SHELBY — More than 7,000 Family, Career and Community Leaders of America members, advisers, alumni, and guests from across the country gathered in San Antonio for the 2014 National Leadership Conference. The conference is based on the student-originated theme “SOAR.”
Taylor Baumberger, a Pioneer Career and Technology Center and Wynford High School student, was among the members and took part in STAR Event Competitions at the conference, placing first in Fashion Design.
FCCLA offers over 30 Family and Consumer Sciences related events, also known as STAR (Students Taking Action with Recognition) events. These events include Culinary Arts, Knowledge Bowl, Career Investigation, and Fashion Construction to name a few. Members compete at the District, State and National level.
This year, Taylor was among over 4,200 STAR Event participants who competed this week in San Antonio. This is the largest number of competitors at any National STAR Events competition.
Taylor competed in Fashion Design. Her project focused on designing a line of dresses based on the personalities of her friends. She also designed and created a prom dress for herself. At the State level in April, Taylor received an unprecedented 100 percent. At the National level, Taylor received a gold medal in the event. Taylor also placed first in the Nation in her project area.
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 200,000 members and more than 5,500 chapters from 49 state associations, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. The organization has involved more than 10 million youth since its founding in 1945.
