Kooper Walker from Kingston High School was re-elected to complete a secondtermontheOklahoma FCCLA State Executive Council. Walker will serve as the 2026-2027 Vice President of Parliamentary Law and as a National Officer Candidate for the Oklahoma FCCLA organization.
Walker was among ten students elected at this year’s state convention, held at the Arvest Convention Center in Tulsa, OK. This conference brought in over 4,600 high school students from across the state. In July, Walker will travel to Washington, D.C., to compete for one of ten national officer positions.
Oklahoma FCCLA State Adviser, Brittani Phillips, said students who are elected to the FCCLA state officer team will have the opportunity to sharpen their leadershipskillsbyattending several camps this summer.
“The state officers will be responsible for leading the Oklahoma delegation throughout the next year as we grow and reach even more FCS students across the state,” Phillips said. “And they will also set goals for themselves and Oklahoma FCCLA for the 2026-2027 school year.” This is the 81st State Officer team to be elected for Oklahoma FCCLA, which was founded as the Future Homemakers of America in 1946.
Oklahoma FCCLA serves more than 28,000 members in over 400 local chapters in junior and senior high schools and on technology center campuses. Known as the 'ultimate leadership experience,'FCCLAnational programs and chapter activities help members become strong leaders in their families, careers and communities.
FCCLA is one of seven CareerTech student organizations affiliated with CareerTech career areas. The other six are FFA and agricultural education, Business Professionals of America (BPA) and business and information technology education, HOSA and health careers education, DECA and marketing education, Technology Student Association (TSA) and technology engineering, and SkillsUSA and trade and industrial education.
For more information about FCCLA, visit www. oklahomafccla.org. For more information about the Oklahoma CareerTech System, visit www. okcareertech.org.
For more information about the impact of Oklahoma’s CareerTech student organizations, visit http://www.okcareertech. org/main/students.htm.