New Glarus Participates in 2019 FCCLA Regional Competition

On Friday, February 15th, New Glarus Middle and High School Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) members headed to Oregon High School to compete in the FCCLA Regional Competition. These members competed in events, also known as STAR (Students Taking Action for Recognition) Events, which have helped to increase student leadership, community involvement, and community service.
Students advancing to the State level will continue to improve upon their project, and will compete in April at the State Competition. Seventeen New Glarus FCCLA Members competed, and all seventeen competitors advanced to the State FCCLA Leadership Convention that will be held April 8th-10th, in Wisconsin Dells. Twelve students earned gold medals and five earned silver medals.
Congratulations go out to all of the competitors for their hard work! Listed are the FCCLA members that participated: Keatan Zimmerman (Chapter Service Project Display), Sutton Zimmerman (Children's Literature), Megan Peterson (Chapter Service Project Display), Melanie Fink (Chapter Service Project Display), Isabella Mancusi (Chapter Service Project Display), Allison Baker (Children's Literature), Emma Holland (Focus on Children), Kendra Wenger (Wild Game Fabrication), Dee Delforge (Illustrated Talk), Kortney Peterson (Regional Representative and Chapter Service Project Display), Alexa Thayer (Chapter Service Project Display), Maddie Deegan (Recycle and Redesign), Haiden Zimmerman (FCCLA State Officer and Chapter Service Project Display), Annelisa Smith (Chapter Service Project Display), Bronwyn Mayhew (Culinary Creations), Tyler Durst (Culinary Creations), Abby Marty (Career Investigation).