Monday, December 9, 2013

FCCLA goes to Spokane by Kayla Billette

FCCLA goes to Spokane
            On Friday, the 15th of November, six members of FCCLA (and Ms. Cable, of course) gathered in the morning to head for Spokane for a Cluster Meeting. The students who attended were President Kaylie Durglo, Vice president Courtney Heath, Secretary Kayla Billette (me), Treasurer Robbie Erickson, and supporting FCCLA members Carley Elverud and Amanda Andres.
            Once in Spokane, our first order of business was to check into the hotel. Right after that, we reported to the Trade Center where all the meetings were held. We received our name cards and discussed our plans for the rest of the weekend. Not too much time passed before we attended our first nightly meeting. The speakers were excellent, and one in particular stuck out.
            Johan Khalilian was the first speaker we heard of many we were to hear in the weekend to come, but in my opinion he was an excellent speaker. He really connected with the audience, and kept his speech flowing. There was never a moment when his speech didn’t just seem to flow into his next subject. He had a lot of wisdom to share with us, and he did it by telling us stories from when he was young and in high school.
            Another meeting a few of us attended was the autism awareness meeting. We found out many statistical facts about autism but also ways that we can spread awareness. Come April 2nd, FCCLA will be coming up with our own ways to spread awareness.
            Although the weekend was full of many meetings and insight on the world around us, we also had a lot of fun and a lot of laughs. To anyone who wants to make a difference in the world around them, I suggest joining FCCLA. It’s a lot of fun as well as life-changing and eye-opening.


By Kayla Billette 


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