The Trenton Middle School Family, Career and Community Leaders of America hosted a banquet on Thursday, April 7, with around 80 people in attendance.
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Current and new officers of the TMS Chapter of Family, Career and Community Leaders include, from left, front row, Claire Woodard, Brooklyn Farris and Drake Weaver; back row, Sage Foster, Sarai Birkhead, Graeme Sager, Logan Roberts, Laylah Clause, Kinsley Otto and Ali Cox. Joy Bettis is the TMS FCCLA advisor.
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The banquet was a time to celebrate all the accomplishments the chapter has had this past school year. Current officers welcomed and served a supper of alfredo, breadsticks, salad and Texas sheet cake. Ali Cox and Laylah Clause, current president and vice president, respectively, welcomed guests and kicked the evening off. After dinner the chapter had two STAR Event groups share their presentations. Laylah Clause and Ali Cox presented their Repurpose and Redesign project and Caleb Shell and Caleb Ray shared their project for the Food Innovations STAR event. The boys will be taking their presentation to San Diego, CA this summer for national competition. Awards were given by Graeme Sager and Sarai Birkhead, current officers, to those who had competed in both the Region 2 STAR Events and the State STAR Event Competition. Ali Cox and Laylah Clause received a Silver rating at state. Titus Kottwitz received Gold at State and a High Scorer for the State of Missouri trophy. Caleb Ray and Caleb Shell received a Gold Rating at State. Titus Kottwitz and Caleb Ray and Caleb Shell all qualified to go to the National STAR Event Competition in San Diego. Caleb Ray and Caleb Shell have opted to take this adventure on and the chapter members wished them the best of luck as they represent TMS in such a major way.
The evening concluded with the installment of new officers. The old officers participated in a candlelighting ceremony, where the eight purposes of FCCLA were recognized. The old officers include Ali Cox, president; Laylah Clause, vice president of members; Logan Roberts, vice president of STAR Events; Kinsley Otto, vice president of community service; Graeme Sager, treasurer; and Sarai Birkhead, secretary. Following the candle lighting ceremony new officers were installed for the 2022-2023 school year for the TMS FCCLA Chapter. New officers include Sage Foster, president; Graeme Sager and Sarai Birkhead, vice presidents; and Claire Woodard, Drake Weaver and Brooklyn Farris as council members. Joy Bettis is the TMS FCCLA chapter advisor.