This national program helps members to build and share skills for a strong family life. Members can enjoy fun, hands-on experiences in five different units:
• Families Today
• You-Me-Us
• Meet the Challenge
• Balancing Family and Career
• Parent Practice
National Awards: Top Middle School – $ 1,000; Top High School – $1,000; Runner-Up Award – $500
Click the button below to link to the national FCCLA website section with additional information on the program awards application process.
Awards from Virginia FCCLA
The Virginia Association recognizes those chapters that submit the complete program award application online to national FCCLA by their March 1 deadline. Names of the submitting chapters are printed in the state conference program and appear on the screen during a conference general session, attendees receive a program ribbon for their conference name badges, and the chapter receives a program award certificate. Click the button below to open a document with instructions and information on Virginia’s program award process.
Direct questions about Virginia’s recognition for national programs participation to Deborah Will at debbiewillFCCLA@comcast.net.
Congratulations to:
Page County High School – 2022 National Families First High School Winner
James Wood High School – 2022 National Families First Runner-Up
2022 Virginia Award Winners in Families First
| Blacksburg High School Buckingham Career & Tech Center Burton Center for Arts and Technology Carroll County High School Central High School – Shenandoah Colonial Forge High School Culpeper County High School Eastern View High School Gate City High School Grayson County CATE Center James Wood High School** Lake Braddock Secondary School Luray High School Mountain View High School – Shenandoah | Mountain View High School – Stafford Page County High School Page County Middle School Patriot High School Robert E. Aylor Middle School Rockbridge County High School South County Middle School Spring Hill Academy Strasburg High School Stuarts Draft Middle School Turner Ashby High School Wilson Memorial High School Woodgrove High School ** 2021-2022 mini-grant recipient from Virginia FCCLA Leadership Foundation |
The Japanese Exchange is part of the FCCLA Families First program. Members may receive a full scholarship to spend next summer in Japan. They will live with a Japanese family and visit famous sites. This scholarship is available to FCCLA members who are high school sophomores and juniors.
Because of the worldwide pandemic, this program has not been available. Normally, the application is available from the national FCCLA website and is due to Youth for Understanding and FCCLA in early January. Detailed information will be available from national FCCLA as plans evolve. That information can be accessed at: http://www.fcclainc.org/programs/japanese-exchange.php
Carl Sandburg Middle School
Families First Project
