County Prep students traveled to San Antonio, Texas this past July to participate in the 2013-2014 FCCLA National Leadership conference. “Power Up with FCCLA” served as the theme for this year’s event. The representatives from County Prep High School achieved various awards.
In the category of “Hospitality, Tourism, and Recreation,” Lissette Molina and Ahmed Sayedahmed won a Gold medal. In “Fashion Design,” Natassha Rivera was awarded a Gold medal. Gold medals were also awarded to Hamiyyet Bilgi and Michael Tadros for “Entrepreneurship” and to Tanya Ponce for “Recycle and Redesign.” Students who earned Silver Medals include Aya Elamroussi for “Advocacy,” Carmen Chen for “Recycle and Redesign,” and Mia Malmad for “Career Investigation.”
FCCLA is a nonprofit national student leadership organization for young women and men in public and private schools through grade twelve.
There are over 200,000 members in over 5,500 chapters. The chapters focus on many youth concerns and promote personal growth and development. For more information please visit www.fcclainc.org or www.njfccla.org