Education Academy Earns Awards at State Conference

The 71st annual Family, Career and Community Leaders of America State Leadership Conference was held March 22-24 in Midland, Michigan. Students competed in STAR Events to showcase their teaching, speaking, and leadership skills as well as attended professional workshops. At the banquet students earning FCCLA’s most prestigious award, Power Of One, were recognized. In addition, the
Branch Area Careers Center Education Academy Program, under the direction of Karen Sobeske, earned several club awards including:
“Five Star Chapter” award, “Community Service” gold level, and the highly competitive “FCCLA Spirit Award.” Individual and team awards were presented as the conference concluded on Friday.
The following is a listing of the contest events and the results:
Irisbel Albarran Hernandez: Toys That Teach (Book), gold; Door Design Award; Power of One Award
Tori Bassage: Toys That Teach (Book) gold; FCCLA Scrapbook, gold; Power of One Award
Jena Beckhusen: Project Exhibit, gold
Helen Blansit: Community Service Challenge, gold
Morgan Burger: Toys That Teach (Toy), gold
Amanda Covell: Toys That Teach (Book), gold; Power of One Award
Gavin Forrister: Toys That Teach (Book), gold; Power of One Award
Madisen Fox: Toys That Teach (Book), gold; FCCLA Scrapbook, gold; Power of One Award
Dillon Gagnon: Community Service Challenge, gold
Kavina Johnson: Toys That Teach (Toy), gold
Jose Lujano: Toys That Teach (Toy), gold
Tori Maggart: Creative Teaching, bronze
Madison Minton: Project Exhibit, gold
Megan Norton: Toys That Teach (Book), gold; Power of One Award
Katie Petch: Toys That Teach (Toy), gold
Mufeed Salem: Project Exhibit, gold
Cheyenne Smith: Toys That Teach (Book), gold; Power of One Award
Brady Snow: Project Exhibit, gold
Erika Sosa Aguilar: Toys That Teach (Book), gold ; Door Design Award; Power of One Award
Mary Tate: Creative Teaching, silver
Blake Yates: Community Service Challenge, gold
Senior, Megan Norton, also served as the FCCLA State First Vice President for the 2016- 2017 year.
FCCLA: The Ultimate Leadership Experience is a dynamic and effective national student organization that helps young men and women
become leaders and address important personal, family, world, and societal issues. FCCLA has more than 220,000 members and nearly 7,000 chapters from 50 states and the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. The organization has involved more than ten
million youth since its founding in 1945. Family, Career and Community Leaders of America is unique among youth organizations because its programs are planned and run by members. It is the only career and technical in-school student organization with the family as its central focus.