA –FCCLA Center in Covington. Over 75 tee shirt design entries were voted on by over 1200 FCCLA attendees from across the state. Using the 2011-2012 National FCCLA theme, “Imagination in Action”, SCHS FCCLA members competed in Membership Recruitment campaign and tee shirt and lapel pin design. Jessica Maierhoffer, SCHS FCCLA First Vice-President, came home from the conference as a FCCLA Statesman, awarded to those members with exceptional knowledge about the organization. Members attended break-out sessions to learn more about competing in state events and raising money for community service projects and FCCLA’s National Outreach Project, Share the Strength, a national program that focuses on childhood hunger in America. SCHS FCCLA hosted a break-out session for teachers at the conference.

Eight SCHS FCCLA members also participated in the Knowledge Bowl, Brochure Event and Fair Booth Display sponsored by Georgia FCCLA and the Georgia National Fair on October 11-12, 2011 in Perry. Over four thousand FCCLA members from around the state met at the Rally on October 12.

The SCHS FCCLA Executive Council hosted its fourth annual FCCLA Has Talent! Show on Friday, October 11 in the SCHS Auditorium. Shaina Cooper took first place honors and one hundred dollars with her original poem about child abuse. Joy Redding and Roneshia Ruffin won second place and fifty dollars with their original song, “The Handwashing Song”. The judges third place selection and the Members Choice Award went to Aireyanna Thomas and Jemaria Jenkins. Aireyanna and Jemaria wrote and produced the song, “Sunshine” after studying about child abuse in class.

Students are currently working on projects for region competition in February and working on the 2012 FCCLA Calendar which will be on sale in November.

Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) 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 219,000 members and nearly 6,500 chapters from 50 state associations and Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. The organization has involved more than ten million youth since its founding in 1945. FCCLA is unique among youth organizations because its programs are planned and run 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. Although FCCLA changed its name from Future Homemakers of America to Family, Career and Community Leaders of America  in 1999, the organization’s mission and purposes remain the same.

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Outgoing and incoming SCHS FCCLA officers (Sylvania, Georgia) are moving forward as they prepare for the 2011-2012 year! After the induction ceremony on May 12, the officers enjoyed dinner with family and friends. Officers completed a training workshop in July and completed their Program of Work before school started on August 1.