Kearney High School FCCLA
The Ultimate Leadership Expeirence
FCCLA & FACS
Towards New Horizons
WHAT IS FCCLA?
Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) is a nonprofit national career and technical student organization for young men and women in Family and Consumer Sciences education in public and private school through grades 7-12. Everyone is part of a family, and FCCLA is the only national Career and Technical Student Organization with the family as its central focus. Since 1945, FCCLA members have been making a difference in their families, careers, and communities by addressing important personal, work, and societal issues through Family and Consumer Sciences education. Chapter projects focus on a variety of youth concerns, including teen pregnancy, parenting, family relationships, substance abuse, peer pressure, environment, nutrition and fitness, teen violence, and career exploration. Involvement in FCCLA offers members the opportunity to expand their leadership potential and develop skills for life, planning, goal setting, problem solving, decision making, and interpersonal communication, necessary in the home and workplace.
WHAT IS FACS?
Family and Consumer Sciences (FACS) Education empowers individuals to manage the challenges of living and working in diverse global society. Students develop human literacy as they master a complex set of essential skills and knowledge needed to achieve quality of life. They gain career preparedness as they acquire readiness to participate in a rapidly changing workforce and global economy. Child Development, Relationships, Fashion Design, Foods 1 & 2, and Culinary Arts are just a few of the FACS classes offered at Kearney High School.
MISSION STATEMENT
To promote personal growth and leadership development through Family and Consumer Sciences education. Focusing on the multiple roles of family member, wage earner and community leader, members develop skills for the life through: character development, creative and critical thinking, interpersonal communicatoin, practical knowledge, and career preparation.
PROGRAM EMPHASIS
FCCLA is the only in-school student organization with the family as its central focus. FCCLA is a career and technical student organization that functions as an integral part of the Family and Consumer Sciences education curriculum and operates within the school system, and it provides opportunities for active student participation at local, state, and national levels.
EIGHT PURPOSES
1) To provide opportunities for personal development & 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 & group involvement in helping achieve global cooperation & harmony
5) To promote greater understanding between youth & adults
6) To provide opportunities for making decisions and for assuming responsibilities
7) To prepare for the multiple roles of men & women in today's society
8) To promote Family & Consumer Sciences and related occupations
MEMBERSHIP
FCCLA has a national membership of 160,000 young men and women in nearly 5,400 chapters. There are 47 state associations including Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. Since its founding in 1945, FCCLA has involved more than nine million youth. Former members are eligible to become members of Alumni and Associates.
NATIONAL PROGRAMS
Career Connection - Learn how to explore career pathways and skills for success in families, careers, and communities.
Community Service - Identify local concerns and carry out projects to improve your community.
Families Acting for Community Traffic Safety (FACTS) - Put the brakes on impaired driving and traffic crashes. Through peer education, help your friends arrive alive and lower the number one cause of death for youth in America.
Families First - Discover how you can strengthen family realationships through FCCLA's national peer education program, Families First.
Financial Fitness - Manage your money! Use this program to help you make, save, and spend your money wisely to be financially fit.
Power of One - Give yourself the power to make a positive change in your families, careers, and communities, one goal at a time.
Stand Up - Advocate to improve the quality of life in your community.
Student Body - The healthy You, The Fit You, The Real You, and the Resilient You.
FCCLA COLORS & FLOWER
Red: Symbolizes strength, courage, and determination; personal qualities leading to happiness through a positive self-image
White: Symbolizes sincerity of purposes and integrity of action; qualities that will help individuals build a better tomorrow
Flower: Rose