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FCCLA Student Earns Second National Gold Medal

Last year she made history at Starr’s Mill High by earning the highest score ever by a national competitor at the Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) Conference. This year Annslee Tokar continued her winning streak by securing another gold medal in the senior division of the “Teach and Train” event.FCCLA Student Earns Second National Gold Medal

Tokar was among 89 Georgia students statewide who won gold medals in their events at the national conference, which was held in Nashville, Tennessee July 2-6. This was her second consecutive trip to the national competition, and her second gold medal in the Teach and Train event.

Also competing were Abby Gayda and Olivia Herrmann in the Digital Stories for Change (junior division) event. Tokar, Gayda and Herrmann were the only students from Fayette County competing at the FCCLA national conference. All three earned spots at the event by receiving gold medals in their areas at the state conference.

Hope Via served as the students’ coach, and is also the FCCLA co-advisor at Starr’s Mill High.

FCCLA is a national student organization that helps young men and women become leaders and address important personal, family, work, and societal issues through family and consumer science education.