FCCLA EXAM Q’S AND A’S

FCCLA EXAM Q’S AND A’S What is the FCCLA flower, and what it represent? - Answer-red rose, and it represents the organization because it gives joy through its beauty and fragrance. What are the FCCLA purposes? - Answer-1.) To provide opportunities for personaldevelopment and preparation for adult life. 2.) To strengthen the function of the family as a basic unit of society. 3.) to encourage democracy through cooperative action in the home and community. 4.) To encourage individual and group involvement in helping achieve global cooperation and harmony. 5.) To promote greater understanding between youth and adults. 6.) To provide opportunities for making decisions and for assuming responsibilities. 7.) To prepare for the multiple roles of mena nd women in today's society. 8.) To promote family and consumer sciences and related occupations. What is the FCCLA flower? - Answer-Red Rose What is the FCCLA motto? - Answer-Towards New Horizons What is the FCCLA creed? - Answer-Creed We are the Family, Career and Community Leaders of America. We face the future with warm courage and high hope. For we have the clear consciousness of seeking old and precious values. For we are the builders of homes, Homes for America's future, Homes where living will be the expression of everything that is good and fair, Homes where truth and love and security and faith will be realities, not dreams. We are the Family, Career and Community Leaders of America. We face the future with warm courage and high hope. What is the FCCLA National programs? - Answer-Career Connection- Learn how to explore career pathways and skills for success in families, careers, and communities. Leaders Work- Put yourself in charge of your future! Enhance your job skills and gain valuable on-site work experience. Community Service- Take Action in your community and discover the difference you can make. Dynamic Leadership- Ignite the fire of Dynamic Leadership! Try new leadership experiences and investigate exciting topics through interactive participation in various programs. Facts- Put the brakes on impaired driving and traffic crashes. Through peer education help your friends arrive alive and lower the number one cause of death for youth in America. Families First- Discover how you can strengthen family relationships through FCCLA's national peer education program, Families First. Japenese Exchange- Experience another culture and develop independence while living with a Japanese host family. Financial Fitness- Manage your money! Use this program to help you make, save, and spend your money wisely to be financially fit. Power of One- Give yourself the power to make a positive change in your families, careers, and communities, one goal at a time. Stop Violence- Empower youth with attitudes, skills, and resources to recognize, report, and reduce youth violence. Student Body- Eat right, be fit, and make healthy choices. What is the FCCLA history? - Answer-*1917 - President Woodrow Wilson signed the first national vocational education act into law. *1920's - High school home economics students formed home economics clubs. *1943 - Committee was formed to study the home economics clubs and to make recommendations to improve and strengthen the clubs. *1945 - Future Homemakers of America was founded in Chicago, IL First issue of "Teen Times" (national magazine for FHA) was published. FHA is co-sponsored by American Home Economics Association (AHEA) and US Office (now US Department) of Education. Georgia second state to be chartered and first to have a full time State Adviser (first State Adviser was Mrs. Janet Barber) First State President and Georgia's first National officer was Pat Randolph (Mrs. Richard B. Russell III) *1965 - New Homemakers of America - similar organization in predominantly Black schools - merged with FHA; this merger made the Georgia Association of FHA the 4th largest in the USA. 1948 - The first national Future Homemakers of America meeting was held in Kansas City, when the national constitution was ratified 1965 - Future Homemakers