Fair Grove’s Family Career and Community Leaders of America club (FCCLA) has started work for the 2023-2024 school year.
FCCLA is run by Darci Friberg, FACS teacher at Fair Grove High School, and Seth Hardison (12) who is the chapter president of the club as well as the regional vice president. Hardison’s job as the president is to plan and execute events for the community and as vice president he makes directions and votes on topics that affect FCCLA as a whole.
FCCLA has loads of plans and goals this year. “The goal this year is to keep doing the activities that members love and benefit our community, like Santa’s Workshop and the cooking classes for elementary students,” Friberg stated.
“Underclassmen should join FCCLA because it helps them get out of their shell and network with other students outside of Fair Grove. FCCLA has made me so many friends and has gotten me out of my shell by making me talk to people I don’t know and has taught me how to run an official meeting,” Hardison said. “FCCLA is a great way for students to get more involved in their school and community,” added Friberg.
“FCCLA’s impact is not just on the school, it is on the whole community. We focus on things that make the community better, not just the school,” explained Hardison. It’s caused students to learn greater skills that make them better students and future workers.
FCCLA will be participating in regional and local events. These events consist of Life Skills Fair at MSU, Regional Meeting at Silver Dollar City, State Leadership Conference at Lake of the Ozarks, Santa’s Workshop in December, and Easter Egg Hunt in the spring.
In this club members are planning, goal setting, problem solving, decision making, and interpersonal communication. All of these things can help members develop real world skills that prepare you to be college and career ready.
This club is welcome to everyone and anyone who is willing to be a part of the club. It teaches kids social skills and how to become greater with teamwork. “FCCLA has made me so many friends and has gotten me out of my shell by making me talk to people I don’t know and has taught me how to run an official meeting,” added Hardison.
