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Florida FCCLA at NLC 2023
Florida Fccla Takes On The Mile High City
On July 2nd ,2023, members from our Florida Association came together at FCCLA's National Leadership Conference held this year in Denver, Colorado. We were ecstatic to see nearly 200 members represent our sunshine state at this conference.
During our week in Denver, members embarked on their incREDible journey starting with Youth Networking opportunities offered at both the High school and Middle school levels where they were able to interact and meet fellow youth leaders from all over the nation.
Following networking sessions, State Officers hosted our Florida State Meeting where they welcomed members to the 2023 National Leadership Conference with games , conference guidelines, and general announcements
In addition to our vast number of attendees, we also had over 136 STAR Event participants representing Florida FCCLA on the National level Of these competitors we had the honor of awarding 14 Gold medals, 67 silver medals, and 55 Bronze certificates
Members that competed in these events presented projects that they worked diligently on during the course of the 2022-2023 school year and we are more than proud to see of all their hard work this past year recognized.
NATIONAL FINALISTS:
Chapter in Review, Brice Glenn, Progress Village Middle School, 9th Place
Chapter Service Project Display, Georgi Churchwell and Halinah Taylor, Ponce de Leon Senior HS, 5th Place
Chapter Service Project Portfolio, Tess Lippincott, Andrea Mondragon, and Sydney Nolin, 5th Place
Culinary Arts, Cristian Gallego, Leto HS, 9th Place
Public Policy Advocate, Kylie Moo-Paw, Hill MS, 7th Place
Public Policy Advocate, Brooke Harris, Lake Gibson HS, 8th Place
Repurpose and Redesign, Hunter Weimorts, Ponce de Leon Senior HS, 7th Place.
