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Mount Ayr Record-News
Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa
Thursday, February 26, 2015, Page 16
FCCLA (Family Career and Community Leaders of America)
The FCCLA is an organization which provides opportunities for self-development and preparation for family and community living and for employment. The
program builds leadership skills along with home skills and emphasizes the area of food, health, consumerism and real issues facing today's society. Although
the organization had fewer members this year, we are excited about the growth leadership opportunity of the future.Barb Gerber is the advisor. Among those
involved in the program this year include, from left: Samantha Crawford, Michaela Mueller, Emma Mobley and Kylee Smith.
Raider Tech SquadRaider Tech Squad is a student group that works to help train students and teachers
on any piece of technology with wich they are not familiar. Tech squad members may be involved in teaching an application to fellow classmates, helping in an
elementary classroom, fund-raising for the laptop program and helping manage the websites for the school district. They are also trained on how to solve problems
on a computer that might arise. This group of students is also the voice for the 1-to-1 laptop progrm at the middle/high school. Kim Curry is
the advisor. Members include:
Front row, from left: Laura Davison, Abbi Haley, Emma Mobley, Lanie Sheil, Hallie Still and Haylea England.
Second row, from left: Kenisha Ross, Ashton Sheil, Kylee Smith, Hayley Whittington, Caroline McAlexander, Blair Glendenning, Caylie Hickman, Alyssa Johnson,
Dylan McAlexander and Cauy Bickel.
Third row, from left: Hannah Jackson, Zane Powell, Myles Greene and Keirston Dolecheck.
Internship ProgramThe students in the Internship program are given the opportunity to explore
careers in a real life work setting. They can work one to three periods a day and are graded on their work performance and work journals they turn in to the
instructor. The students also take a job getting and keeping skills class called Career Readiness before they can participate in the program. March Budach
is the advisor. Pictured front row, from left: Adrian Richards, Ashley Paxson and Baylee Arends.
Second row, from left: Joe Ricker, Allie Shields, Jesse
Ruby, Tucker Winemiller, Connor Giles and Lincoln Martin.
Photographs courtesy of Mount Ayr Record-News
Submission & Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, February of 2015
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