Baking & Pastry
An individual event, recognizes participants enrolled in a Family and Consumer Sciences culinary arts industry training program for their ability to demonstrate their baking and pastry skills through the preparation of a quick bread, choux pastry, cookie, and shaped yeast bread.
Career Investigation
An individual event - recognizes participants for their ability to perform self-assessments, research and explore a career, set career goals, create a plan for achieving goals, and describe the relationship of Family and Consumer Sciences coursework to the selected career.
Chapter in Review Display and Portfolio (Display or Portfolio)
A team event - recognizes chapters that develop and implement a well-balanced program of work and promote FCCLA and Family and Consumer Sciences and/or related occupations and skills to the community.
Chapter Service Project Display and Portfolio (Display or Portfolio)
A team event - recognizes chapters that develop and implement an in-depth service project that makes a worthwhile contribution to families, schools, and communities. Students must use Family and Consumer Sciences content and skills to address and take action on a community need.
Culinary Arts
A team event - recognizes participants enrolled in occupational culinary arts/food service training programs for their ability to work as members of a team to produce a quality meal using industrial culinary arts/food service techniques and equipment.
Culinary Math Management
An individual or team event, recognizes participants who use Family and Consumer Sciences skills to create an oral presentation to demonstrate the application of mathematical concepts in the culinary arts industry using the annual topic.
Early Childhood Education
An individual event - recognizes participants who demonstrate their ability to use knowledge and skills gained from their enrollment in an occupational early childhood program.
Entrepreneurship
An individual or team event - recognizes participants who develop a plan for a small business using Family and Consumer Sciences skills and sound business practices. The business must relate to an area of Family and Consumer Sciences education or related occupations.
Event Management
An individual or team event that recognizes participants who apply skills learned in Family and Consumer Sciences courses to plan an event and prepare a researched proposal for an educational institution, community or non-profit organization, business, or government institution.
Fashion Construction
An individual event- recognizes participants who apply fashion construction skills learned in Family and Consumer Sciences courses to create a display using samples of their skills.
Fashion Design
An individual event - recognizes participants who apply fashion design skills learned in Family and Consumer Sciences courses to design and market clothing styles.
Focus On Children
An individual or team event - recognizes participants who use Family and Consumer Sciences skills to plan and conduct a child development project that has a positive impact on children and the community.
Food Innovations
An individual or team event - recognizes participants who demonstrate knowledge of the basic concepts of food product development by creating an original prototype formula, testing the product through focus groups, and developing a marketing strategy.
Hospitality, Tourism and Recreation
An individual or team event, recognizes participants who demonstrate their knowledge of the hospitality, tourism, and recreation industries and ability to translate their knowledge into a hypothetical or real business. Project must relate to culinary, lodging, recreation, tourism, or event coordination.
Interior Design
An individual or team event - recognizes participants who apply interior design skills learned in Family and Consumer Sciences courses to design to meet client needs.
Interpersonal Communications
An individual or team event - recognizes participants who use Family and Consumer Sciences and/or related occupations skills and apply communication techniques to develop a project designed to strengthen communication.
Job Interview
An individual event - recognizes participants who use Family and Consumer Sciences and/or related occupations skills to develop a portfolio, participate in an interview, and communicate a personal understanding of job requirements.
Leadership
An individual event - recognizes participants who actively evaluate and grow in their leadership potential. Participants investigate their leadership ability, assess leadership and employability skills, and develop and implement a plan to further their leadership development.
National Programs In Action
An individual or team event - recognizes participants who explain how the FCCLA Planning Process was used to implement a national program project.
Nutrition and Wellness Event
An individual event, recognizes participants who track food intake and physical activity for themselves, their family, or a community group and determine goals and strategies for improving their overall health.
Parliamentary Procedure
A team event - recognizes chapters that develop a working knowledge of parliamentary law and the ability to conduct an FCCLA business meeting.
Professional Presentation
An individual or team event, recognizes participants who make an oral presentation about issues concerning Family and Consumer Sciences and/or related occupations.
Promote and Publicize FCCLA
An individual or team event - recognizes participants who use communications skills and techniques to educate their schools and communities about FCCLA with the intention of growing chapters and strengthening FACS and FCCLA programs.
Public Policy Advocate
An individual or team event, recognizes participants who demonstrate their knowledge, skills, and ability to actively identify a local, state, national, or global concern, research the topic, identify a target audience and potential partnerships, form an action plan, and advocate for the issue in an effort to positively affect a policy or law.
Repurpose and Redesign
An individual or team event that recognizes participants who apply recycling and redesign skills learned in Family and Consumer Sciences courses and create a display using a sample of their skills.
Say Yes to FCS Education
An individual event, recognizes participants who demonstrate the knowledge and skills needed to explore and experience the career of being a Family and Consumer Sciences educator. Participants must prepare a portfolio, conduct classroom observations, plan and execute a lesson, develop an FCCLA integration plan, and deliver an oral presentation.
Sports Nutrition
An individual or team event, recognizes participants who use Family and Consumer Sciences skills to plan and develop an individualized nutritional plan to meet the needs of a competitive student athletic in a specific sport.
Sustainability Challenge
An individual or team event, recognizes participants who address environmental issues that adversely impact human health and well-being and who actively empower others to get involved.
Teach and Train
An individual event - recognizes participants for their exploration of the education and training fields through research and hands-on experience.
Online STAR Events
Chapter Website
An individual or team event, recognizes participants who use a chapter website to educate, inform, and involve members and the general public about the importance of the family and consumer sciences program and the FCCLA chapter.
Digital Stories For Change
An individual or team event, recognizes participants who demonstrate their knowledge, skills, and abilities to actively identify an issue concerning families, careers, or communities; research the topic; and develop a digital story to advocate for positive change.
Instructional Video Design
An individual or team event, recognizes participants who demonstrate their knowledge, skills, and abilities to research, plan, and create an instructional video to deliver content as part of a lesson or unit of instruction.
