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The largest gathering of family and consumer sciences educators and students didn’t let COVID-19 cancel their option to “Meet”. Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) held its first-ever Virtual National Leadership Conference in July and Canutillo High School won gold.
Instead of gathering in-person and rocking red blazers in the nation’s capital as planned, Canutillo FCCLA students logged on to an online platform which blended virtual reality and gamification technology to transform FCCLA’s National Leadership Conference into a dynamic, “on-demand” virtual experience. More than 5,400 attendees from across the nation took part in the organization’s Virtual NLC.
Canutillo High School students Isabella Medina, Brianna Espinoza, and Xavier Padilla competed in FCCLA’s virtual STAR Events and received a Gold Medal in Hospitality Tourism & Recreation, Level 3. This marks the 4th year in a row that Canutillo FCCLA competes successfully at the National Leadership Conference.
This year’s conference theme encouraged members to write “Your Story,” as well as reflect back over the past 75 years on how each member’s story has helped write the organization’s collective story. As the year has progressed and the impact of COVID-19 drastically altered the planned pages of the stories originally envisioned, FCCLA was excited to be able to offer members an opportunity to continue to provide students with the Ultimate Leadership Experience they anxiously anticipate and prepare for all year.
FCCLA is a 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.