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FCCLA which stands for Family, Career and Community Leaders of America, is a co-curricular organization that targets young people in any school, private or public, with family bonds, career and participation in the community. In FACS we were taught the many different benefits for joining FCCLA. Because FCCLA focuses on the multiple roles of family members, wage earners, and community leader skills, students are able to develop skills for life though character development, creative and critical thinking, interpersonal communication, practical knowledge, and career preparation. We learned in order to join FCCLA you must be a current or past FACS student

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In the Food and Nutrition unit, we learned about the different ways to eat healthy and to stay healthy. We learned how to check the ingredients on food to check if its good or healthy for us, considering that most food now a days have chemicals that are foreign or harmful to the body. It's important to ear healthy so that you can live longer with a healthier body.

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A family usually consists of parents and children, but that's not always the case with family's. There are different types of family's. Nuclear families are the so called "Normal Family" which have 2 parent and children, although there is no such thing as a normal family. Single parent families are families with only one parent with children. Foster families is a system where a child has been placed into group home, or private home of a state-certified caregiver. We learned that family should always be there for us no matter what

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Healthy relations apply to family relationships or marriages. Healthy family and marriage relationships are when each member of the family cares for each other and always there for each other no matter what. If someone is hurt or needs help they can always rely on and other person whether its their mom, dad, sibling or spouse. As a family its automatic that you should be there for each other, because friends aren't always going to be there. Granted that not every family or marriage is perfect buts important to build on a good health relationship

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We learned about Marriages and marriage laws in different states and countries. We learned what is required to get married, some states allow 16 year old to get married. We were taught about the average cost to get married and to have wedding which was about $33,000. We found out the things that were required to get or pay for when you wanted a wedding. The $33,000 doesn't even include the honeymoon. (If your planning to have one, which you should)

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In the Apparel unit we learned about the appropriate apparel for people in certain places like the work place. We learned that we can also take on the hobby of making our own clothes, it saves money and you can make it the certain way you want it. It's important to have a good apparel especially in the workplace because how you dress determines how people view you.

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A consumer is someone who purchases goods and services. Anyone who buys something for their own personal use is automatically a consumer. It's important to know about your rights and responsibilities as a consumer. We learned about comparing prices, warranties, and good choices when shopping for items because making one mistake and screw you up

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A Goal is a desire to achieve a certain task whether in the long run or not. Goals are an excellent way to be mentally active, because you'll always have it there and you'll do things on a daily or consistently to achieve it. Goals can also just be because there is something that you want or want to do to better yourself. We leaned about the SMART Goal; S-Specific, the goal should be clear and specific; M-Measurable, important to track your goals and stay motivated; A-Achievable, it's to be attainable and realistic; R-Relevant make sure your goal matters to you; T-Time Bound, every goal needs a target date or finish line, it keeps focus.

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Communication skills are key for a healthy relationship with anyone. Ways to help with communication skills are: Being a good listener, Friendliness, Confidence, trust, Respect. Ways of bad communication are: Distance, Ignorant, Belligerent, Selfish, Dense, Trust, Hurt, Insecure, Dishonest, Unforgiveness,  and Anger. We learned of the different types of communication, Assertive: Express/Stand up for yourself in the consideration of others. * you use “I” statements; Aggressive: Self-Focus Approach; disregard others’ feelings, attitudes; Passive: When you don’t stand up for yourself. We learned about different ways to communicate: Body Language, Gestures, Electronics

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Teamwork is basic for survival. As you live you are always going to surrounded by people wherever you go, like school, work, or the store, you will always encounter people. As a human we need other people to survive, its impossible for us to live without people because we are people oriented. Now because you need people its always to good to work with them and teamwork is important because tasks get done faster, its effective and efficient.