Competition

Learning Skills through Competition

FCCLA Competitive Events each develop skills in official FCCLA career clusters. Click each box below to view examples of related careers and a connected competitive event.

Related Careers:

Interior Designer
- Event: Interior Design
Event Designer
- Event: Event Management
Personal Stylist
- Event: Fashion Design
Seamstress/Seamster
- Event: Fashion Construction

Related Careers:

Event Planner
- Event: Event Management
Head Cook
- Event: Culinary Arts
Nutritionist
- Event: Sports Nutrition
Travel Consultant
- Event: Hospitality, Tourism, and Recreation

Related Careers:

Accountant
- Event: Entrepreneurship
Insurance Agent
- Event: Personal Finance by Everfi
Personal Finance Advisor
- Event: Personal Finance by Everfi
Tax Advisor
- Event: Math for Financial Literacy

Related Careers:

Academic Dean
- Event: Teach or Train
Curriculum Designer
- Event: Teaching Strategies
Early Childhood Education Teacher
- Event: Early Childhood Education
School Teacher
- Event: Lesson Plan Development & Modification

Related Careers:

Life Coach
- Event: Principles of Human Service Challenge
Non-Profit Director
- Event: National Programs in Action (Community Service)
Psychologist
- Event: National Programs in Action (Stand Up)
Social Worker
- Event: Focus on Children

Related Careers:

Accessibility Specialist
- Event: Interior Design
City Planner
- Event: Housing & Interior Design Challenge
Environmental Health Specialist
- Event: Sustainability Challenge
Epidemiologist:
- Event: Principles of Human Service Challenge
Youth Program Director
- Event: Focus on Children

Competitive Events

STAR Events

STAR stands for Students Taking Action with Recognition. Members can choose from a vast selection of both National and State events to impact their personal growth and communities. Each one requires students to find a family, career, or community-related issue, which is then addressed through their project using the FCCLA planning process (identify concerns, set a goal, form a plan, act, and follow up).

These events run at the district, state, and national level. Students demonstrate and develop achievements and proficiency in projects, leadership skills, and preparation for future career paths in individual or team events.

Students at Mandan High compete at the District, State, and National levels in every event. You can stay updated with the dates of these competitions by viewing the Mandan FCCLA Calendar.

Click to view a list of the North Dakota FCCLA Competitive Events.

Skill Demonstration Events

Through Skill Demonstration events, students showcase the college and career readiness skills they have gained in their FACS classes or FCCLA experiences. These events may be more brief than STAR Events projects because they focus on fine tuning essential FACS Skills.

At Mandan High FCCLA, we compete in these events at the state and national levels. There is no process to qualify for the state or national level as there is in STAR events competition, but participants simply sign up and prepare.

National FCCLA chooses a set list of Skill Demonstration Events to be held at each National Leadership Conference. Click to see the 2025-2026 Skill Demonstration Events.

Challenge Tests

The FCCLA Challenge Tests give students a chance to compete and practice their college and career readiness skills they've learned in FCS classes or FCCLA experiences.

Students can compete online in the fall or at the National Leadership Convention in the summer.

To view the list of tests and more information from National FCCLA, click the FCCLA Challenge Tests Information Sheet.

Pictured here is Cayden Cummings, who took 1st place in the nation in the Financial Literacy Knowledge Test.

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