Congratulations to Lake Stevens High School FCCLA students who won a 1st place FCCLA Financial Fitness award at the state-level competition held March 26-28 in Wenatchee. 

Their project, STAFF (Students Teaching About Financial Fitness) received a perfect 100 point score, and involved teaching 1st and 3rd grade classes about the value of a dollar and consumer clout. 

Lake Stevens FCCLA will receive recognition for their project at the Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) National Conference slated for San Antonio, Texas in July.

FCCLA is a youth leadership organization offered through Family and Consumer Sciences Education in the United States, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and overseas.

Specific areas of education and leadership within FCCLA include: financial literacy, parenting, nutrition and health, childhood obesity, bullying prevention family relationships and career preparation.

Congratulations to the FCCLA students and their adviser, Kathy Hahn.