Area Students Earn Top Honors At FCCLA National Leadership Conference

July 10, 2025 Local News, News
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The National FCCLA National Leadership Conference was held July 5-9, 2025, in Orlando, Florida.  Here are the results from area schools.
These were O’Neill FCCLA medalists that made it to the Top 10 (left to right) Jozy York, Lynn Miner, Charlotte Welsh, Jailyn Romesser & Kiarra Kennedy
O’Neill Public School

Top 10 Results
Jozy York 1st Place Digital Stories for Change Level 1
Lynn Miner 1st Place Career Investigation Level 1
Charlotte Welsh 1st Place National Programs in Action Level 2
Jailyn Romesser 2nd Place Focus on Children Level 1
Kiarra Kennedy 1st Place Teach or Train

Complete Results For O’Neill Medal Winners

Lynn Miner- Career Investigation 1-Gold 1st Place
Maliyah Maas & Calli Tomjack- Chapter Service Display 2-Gold
Emily Larsen & Polly Belmer- Chapter Service Portfolio 2-Gold Top 10
Jozy York- Digital Stories for Change 1-Silver 1st Place
TalonKurtz- Fashion Construction 1-Gold Top 10
Jailyn Romesser- Focus on Children 1-Gold 2nd Place
Reagan Lindsay & Reese Grosch- Interior Design 1-Silver
Bella Wiekamp, Lane Hoefer, & Mia Boettcher- Interior Design 2-Silver
Suhani Chaudhari – Job Interview- Gold
Mollie Corkle- Leadership- Gold
Charlotte Welsh- National Programs in Action 2- Gold 1st Place Top 10
Tucker Cook- Professional Presentation 2- Silver
Tate Diediker- Sports Nutrition 2- Gold
Emma Bowder- Say Yes to FCS 1- Silver Top 10
Kiarra Kennedy- Teach and Train 1-Gold 1st Place
Sarah Wiese of Summerland Public School

Summerland Public School
Sarah Wiese received a Gold medal and a national Top 10 finalist spot in Nutrition and Wellness Level 3
Chambers FCCLA Members at Nationals in Orlando
Chambers Public School

Abby Ehlers – Career Investigation Level 2 Gold

Aubrey Smith – Entrepreneurship Level 1  Silver

Maggie Hansen and Grace Hoffman – Event Management Level 1 Gold

Brynnlei Rogers-McCoy – FCCLA Chapter Website Level 1 Gold

Addyson Hubel – Interior Design Level 1 Silver

Bennet Knox, Bentley Dexter, and Colton Lackey – Nutrition and Wellness Level 1 Bronze

Trevor Timmerman – Sustainability Challenge Level 1 Silver

West Holt FCCLA Members Alyssa Dobias and Olivia Brown
West Holt FCCLA Members Madisyn Hilkemeier and Taylor Schaaf
West Holt FCCLA Member Peyton Olberding

West Holt Public School
Madisyn Hilkemeier and Taylor Schaaf competed in National Programs in Action with a project encouraging elementary students to “Make bullying extinct” and received silver.
Alyssa Dobias and Olivia Brown competed in Focus on Children with a project highlighting the importance of stranger danger titled “Don’t be a sucker” and received gold!
Peyton Olberding competed in entrepreneurship where she showcased her mock business titled “Shelfrighteous” which was her idea of rebinding books with quality material to prevent the book from getting moldy. She made it to the top 10 finalists and received gold!

Boyd County FCCLA Members Who Competed At Nationals

Boyd County Public School
2025 National Leadership Conference STAR Event Competition results are as follows:
Gracen Eckert- Job Interview L2- National Champion, gold medal
Brooklyn Eckert- Promote & Publicize FCCLA L3- 3rd Place, gold medal
Claire Reiman- Teach & Train L3- Top 10 Finalist, gold medal
Addison Birmeier- Interpersonal Communications L3- Top 10 finalist, gold medal
Paige Wendt & Juliana Cline- Chapter Website L1- Top 10 finalist, gold medal
Amanda Davis- Early Childhood Education L3- gold medal
Abbie Forbes- Fashion Design L3- silver medal