Brette Schmidlkofer, Lexi Saeger, and Beth Primmer, students af Freeman High School, competed at the 2012 Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) Region 10 Students Taking Action With Recognition (STAR) Events.
STAR Events are the competitive events that members can participate in to learn leadership, team work, communication and public speaking skills.
Brette Schmidlkofer, a junior, competed in an event called Fashion Design. She developed a clothing line called IZZY by Design. Brette created a portfolio to show her design label, intended market, sketches for 6 clothing line designs.
Her portfolio also detailed how she planned to sell her designs, and discussed her career options. In addition, Brette created 1 piece of her clothing line.
She was judged on her portfolio, presentation using her portfolio and her designed and created garment. She also received a GOLD rating, which means she is going on to Wenatchee for the State STAR Event Competition and Leadership Conference.
Lexi Saeger, a freshman, competed in an event called Recycle Redesign. She called her event "From Recycle to Upcycle." Lexi designed and made a complete outfit using feed bags (dog food for skirt and cat food for top). She then accessorized with pop-tab jewelry.
She created a tri-fold board to showcase a planning process, sketches of her design, cost sheet, etc.
She was judged on her portfolio, sewn outfit and her presentation. She received a GOLD rating, which means she is going on to Wenatchee for the State STAR Event Competition and Leadership Conference.
Beth Primmer, a sophomore, competed in job interview. She created a portfolio with a cover letter, resume, letters of recommendation, career related education, educational enhancement opportunities, special skills, etc.
Beth's event began with time to fill out an application, an interview where she showcased her portfolio and then an exit section where she created a thank you letter. Beth scored a SILVER rating.
FCCLA relies on students to not only compete, but also to evaluate. Each event is evaluated by 3 evaluators (2 students and 1 adult). Students are also utilized as facilitators where they either time or are the clerk for their event. A big thank you to Anna Jackson (9th), Tori Keizer (10th), Hanna Watkins (10th) and Lindsey Nordby (12th) for their help in making the 2012 FCCLA Region 10 STAR Events a huge success!
FCCLA is a nonprofit national career and technical student organization for young men and women in Family and Consumer Sciences education in public and private school through grade 12. Leadership development is a primary focus of FCCLA.
