Students Taking Action with Recognition (STAR) Events are Competitive Events in which members compete at the regional/district, state, and national levels. Students are recognized for proficiency and achievement in chapter and individual projects, leadership skills, and career preparation. STAR Events allow students to compete individually or as a team. 

There are more than 30 STAR Events students can choose to compete in, all of which recognize participants who demonstrate their knowledge, skills, and abilities to actively identify an issue concerning families, careers, or communities, research the topic, and develop and implement a project to advocate for positive change.

STAR Events offer individual skill development and application of learning through the following activities:

• Cooperative - teams work to accomplish specific goals

• Individualized - an individual member works alone to accomplish specific goals

• Competitive - individual or team performance is measured by an established set of criteria

2024 National Leadership Conference @ Seattle, Washington

We are thrilled to share that the dual enrollment students lead by Prof. Zulma A. Cintron Alamo from Lodging Operations program Ana Durans and Aija Smith Chang-Yen), as well as Sophie Casey and Summer Hudson-Moffett from Culinary Arts program from Chef Tiffany Rogers; proudly represented Orange Technical College South Campus and Horizon High School Dual Enrollment program at the FCCLA National Leadership Conference in Seattle, WA. Also, for the first time in history of our organization, Angela Ratcliffe, Culinary Arts student from the adult program of Chef Felix Perez Cortes represented the post secondary level in these remarkable competitions. They competed respectively in the Instructional Video Design, Sustainability Challenge, Leadership and Teach or Train STAR Events categories and achieved a remarkable National Silver and Bronze medals and placed in the National Finalist and Top 3 in recognition of their outstanding performance.

The group also had the unique opportunity of touring the Renaissance Seattle by Marriott Bonvoy and shadow various hotel departments. Connie Muller, an event manager from the Groups and Sales department, guided the group behind the scenes, allowing them to explore different career paths and gain insight into the hotel's culture. The students found the experience incredibly enjoyable and gathered valuable information to help guide their future careers in the industry.

We want to announce that our chapter did great with their projects. 

A total of 8 GOLD Medal and 5 qualifications for Nationals:

Angela Ratcliffe - Teach and Train Level 4: Gold & National Qualifier 🏆

Ana Durans & Aija Smith-Chang-Yen- Instructional Video: Gold & National Qualifier 🏆🏆

Sophie Casey - Sustainability Challenge: Gold & National Qualifier 🏆

Summer Moffett - Leadership: Gold & National Qualifier 🏆

Mathew Barreiro and Julio Arenas - Food Innovations: Gold 🥇

Jelena Camacho - FCCLA Writes - Gold 🥇

Paula Mogollon - Pin Design - Gold 🥇

Sebastian Rojas - Culinary Arts: Silver 🥈

Ana Herrera- Baking and Pastry - Silver 🥈

Eden Forester- Baking and Pastry - Silver 🥈

Christy Mateo - Dessert Chopped - Silver 🥈

Emily Vera- Career Investigation - Silver 🥈

Naidelyn Neri - Job Interview - Silver 🥈

Natally, Ivanna & Melanie - Servers Relay - Silver 🥈🥈🥈

Amity Warren- Repurpose and Redesign - Silver 🥈

Nicholas Lapolla- Hospitality, Tourism & Recreation - Bronze 🥉

Naeem Chikary- Food Innovations - Bronze 🥉

Brooks Kelley- Nutrition and Wellness - Bronze 🥉