Linden High School Chapter of Family

Career Community Leaders of America

Towards New Horizons

Meet the 2017/18 Linden High School FCCLA members Volume II, Issue 2, September 2017

We are proud to announce that we

have had a 24% increase in our

chapter membership. We now have

212 Members.

Newsletter Spotlight

Upcoming Dates to

Remember:

Sep. 23 Chapter

Officer Training at

Modesto’s John’s

Incredible Pizza

11:30-2:00

October 28th Re-

gion 6 Fall Meeting

Tokay High School

9:00-2:00

Dalila Aguilar– Chapter Tresurer

Melissa Albor Melecio

Rachel Albritton

Jocelyn Altamirano

Daniela Alvarez

Kaitlyn Anderson

Joy Anglin

Berenice Anguiano

Adolfo Arredondo

Magaly Arredondo

Amna Asif

Lilliana Avina Lopez

Samantha Barraza

Luis Barrios

Tiana Barsi

Hailie Beadles

Cameron Berna

Gloria Berrera

Jordan Boles

Maria Caballero

Angelica Campos

Vincent Cao

Deanna Carranza

Arturo Castaneda

Isabel Castellanos

Sierra Caves

Ismael Cazares

Magaly Cerventes

Jose Charco

Evelyn Chavez

Mercedeez Cooper

Chloe Crandall

Elizabeth Davis

Gianna DellAringa

Olivia DeSpain

Melissa Dominguez

Kaley Dosier

Austin Emerson

Alexander Engelmann– Chap-ter V.P.

Erick Escoto-Balderas

Andrea Esparza Ruiz

Jiana Espinosa– Region 6 V.P.

