BCC students excel at FCCLA
Olivia Andrews and Madison Powell
Buckeye Career Center Family, Career and Community Leaders of America members have qualified for the FCCLA National Leadership Conference July 2-6.
Olivia Andrews, teaching professions, Dover, and Madison Powell, teaching professions, Strasburg, placed third in the state and won a gold medal in Professional Presentation. With their high score, the team moves on to nationals in Denver, Colorado.
Other winners include a silver medal for Brianna Cook, teaching professions, Indian Valley, and Alisha Shaw, teaching professions, Indian Valley, in Interpersonal Communications and a silver for Kaylee Hilton, early childhood education, Strasburg, in Observation and Assessment.
While at the conference, the BCC FCCLA chapter was awarded a $2,500 award for placing in the top 10 of entries for the Families Acting for Traffic Safety driving initiative competition.
The state competition was held at the Ohio Expo Center in Columbus April 27-28.
Family, Career and Community Leaders of America is a national career and technical student organization for students in family and consumer sciences education in public and private schools through 12th grade.
FCCLA offers intra-curricular resources and opportunities for students to pursue careers that support families. Since 1945 FCCLA members have been addressing personal, work and societal issues through family and consumer sciences education.