“Gold” was the color of the week at the 2007 National Leadership Meeting of Family, Career and Community Leaders of America, held July 8-12 in Anaheim, CA. All five Trenton teams competing at the meeting earned gold medals for their STAR Events projects and presentations.
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STAR Events (Students Taking Action with Recognition) are competitive events that build proficiency and achievement in leadership and job-related skills. Four entries from Trenton High School had qualified for nationals at the Missouri State STAR Events contest, while Trenton Middle School had one team qualify.
The THS Applied Technology team of Cara Ricketts, Nicole Munday and Ciara Gibson earned a gold in an event that recognizes participants who develop a project using technology that addresses a concern related to family and consumer sciences and/or related occupations and integrates and applies content from academic subjects.
THS had two entries in the Chapter Showcase Event, which recognizes chapters that develop and implement a well-balanced program of work and promote FCCLA and family and consumer sciences and/or related occupations skills to the community. In the senior chapter display category, the team of Molly Holeman, Elizabeth Hoffman, Lindsay Creason and Kimby Brown earned gold, as did the junior manual team of Scott Mayfield, Shelby Muff and Erika Ebersold.
Taylor Cox competed in an individual event, Job Interview, earning a gold in the senior division in a category that recognizes participants who use family and consumer sciences and/or related occupations skills to develop a portfolio, participate in an interview and communicate a personal understanding of job requirements.
The Trenton Middle School team of Haley Creason, Kaylee Lickteig and Alexis Whitney earned a gold in the junior division of the Chapter Service Project category. This category recognizes chapters that develop and implement an in-depth service project that makes a worthwhile contribution to families, schools and communities. Students must use family and consumer sciences and/or related occupations skills to address and take action on a community need.
Also during the meeting, Camie Steinhoff, who is a Missouri State Vice President, was involved in the National Connection Team training session that prepared her to be a state communicator. As a member of the National Connec-tion Team, Camie participated in a special reporting, editorial, publication production workshop. Techniques learned at this hands-on session will help Camie in her year-long role as a state communicator. Her responsibilities include spreading the news about state and local project activities through newsletters, public relations efforts and publicity programs.
Camie also had the opportunity to participate in Phase IV of the FCCLA Ultimate State Officer Academy Leadership Training. This four-part powerful leadership development and certification program focuses on team building, service, professionalism, planning, communication, networking, public policy and advocacy training and ethics. She has completed all four phases as a Missouri State Officer to become certified as an FCCLA ultimate leader.
The national group held a Relay for Life event to help in the fight against cancer. The relay, which was FCCLA’s 2007-2008 National Outreach Project, was held at the Anaheim Convention Center, with more than 5,000 students, family members and community members participating in the American Cancer Society event. More than $347,000 was donated by FCCLA members through events held nationwide, with a check presented during the event in Anaheim. Nicole Munday shared her story of cancer survival during the event and was selected to lead the survivor walk.
In addition to those already mentioned, several others attended the meeting in official capacities. Kiley Slater and Lindsay Creason served as STAR Event Youth consultants and Katherine Hoffman, National Vice President of STAR Events, helped lead the national conference.
TMS FCCLA Advisor Suzi Beck accompanied the students, as did THS FCCLA Advisor Connie Hoffman, who also served as a National Executive Council Advisor.