Centralia FCS & FCCLA

Merry Christmas! 🎄 🎁 Breakfast and Secret Santa this morning

The winners of this year’s high school costume contest were - Alina as the Holy Bible and Kyra & Jacie as Taco Bell.

Centralia FCCLA wants to thank everyone who donated to their CAN-dy drive. All goods were donated to the Centralia food pantry. Thank you to Danielle, Emily, and Amanda for helping me drive them around.

Don’t forget FCCLA members will be trick or treating tomorrow night. They will be collecting canned goods for the food pantry in Centralia. Due to several parent volunteers and the cold temperatures we’re hoping to be going around Centralia at 6:15 and Corning at 6:30. Leave a porch light on if you are donating. Thank you! 🧡🖤

My crafting seminar has been hard at work. We made trick or treat bags this month. They are being sold for $8 and will hold more candy then you want your kids to have!

Culinary finished their beef unit by competing in Burger Wars. We started our chicken unit by comparing the taste of brined chicken breast vs marinated.

Thank you to Dana Deters and Nemaha Community Hospital for hosting our Human Development class today .

Intro to FCS students had their 1st monthly gathering with Kindergarten. They planned and carried out an art project and math activity.

We’ve been busy here at school the last 1.5 months.
Financial Markers (I don't want to wash spoons.)
Playing Finance Games - Act Your wage
Culinary making salsa after talking about foodborne illnesses such as botulism. Thanks Renee Kramer and Nancy Deters for the extra tomatoes for this big class.
Culinary practicing their knife cuts on carrots.
Seminar crafting class made some door hangers that will be for sale.
Culinary putting those carrots to use making individual carrot cakes.
Culinary learned about cooking methods - dry, moist, and combination heat so they had to make breakfast using different methods. BBQ Meatballs - dry heat, Swedish Meatballs - moist
7th FCS - practicing their measuring skills by making a rainbow in a jar
Freshman FCCLA members in my Intro to FCS class attended the District D Conference in Wabaunsee yesterday.

Fire truck child size fleece throw #2 (24”x48”)
Donated by Centralia FCCLA

Fire truck child size fleece throw #1 (24”x48”)
Donated by Centralia FCCLA

FCCLA HS back to school party fun!

Intro to FCS made pillow cases
7th graders created solar ovens and made s’mores
They also had a cupcake bar with 4 different homemade frostings.
FCCLA end of the year Taco Tuesday/officer reveal

I’ve been pretty quiet lately. 4th quarter happenings

Thank you to everyone who ordered FCCLA flowers, they were beautiful! Sixth grade made the unloading process very quick.

FCCLA flowers will be delivered on Tuesday. Pick up time (as of 4/28) 4:45-6. First come first serve, remember there is a 7-12 music concert at 6 that night. Any flowers not claimed will be sent home with the FCCLA member who took the order. Thank you for your support!

FCCLA fundraisers for Nationals in Denver

Another year of FCCLA is winding down. Congratulations to Morgan for placing 2nd in Food Innovation and getting the chance to compete at Nationals in Denver in July. My freshman Intro to FCS class members completed a LEO project and scored 99.5 receiving a top red ribbon. A huge thank you to Melissa Talley for helping drive everyone to Wichita, it was a busy 2.5 days!

FCCLA members are out and about selling flowers for our fundraiser this year. If you’re interested in supporting FCCLA and they missed you over Easter break, the order from is below. Thank you for your support!

I want to thank Duana Huerter for teaching yoga to my freshman as we continue to work through our student body curriculum. Our bodies and our minds were relaxed this afternoon. 💓

Morgan and Lily worked hard on their STAR event projects this year. They competed at District level last week and today we found out their places, gold and bronze. Morgan will get to present her project at state in Wichita in April. Way to go Centralia FCCLA!

Order forms are due this week. Thank you!

How much sugar is in your favorite treat? We explored this question today in Intro to FCS.

Thank you Nemaha County COOP for donating the bubble gum that goes into our FCCLA Valentine Goodie bags. Order forms will go home next week. Thank you again! 💕

Our homemade pasta was delicious! A big thanks to Louella and Hannah for coming to teach the freshman.

FCCLA is seeking 2 adult volunteers! We're traveling to Linn High School on Wednesday February 1st for STAR events. We need two adults to help judge events together. There will be a short training before the events start. We're leaving from Centralia at approximately 7 am, hopefully we'll finish around 1. Lunch is included. Message me if you're interested or need more information. Thank you!

FCCLA is working with Jayne Whitson and Schools that Care for our High School Community Service Project. If you don’t have a child in high school you can still donate at our Christmas concert. 🧦 🧡🖤

We have some punch cards left over from our Nationals fundraiser last spring. We are selling them at a discounted rate of $12 to make some of our money back. They expire 2/28/23.

Thank you to everyone who participated in FCCLA’s first Halloween contest.

Thank you to Flint Hills Custom Meat in Onaga for hosting the culinary class this morning.

7th grade has been talking about the importance of communication-nonverbal, verbal, and types of criticism. So today we played a game called Time Travel Telephone. Then we discussed the importance of proper communication, listening, and how our message can change from one source to another. A fun activity, with an important lesson!