High School: Activities: FCCLA

FCCLA

By Christy Gutzmer

FCCLA

FCCLA MULVANE CHAPTER

What Is FCCLA

FCCLA is the only student organization with family as its central focus. FCCLA is one of the CTSO's (Career and Technical Student Organizations) in the United States. It was established in 1945 to promote and encourage personal growth, leadership development, preparation for the future, and family and community involvement.

FCCLA Purposes

1. To provide opportunities for personal development and preparation for adult life.

2. To strengthen the function of the family as a basic unit of society.

3. To encourage democracy through cooperative action in the home and community.

4. To encourage individual and group involvement in helping achieve global cooperation

And harmony.

5. To promote greater understand for making decisions and for assuming responsibilities.

7. To prepare for multiple roles of men and women in todays society.

8. To promote family and consumer sciences education and related occupations.

FCCLA 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 previous values

For we are the builders of Americas homes, homes for Americas future

Homes were living will be the expression of everything that is good and fair

Homes were 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.

Mission Statement

To promote personal growth and leadership development through family and consumer science education. Focusing on the multiple roles of family member, wage earner, and community leader, members develop skills for life through:

Character development
Creative and Critical Thinking
Interpersonal Communication
Practical knowledge
Vocational Preparation

Did You Know

Kansas FCCLA currently serves 5,550 members.
FCCLA is the only student organization with family as its central focus
The red rose is our flower, symbolizing strength.
The Tag line "The Ultimate Leadership Experience" was added to the logo in 2003
FCCLA was formally known as FHA/HERO - Future Homemakers of America
In 2005 FCCLA turned sixty years old
All 50 states as well as the District of Columbia, the Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico are involved in FCCLA.
Kansas won the "Ultimate Image Award" as the 2005 National Leadership Meeting.