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C-STAR EVENTS

To locate all the C-STAR Events, please go to this link on the FCCLA Website. You will need to login to access these documents.

To locate all the C-STAR Event Resources, please go to this link on the FCCLA Website

2021-22 Events Guidelines by Event

  • You can locate all of National FCCLA STAR Events in the Advisor Portal at this link: https://affiliation.registermychapter.com/fccla#  Once in the portal, click on Resources Tab, and scroll down to Competitive Events to access the event you are looking for.

C-STAR
INDIVIDUAL EVENTS ONLY

Child Development | Cost per person - $15
Child Development - Planning Form [doc] | 2021-22 Child Development [pdf]

Recognizes participants who demonstrate their ability to select and present a song or story for preschool children. (Levels 1, 2)

Culinary Display | Cost per person - $15
2021-22 Culinary Display [pdf]

Recognizes participants for their ability to demonstrate their skills in presenting foods for a buffet table/or fine restaurant dining. State themes will be provided, and categories will include: appetizers, breads, creative mini cakes, cupcakes, decorated wedding cakes, and patisserie. (Levels 1, 2, 3—category dependent) Category A: Appetizers, Levels 2,3; Category B: Breads, Levels 1, 2, 3; Category C: Creative Mini (6-8”) Cake, Levels 1, 2; Category D: Cupcakes: Level 1; Category E: Decorated Wedding Cakes: Level 3; Category F: Patisserie: Level 3

Menu Planning and Table Display | Cost per person - $15
2021-22 Menu Planning and Table Display [pdf] | 2020-21 Menu Planning & Table Display Sample Nutrition Analysis [xlsx]

Recognizes participants who demonstrate their skill in menu planning, plan a lunch or dinner menu based on the state theme for two people and provide a nutritional analysis. (Levels 1, 2)

Room Design | Cost per person - $15
2021-22 Room Design [pdf]

Recognizes participants who apply interior design skills learned in FCS courses to design interiors that meet the living space needs of clients based on the current state theme. (Level 1)

Salad Preparation | Cost per person - $15
2021-22 Salad Preparation [pdf] | 2020-21 Salad Preparation Cost Analysis Template [xlsx]

Participants demonstrate knife skills/safety and sanitation skills developed in FCS courses to prepare a salad and salad dressing for home use based on the state theme. (Levels 1, 2, 3)

TEAM EVENTS (1–3 students)

Entrepreneurship | Cost per person - $15
Recognizes participants who develop a plan for a small business using FCS skills and sound business practices. The business must relate to an area of FCS education. (Levels 2, 3 +)

Event Management | Cost per person - $15
Recognizes participants who apply skills learned in FCS courses to plan an event for an educational institution, community or non-profit organization, business, or governmental institution. Levels 2 and 3 include an event volunteering experience. (Levels 2, 3 +)

Fashion Design | Cost per person - $15
Recognizes participants who apply fashion design skills learned in FCS courses to design and market clothing styles with a 4-piece collection. (Level 3, +)

Focus on Children | Cost per person - $15
Recognizes participants who plan and conduct a child development project that has a positive impact on children and the community. (Levels 1, 2, 3 +)

Food Innovations | Cost per person - $15
Recognizes participants who apply food product development by creating an original prototype formula, testing the product through focus groups, and developing a marketing strategy based on an annual topic. (Levels 1, 2, 3 +)

Hospitality, Tourism, and Recreation | Cost per person - $15
Recognizes participants who demonstrate their knowledge into a hypothetical or real business. Project must relate to culinary, lodging, recreation, tourism, or event coordination. (Levels 2, 3, +)

Interior Design | Cost per person - $15
Recognizes participants who apply interior design skills to meet the living space needs of clients based on the current national design scenario (Levels 2, 3 +)

2021-22 Interior Design Scenario and Resources [pdf]

National Programs in Action | Cost per person - $15
Represented by a team who explains how the FCCLA Planning Process was used to implement a national program project. (Levels 1, 2 or 3 +)

Nutrition and Wellness - $15 | Cost per person - $15
Recognizes participants who track food intake and physical activity for themselves, their family, or a community group and determine goals and strategies for improving their overall health. (Levels 1,2,3 +)

Parliamentary Procedure (Competition at State Only) | Cost per person - $15
Represented by a team of 4–8 members who develop a working knowledge of parliamentary law and the ability to conduct a business meeting. (Level 2 or 3 +)