Katie Esposito

Janell Estrada

Alexis Fernandez

John Ferreira

Anthony Flores

Luis Flores

Mariel Flores

Catherine Forni

Kristina Forni

Questin Fowler

Katie Frink

Alex Fuentes

Carlos Garcia

Ernesto Garcia

Jose Garcia

Julia Garcia

Shelby Garcia

Hannah Gerolaga

Alexander Godina

Victoria Godwin

Ethan Goforth

Vincent Gomez

Daisy Gonzalez

Jobany Gonzalez

Isabella Grant

Carissa Green

Jelitza Gutierrez

Fernando Guzman

Azarae hart

Lizbeth Hernandez

Michael Hernandez Arteaga

Abel Herrera

Destiny Herrera

Gabrielle Herrera

Hannah Hjelmstad

Brittney Horton

Caulen Hudson

Emily Huerta– Chapter Reporter

Melissa Huerta

Bridgette Humphreys

Fernanda Ibarra

Rene Iniguez

Citlali Izquierdo

Morgan Jackson

Miranda Jackson-Horton

Jocelynn Jamito

Sara Joaquin

Kyra Johnson

Natalie Kafton

Carson Kent

Sidney Ketherside

Zander Kuthe

Stephanie Lafranchi

Sunnie Landers

Chad Lara

Lilyanna Lara

Madison Lara

Zitlali Lara

Olivia Lee– Chapter President

Maria Lepez

Teresa Lepez

Kalei Leppert

Ashley Leyva

Destiney Little

Anahi Lopez

Delsy Lopez– Region 6 Histori-an

Francisco Lopez

Alissa Lovecchio– Chapter Secretary

Anthony Lovecchio

Jacob Lowe

Carly Lucchetti

Monica Luna

Daniel Marquez

Jaylin Marquez

Ricardo Marquez Campos

Brianna Marsh– Chapter His-torian

Eduardo Martinez

Judas Martinez– Chapter His-torian

Sofia Martinez

Xavier Martinez

Kokoro Matsuura

Sydney Mayer

Michael McLamore—O’Neal

Agustin Melchor

Jasmine Melchor

Yovana Mendoza

Elizabeth Merenda

Gabriel Miller

Gianna Misasi

Danae Montiel

Mellany Mora Sierra

Nataliea Morales

Michelle Morfin

Natalie Morin

Ashley Naranjo

Hannah Nelson

Shelby Nelson

Erika Neustadt– Chapter Reporter

Elisabeth Nguyen

Adilen Ochoa

Xavier Ochoa

Martina Olivares

Hannah Ortega

Samantha Ortega

Miguel Oseguera

Maritza Palacios

Alissa Perazzo

Dulce Perez Aguilera

Abby Peters

Cindy Pineda

Cruz Pizano

Victor Pizano Sanchez

Nicolas Porter

Cameron Powers

Joan Prinze

Jasmin Quinonez

Alexander Ramirez

Rowdy Reed

Florentino Rios

Karla Rivera– Chapter Treasurer

Aiden Roberson

Joseline Rodriguez

Yesenia Rodriguez– Chap-ter Historian

Jovanni Romero

Jessie Rubio

Jason Russell

Cameron Russie

Destiny Sabin

Nicole Sabin

Julian Salazar

Francine Sanchez

Vanessa Sanchez

Matthew Sanford

Aspen Sarup

Lindsey Schmitt

Paige Schuler

Mallory Schwark

Rosa Servin

Phoebe Silasack-Southimath

Luis Silva

Deja Smith

Giovanni Solis

Mathew Solorio

Jessie Soriano

Maria Soto Aguilera

Sharon Spurgeon Petersen

Pedro Sterns

Brittany Stewart

Madison Stoker

Maria Suarez

Richard Tate

Lianna Towers

Matthew Turner

Vivian Vargas Hernandez

Bryan Vasquez

Eddie Vasquez

Jennifer Vazquez

Jovanna Vazquez

Emiliano Villa

Jennifer Villagran

Litzary Villagran Ruiz

Ricardo Villagran Ruiz

Katherine Villanueva– Chap-ter Reporter

Parker Whitaker

Randal Whiteman

Jerad Wicklund

Melissa Zaklan

Sara Zanini

Natalia Zuniga

R ed Pride Essays

By: Independent Living Students

Growing up, I have always been the type of person to go

out and try new things. Whether it be speaking on the news

about a heart condition that I have to raise money for children with heart

disease or running for class president of my sophomore class, I have always

been up for a challenge. A quote that I like to live by is “When you do what

you fear the most, then you can do anything”. I mean I’ve just started by

sophomore year of high school, and I have already gained a sense of pride to

who I have become.

A class that I have recently joined this year is the FCCLA. FCCLA is

not just a bunch of random letters put together, it stands for the family, ca-

reer, and community leaders of America. When I think of FCCLA the word

that stands out to me the most would be family. I personally feel that as

soon as you put on that red and white blazer you have joined a family. A

place where you can try new things, meet new people, and best of all be

yourself in a warm and friendly environment free of judgement. When you

join FCCLA you are not just signing up for a class, you are joining a home, a

home that I was proud to join my first day of school this year.

In this home, you will never find yourself to be alone. No one is

ever just a member, you are apart of something much greater. Imagine this

as if you were apart of a volleyball team. You couldn't win a game if you

don't work together, everyone has to play their parts in order to win. I mean

you could have an amazing outside hitter, but they will be nothing without

some amazing passers and a rockin’ setters. I feel that in the FCCLA no one

outshines each other, everyone is there for a purpose, to help and make a

better tomorrow.

The FCCLA motto is “Towards New Horizons”, this means to me

that everyday is a new beginning. An example of “Towards New Horizons”

would be graduating the eighth grade and starting a new chapter of your

life...high school. You could have been a D student in middle school, but

freshmen year is like a clean slate, your gpa restarts, the teachers are new,

the campus is new, and you just need to make the best of this to start the

year right. You should start your year off right by taking pride in not only

your grades but yourself, be confident, be who you want to be, and do not

stoop down to fit into society's “norms”. With your “New Horizons” you

should make everyday a good day, starting it off right with a smile on your

face and happiness in your heart.

