Eisenhower High Student Wins Gold at National FCCLA Conference

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More than 7,000 Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) members, advisers, alumni, and guests from across the country gathered in Nashville, TN July 7-11 for the 2013 National Leadership Conference. At the conference, more than 3,600 students took part in FCCLA’s Competitive Events. Student Jordy Ríos of Eisenhower High School won a Gold Medal, the highest level of recognition, in the Senior Division of Teach & Train, a competitive Students Taking Action with Recognition (STAR) event.

This is the first time that an Eisenhower High student has been recognized at the National STAR Event competition. Frances Fowler-Carter is the family and consumer sciences instructor and serves the FCCLA advisor at Eisenhower High. At the 2013 national event, the Texas delegation won 231 medals: 112 Gold Medals, 99 Silver Medals and 20 Bronze Medals.

The 2013 conference theme, “Discover Your Voice,” challenged participants to confront the issues youth are facing today by gaining the necessary skills through leadership development and competitive events.

While in Tennessee, the Texas delegation had the opportunity to visit Graceland (Elvis Presley’s home), several Nashville city attractions, the Smiley Hollow Old Fashioned Hayride and Barn Dance Company, and the Grand Ole Opry where the students enjoyed the costumes of country singers past and present. They also heard Texas performers on the Opry House stage.

Since its founding in 1945, the FCCLA has served as 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.