FCCLA Motto: "Toward New Horizons"

FCCLA was established in 1945 and now has more than 10 million youth. It is the only school organization having the family as its central focus. This career and technical club provides opportunities for students participating at local, state, and national levels.Former members can become members of Alumni & Associates. FCCLA is an important part of family and consumer science. The FCCLA National membership is over 220,000 young men and women, with roughly 7,000 local chapters and 53 state associations.

FCCLA helps Students:

• develop career skills and learn to balance career and family responsibilty
• strengthen home and family life
• prepare for community living as responsible citizens
• experience the connection between career and technical and academic skills
• improve self-esteem
• practice and apply creative and critical thinking
• understand themselves and their relationships with other
• develop a personal leadership style
• indentify concerns, make decisions and carry out activities
• experience the satisfaction of helping others
• observe family and consumer sciences-related careers
• gain recognition for accomplishments
• build supportive relationships with teachers in a less formal atmosphere
• acheive establsihed performance standards and competencies
  

FCCLA helps Teachers:

• incorporate school-to-career elements and applied academics into the family and consumer science programs
• serve special populations
• enrich classroom teaching ad motivate students to learn
• fulfill student performance standards and competencies
• reduce preparation time as students take responsibility for learning
• guide students toward meaningful projects that enhance the image of family and consumer sciences education
• model how to help others
• publicize the family and consumer sciences program to parents, administrators and community
• attract more students
• establish rapport with students
• develop leaders who can assist in the classroom
• become aware of additional resources
• expand professional experience and fulfillment
• tap into a professional support system

FCCLA helps Schools:

• motivate and improve students' attitudes toward school and learning
• facilitate the transition from school to career
• demonstrate how academic lessons are applied through the family and consumer sciences program
• integrate life skills into family and consumer sciences classes, making school ad life relevant to one another
• gain community support for programs
• prepare employable citizens
• support school activities
• demonstrate classroom learning in the community
• build support systems for students