At school, I feel a sense of pride when I walk into my fourth period

class of Independent Living, I get to show my leadership skills in multiple

tasks. Whether it be leading my class in the FCCLA creed or helping my class-

mates in a group project, making sure ours looks the best of course! I feel

pride when I look around the classroom from my desk in the back and see

the smiles on my classmates faces as we learn about becoming the inde-

pendent leaders of tomorrow.

We are the family, career, and community leaders of America. We

work as a family to build new horizons. We work as a family to help our com-

munity. We work as

a family to change the future of tomorrow. Together we are FCCLA, an or-

ganization I am PROUD to be apart of!

By: Lindsey Schmitt

At Linden High School FCCLA is very im-

portant. Although not many people know

about it we are going to change that this

year. I am very proud and honored to be

able to be part of FCCLA. The colors of

FCCLA are red and white. FCCLA stands for

family, career, community, leaders of

America.

So the colors that represent FCCLA

are red and white. Red represents strength,

courage, and determination. White is sup-

posed to represent sincerity of purpose,

integrity of action, qualities that will help

individuals build a better tomorrow. As it is

stated in the creed, we the members of

FCCLA are being taught to face the future

with warm courage and high hopes.

In FCCLA we also have a motto.

That motto is, “Towards New Horizons”.

What this means is that you should go to-

wards new goals. Forget your past and

start new and fresh. Make a change in

your life. Don’t get stuck in the past. It

also means change yourself to be a better

you.

FCCLA is not just about the color

red and white. FCCLA helps you learn new

leadership skills, and most important of all

it helps you become a better citizen for

your community. FCCLA is about making a

change for tomorrow and promoting a

better future.

In conclusion FCCLA is a great

leadership experience, and the color red

means power, and the color white means

integrity. I hope that FCCLA will grow at

Linden High School. Because after all we

are the builders of homes, homes for

America's future. WE ARE THE FAMILY

CAREER COMMUNITY LEADERS OF AMERI-

CA!!!

By: Daniella Alvarez

Red Pride is very important to lots of us.

Starting with the colors red and white,

family, and our motto. To some people

these things are just words, to others

these words are very important. When I

think of FCCLA I think of how proud I am to

be a member. I joined FCCLA to become

better whether by helping or participating.

People think of red as just anoth-

er color. FCCLA thinks of red as a color to

stand out. A color where people will look

at us and ask, “what is FCCLA? What does

it stand for?” The red t-shirt or blazer

makes us feel like we are a part of some-

thing important. Our colors stand for

something, white means integrity and red

action.

FCCLA’s motto is, Towards New

Horizons. To me this means that you

shouldn’t think about the past. You should

reach out for new goals. All members of

FCCLA should try new things and not have

their past define their futures. For exam-

ple, I didn’t talk out for myself before but I

feel like FCCLA will help me. Because of

FCCLA I will try more things that I didn’t

think I could do before this class, like run-

ning for an officer position.

Some people don’t have it the

best at home. Some are hurt, some need

money, and some are just very stressed.

One way FCCLA helps you is by being fami-

ly. FCCLA treats you like family even if you

barely know each other. We are family

even if we are different. Another thing we

do is learn how to communicate. Officers

of FCCLA train the next level down so we

are stronger as community and a family.

They help us believe in ourselves and give

us confidence.

We are a community, we stay

together to help. The members of FCCLA

don’t give up. FCCLA members try new

things we never thought we could or

would do. I am proud I am in FCCLA and I

recommend it to others, even my little

sister.

By: Fernanda Ibarra

In FCCLA red stands for action. Red

also is one of FCCLA’s colors. So why

would you have pride for the color red

if you’re not throwing up 6’s? Here’s

why.

If red stands for action I’d be

happy to represent the color. Action is

one of the best things you can do. If

you take action when someone is in

trouble, that is very honorable. Overall

action is a good thing.

Another reason you should

have red pride is because it makes you

part of a group. When you wear the

color red you represent FCCLA and feel

a part of something. FCCLA is an amaz-

ing organization that you can be proud

to be a part of because you are an ac-

tive role model for your community.

