Mid-Hudson Valley Students Take Home The Gold, Move On To Nationals
The Millbrook Central School District FCCLA delegation with advisors
Match 25, 2017 –Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) members, advisers, alumni, and guests from across the state gathered in Owego, NY from March 22nd-24th for the 2017 New York State FCCLA Leadership Conference. The meeting provided students with the opportunity to attend leadership training, hear keynote speakers, explore colleges and careers, and participate in STAR Event competitions. Students from the Millbrook, Arlington, Marlboro, and Tri-Valley school districts were in attendance and many qualified to represent the State of New York this July in Nashville, TN at the National FCCLA Leadership Conference.
FCCLA offers over 30 STAR [Students Taking Action with Recognition] Events. These events represent college and career readiness skills taught in a Family and Consumer Sciences classroom. FCCLA members compete at the District, State and National level in these events. The following students participated in STAR Events at the state level and each individual event with the student’s achievement is noted below:
From Millbrook High School:
Abigail DeMan – Life Event Planning – Gold – National Qualifier
Jessica Rugar – Culinary Arts Occupational – Silver – National Qualifier
Victoria Bonadonna – Culinary Arts Occupational – Silver – National Qualifier
Steven Bryant – Culinary Arts Occupational – Bronze – National Qualifier
From Millbrook Middle School:
Alice Pandaleon – Entrepreneurship – Gold – National Qualifier
Isaiah Edmonds – Culinary Arts Comprehensive – Silver
James Moore – Culinary Arts Comprehensive – Silver
Eliakim Stowe – Career Investigation – Silver – National Qualifier
From Arlington High School:
Hannah Campbell – Advocacy – Gold – National Qualifier
From Marlboro High School:
Grace McKay- Illustrated Talk Sr- Bronze
From Marlboro Middle School:
Ava Del Salto with Leilanis Sanchez- Food Innovations – Bronze
Emma Greiner, and Emma Repke – Environmental Ambassador – Gold – National Qualifier
Sophia Benanti and Isabella Vicari – Focus on Children – Gold – National Qualifier
Jessica Singh and Cole DeSantis – Focus on Children – Silver – National Qualifier
Margaux Snow and Emily Rifkin – Focus on Children – Silver
Zaquan Jackson – Recycle and Redesign -Silver- National Qualifier
Zyquan Jackson – Recycle and Redesign -Silver- National Qualifier
Jimin Beare – Recycle and Redesign -Silver
Sarah Mackey and Elizabeth Lofaro Entrepreneurship -Silver
Naseem Haidaoiuand Austin Palmer- Illustrated Talk – Bronze
Leilanis Sanchez- Food Innovations – Bronze
Emily Esack, Arlington High School student, speaks to students at the NYSFCCLA Conference
Emily Esack, an Arlington High School sophmore, served in the role of 1st Vice President and Voting Deligate; a 2016-2017 New York State FCCLA office that oversees the state organization and planned this year’s state conference. “I can tell you that I have grown because of FCCLA this year,” said Esack. “I grew on my public speaking skills while speaking to my delegation and giving speeches. I had learned more practical knowledge about FCCLA that I had never known before and have been taught about many career opportunities.” Whitney Ewing, a Marlboro High School senior served as the NYS Vice President of Finance for the 2016-2017 deligation. At the end this conference, both Emily and Whitney’s terms ended and officially turned over their offices to a newly elected students. One of those newly elected students is Marlboro High School sophmore, Emma Feeney.
“Being an FCCLA Advisor is the best and most rewarding part of my job as a Family & Consumer Sciences Teacher,” said Ryan Judge, Millbrook’s FCCLA Advisor. “FCCLA provides the opportunity for students to use adacemic knowledge in real world preperation situations where they can build their leadership and career readiness skills with an oppertunity to earn college scholarships. Students from Millbrook High School collectively earned $19,000.00 in college scholarships from their acheivement at this year’s competition in the area of culinary arts. FCCLA uses the tagline, “The Ultimate Leadership Experience,” and for these mid-hudson valley students, it certainly has been.
The Marlboro Central School District FCCLA delegation with advisors
About FCCLA
Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA), is a dynamic and effective national student organization that helps young men and women become leaders and address important personal, family, work, and societal issues through Family and Consumer Sciences education. FCCLA has more than 160,000 members and more than 5,400 chapters from 48 state associations, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.
FCCLA: The Ultimate Leadership Experience is unique among youth organizations because its programs are planned and run by members, and it’s the only career and technical in-school student organization with careers that support families as it’s central focus. Participation in national programs and chapter activities helps members become strong leaders in families, careers, and communities.
For more information on FCCLA, please contact Ryan Judge from Millbrook CSD at 845-389-2045 or ryan.judge@millbrookcsd.org.
