Jefferson High student Kaela Rosenbaum was one of more than 7500 Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) members, advisers, alumni and guest from across the nation to gather in Nashville, Tennessee in early July for the 2017 National Leadership Conference.
While there, she competed with 4200 other students in a STAR (Students Taking Action with Recognition) event, with her project focused on recycling and redesign. Her project dealt with reducing post-consumer waste of non-biodegradable plastic products by repurposing them into a Fodder Farm system – a method of sprouting seeds at home for healthy and nutritious chicken feed.
That project had earned a second-place award at the Montana FCCLA State Leadership Conference, qualifying her as one of only two Montana spots in the national conference. At the national conference, the project scored a 98 out of 100, earning her a gold medal.