Red Pride also makes you feel

good. Wearing the red blazer or red

shirt makes you feel good to be a part

of FCCLA. Wearing the red blazer could

take a prisoner and make him look like

a law abiding citizen.

This is what red pride means to me. It

means something that makes you feel

good, part of a group and honorable.

By: Xavier Martinez II

Red pride means power to me. The

FCCLA color red is not just any color. For

FCCLA red symbolizes action and strength.

I am so glad to be in Independent

Living and the Food and Nutrition classes,

they teach me to do things I have never

done before. Independent Living is my

favorite. I love my teacher and I love

FCCLA too. I love that in FCCLA I get to

meet and work with new people.

I am looking forward to going on

field trips and walking in the Homecoming

parade. I’ve never participated in either.

This is why I love FCCLA, because

I get to meet and do new things. So, I

proudly wear the red FCCLA t-shirt!

By: Amna Asif

I am so proud to say that I am part of

FCCLA, the Family Career and Community

Leaders of America. I am part of a family

that works as a community to change the

future of tomorrow, and the world we live

in today. FCCLA is a judgement free zone,

a place where you can truly fit in and be

yourself. FCCLA has broken many people

out of their shell and I am hoping it can do

the same for me.

Red pride to me means that ac-

tion is being taken. By taking action, you

have to be physically involved in FCCLA.

You’ve got to be part of the community,

take pride in your position as a member,

be a leader, and make the best of your

experience. You should not just dream

about doing something, you should go out

and turn it into a reality.

The FFCLA motto, “Towards New

Horizons” means many things. I feel that

Towards New Horizons means a new be-

ginning. It means that you are working

for a better tomorrow. Everyday in

FCCLA we are working for a better

future.

FCCLA is more than a bunch

of random words put together, it

stands for the Family Career Commu-

nity Leaders of America. The word

that stand out most to me is family.

The word family stands out the most

because we FCCLA members stand as

one, just as a family would. In FCCLA

we are free to be ourselves without

being judged, and are encouraged to

try new things.

In FCCLA we are not only

encouraged to be a part of the com-

munity, but we also get the chance to

meet new people. We are encour-

aged to try new things and along the

way learn more about ourselves.

FCCLA truly is the ultimate leadership

experience.

By: Danae Montiel

Red pride, FCCLA, the meaning of not

just pride but red pride. What does it

mean to me? The color red to me

symbolizes action. This color, is the

main color of FCCLA, which is mainly

about family. The motto of FCCLA is

“Towards New Horizons” looks to-

wards the future.

Red pride, the color red, it

symbolizes to take action. Do not sit

in the shadows and do nothing, do

something. Do something for the

better, to make a better tomorrow, to

help others and ot just ourselves.

Sitting in the corner, waiting for

things to work out themselves has

taught me that it is not going to hap-

pen. Take action, that what the color red

has taught me.

Red is the main color of FCCLA.

FCCLA is mainly about family. Your family

is not just the people that you live with at

home but the people around you that you

care about and they care about you. Your

family should be loving and you should

never forget to love your family back.

Every thing should be fair and feel secure

when you are with your family. So be

proud and have pride in all of the family

you have.

FCCLA’s motto is “Towards New

Horizons,” it is not just a phrase that

someone threw out onto the table. There

has to be some meaning, it has to be a

summary or definition of FCCLA. To me it

means to not dwell in the past, look to

the future. The question is, what do you

see in your future? How will your actions

now, which the color red represents,

affect your future? Make yourself a

better person, and learn from mistakes.

Forget your past because you can have a

fresh start.

These are all what Red Pride

means to me. It means to be a leader and

take action. Make sure your family is

proud and you are proud of your family.

Watch your actions because it will affect

your future. This is what I believe means

Red Pride. The future is what we are

looking forward to, not the past.

By: Bridgette Humphreys

Essays in this newsletter are a small sam-

pling of all the essays submitted by the

Independent Living I classes. These and

those not in this newsletter will be con-

sidered for a State Competition in March.