Career and Technical Education Department

Kings Fork High School

 

The Family, Career and Community Leaders of America, Inc. (FCCLA) is the student organization designed to promote personal growth and leadership development through character development, creative and critical thinking, interpersonal communication, practical knowledge, and career and technical education preparation.

 

Chapter projects focus on a variety of youth concerns, including school violence, teen pregnancy, parenting, family relations, community service, substance abuse, peer pressure, environment, nutrition and fitness, and career exploration.

 

Any student, through grade twelve, who is taking or has taken a course in family and consumer sciences is eligible to belong to FCCLA. In Virginia, over 12,000 students, in nearly 250 chapters, are members of this exciting organization. Involvement in FCCLA offers them 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. Explore this Web site, then contact the Family and Consumer Sciences teacher at your school to discover how you can be part of FCCLA - the Ultimate Leadership Experience!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mission
The mission of Family, Career and Community Leaders of America is 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 life through --

· character development,

· creative and critical thinking,

· interpersonal communication,

· practical knowledge, and vocational preparation.

 

 

The Eight Purposes of Family, Career and Community Leaders of America

· To provide opportunities for personal development and preparation for adult life.

· To strengthen the function of the family as a basic unit of society.

· To encourage democracy through cooperative action in the home and community.

· To encourage individual and group involvement in helping achieve global cooperation and harmony.

· To promote greater understanding between youth and adults.

· To provide opportunities for making decisions and for assuming responsibilities.

· To prepare for the multiple roles of men and women in today's society.

· To promote family and consumer sciences and related occupations.

 

 

Creed
We are the Family, Career and Community Leaders of America.
We face the future with warm courage and high hope.

For we have the clear consciousness of seeking old and precious values.
For we are the builders of homes.
Homes for America's future.
Homes where living will be the expression of everything that is good and fair.
Homes where truth, and love, and security, and faith
Will be realities, not dreams.

We are the Family, Career and Community Leaders of America.
We face the future with warm courage and high hope.

 

 

 

 

For additional information about FCCLA, visit
http://www.virginiafccla.org

 

FCCLA

Family, Career and Community Leaders of America