Professional Presentation | Cost per person - $15
Recognizes participants who make an oral presentation about issues concerning FCS and/or related occupations and provide visuals to illustrate the presentation. (Levels 1, 2, 3 +)

Public Policy Advocate | Cost per person - $15
Recognizes participants who identify a local, state, national/global concern, research the topic, identify a target audience, potential partnerships, form action plan, and advocate to affect a policy or law. (Levels 2, 3 +)

Repurpose and Redesign | Cost per person - $15
Recognizes participants who apply recycling and redesign skills learned in FCS courses to create a display with a used fashion, home, or other post-consumer items to repurpose into a new product. (Levels 1, 2, 3 +)

Sports Nutrition | Cost per person - $15
Recognizes participants who use FCS skills to plan and develop an individualized nutritional plan to meet the needs of a competitive student-athlete in a specific sport. (Levels 1, 2, 3 +)

Sustainability Challenge | Cost per person - $15
Recognizes participants that address environmental issues and actively empower others by researching one of the five topics provided, investigate areas where they can make a difference, and develop a project for their home, school, or community. (Levels 2, 3 +)

INDIVIDUAL EVENTS ONLY

Baking and Pastry | Cost per person - $35
Baking and Pastry (Compete at State Only)
Recognizes participants who are enrolled in an occupational food service training program and demonstrate skills through the preparation of a quick bread, choux pastry, cookie, and shaped yeast bread. (Level 3, **, +)

2020-21 Specification Summary for Baking and Pastry and Culinary Arts.pdf
CA FCCLA Baking and Pastry Recipes 12122020.pdf

Culinary Arts | Cost per person - $35
Recognizes participants enrolled in an occupational food service training program for their ability to work as a team to produce a quality meal using industrial culinary arts/food service techniques and equipment. (Level 3, **, +)

2020-21 Specification Summary for Baking and Pastry and Culinary Arts.pdf
CA FCCLA Culinary Arts Menu 12162020.pdf

Fashion Construction | Cost per person - $15
Recognizes participants who apply Fashion Construction skills and create a display using samples of their skills. Participants construct a garment or ensemble in advance. The project must include eight fashion construction techniques. The display must include the sample garment, file folder, and an oral presentation. (Levels 1—does not advance to Nationals, 2,3 +)

Job Interview | Cost per person - $15
Recognizes participants who use FCS skills to develop a portfolio, participate in an interview, and communicate a personal understanding of job requirements. (Levels 3, +)

Say Yes to FCS Education - $15
Recognizes participants who demonstrate the knowledge and skills needed to explore and experience the career of being an FCS teacher. Participants will observe, plan and implement a lesson and deliver an oral presentation (Level 2, 3 +)

Teach and Train | Cost per person - $15
Recognizes participants as they prepare a portfolio of the teaching/training career, prepare and execute a complete lesson/workshop plan, and an oral presentation. (Level 3, +)

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C-STAR Invoice Template

Use the template below for the C-STAR invoice to start generating a school check.

C-STAR Registration/Payment:

In terms of Purchase Order (P.O.) usage for all chapters for all activities (excluding affiliation), if the Chapter has submitted a P.O. signed by a school representative (not the advisor or student, but an actual employee of the accounting/finance/etc. department of the school) by the deadline date, no late fees will be assessed. Late fees will be assessed for a P.O. received after the deadline date, even if registration paperwork was submitted on time.

Online registration must be submitted AND payment or district purchase order must be received or postmarked by “deadline date”, in order for no late fees to be assessed. Submit payment or district purchase order to:

CA FCCLA Financial Services
PO Box 6, Galt, CA 95632
Email Purchase Orders to:  mmaberto@ca-fccla.org

C-STAR Legend

KEY

  • Level 1, grades 6–8
  • Level 2, grades 9–10
  • Level 3, grades 11–12

** Students must be enrolled in an Occupational Course
(+) Event advances to the National Competition

Mixed Level Teams

  • Team Events with only Level 2 or Level 3 may not include members through grade 8.
  • Team events with only Level 3 may not include members through Grade 10.
  • Events that have all three levels can have a mixed team of any level but must enter at the level of the highest participant member’s grade level.

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Jordyn Olvera,
(Tokay FCCLA)