GCHS Students Advance to National FCCLA STAR Competition

Garden City High School members of the Kansas Association of Family, Career and Community Leaders of America, or FCCLA, attended the annual State Leadership Conference and STAR (Students Taking Action with Recognition) Event Competition April 15th – 17th in Wichita, Kansas.

The following students qualified to compete at the National FCCLA Convention June 27th – July 2nd in Atlanta, Georgia. They include: Javier Cervantes – senior, Occupational Fashion Design, silver ranking; Cassandra Parra – sophomore, and Victoria Ramirez – junior, Occupational Food Innovations, gold ranking; and Brenda Resendiz – senior, Occupational Recycle and Redesign, silver ranking.

The following students also competed and placed at the state competition. They include: Tammy Troung – sophomore, Occupational Fashion Construction, silver ranking; Thida Southvangs – sophomore, Fashion Construction, silver ranking; Raylyn Swank – senior, Occupational Teach and Train, silver ranking; Mirtha Arzate – senior, Occupational Entrepreneurship, bronze ranking; Kathryn Chandler – junior, Occupational Job Interview, silver ranking; Ivy Servin – junior, Occupational Career Investigation, bronze ranking; and Itzel Areola and Flor Contreras – seniors, Occupational Life Event Planning, bronze ranking.

Robyn Hilt, Elisabeth Maldonado, and Jenette Turpin are the Garden City High School FCCLA advisors.