FCCLA stands for Family, Career and Community Leaders of America. This week was the region competition. The event I competed in was Repurpose and Redesign. For my project I used a service project I found on JustServe Little Dresses For Africa. This project takes pillowcases and turns then into dresses for refugee girls in Africa.
I worked on this project all month and learned a lot. I made two pillowcase dresses and made my poster. I presented this project at the region competition. At the competition we checked in and found out where and when we were presenting our projects after that we went to the opening ceremony. After the opening ceremony we all split up to the places we needed to go. I went down the hall and waited for my time. I was supposed to go in at 9:25 am but because the judges were behind I waited nervously for another hour to go in. When I went in I set up my board for the two judges to see and then stepped back out of the room as the judges looked over my board. When I was called back in I presented my speech, explaining my project and going through what I did. Afterward, the judges asked me a few questions and then I was done. I put my things away and met up with my friends who were already done. We played games and ate lunch as we waiting for the closing ceremony where we would learn how we did.
At the opening ceremony the person in charge read through all the events and who competed in them and what place they got. The placing is off how many points you got on your event rubric. You have to get at least 60 points to go to state. Bronze is getting 60-70 points, silver is getting 70-80 points, and gold is getting 90+ points or something like that. Basically everyone goes to state. There was a lot of people and different events. Finally they got to my Repurpose and Redesign event. There were a few people who competed in my event and the projects I saw were really cool.
They finally said my name I got silver! I get to go to state! I was super excited. We had a few people from our school get gold and my friends also got silver. Now I just have to get the rubric back and see what the judges thought of my project and see what I can improve for State. After they announced everyone, they then drew some names for some cool door prizes. Surprisingly my name was called and I got a funny baboon stuffed animal and some Jamba Juice fruit snacks. It was super fun and cool experience and I can't wait to go do it again at State!
We have been working on project boards and projects a lot over the last few weeks. In addition to Emily's FCCLA Project, Logan and Charlotte also participated in the school Science Fair.
Their projects were really well done too. They each researched all about their topics by reading books about their subjects. After researching, they typed up everything they wanted on their board and we put them together. Logan did his project on the Solar System and told a few fun facts about each of the planets in our solar system. Charlotte decided to do her project on Plants and Seeds. She told all about how plants grow, what they are used for and why plants are important. She even planted a couple of bean seeds in a Ziploc bag and watched them grow over the last few weeks. During the Science fair she pointed out just how each bean seed was germinating and growing.
After the Science Fair presentations, we got to check out the STEM Night activities and we learned a lot about other science and engineering things. It was a fun night.
Good job on your projects kids!!
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