SCAFCS: South Carolina Association of Family and Consumer Sciences
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IFHE - US Webinar
Saturday, November 11 at Noon CT
IFHE US will have an opportunity to learn more about the Critical Science Academy
on Saturday, November 11, 2023 (noon Central Time). Drs Cindy Miller and Janine
Duncan will be part of the presentation team. The Academy content is appropriate for all Family and Consumer Science professionals. There is no cost for the webinar, and all are welcome to attend (professionals, students, and retirees). The webinar will be recorded, and the recording will be made available for those who register. PDU’s will be applied for.   

Questions? Contact Kim Kamin, CFCS (kimkamin2018@gmail.com)    To access the Google Form, click the following and then click on Switch Account.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScxGnTCe9t7mKshhT5LSYAH69_8ALrqeM_0-RfCvFCO1QGaqA/viewform

You can also to to the following to sign up for future IFHE Professional Development Series online presentations.
https://www.ifhe.org/events/teacher-webinar-series

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Elevate FCS: Reaching New Heights

SCAFCS 2024 CONFERENCE 
Embassy Suites by Hilton Columbia Greystone, Columbia SC 
February 21-23


We look forward to convening for Professional Development meetings in Columbia this coming February 22-23. Those attending the Preconference: Integrating Computer Science in FCS, Part II (with a review if one did not attend last year), Board members, and those needing to be ready to meet early Thursday morning can secure their room registrations with the hotel special pricing starting on Wednesday, February 21, 2024 (See hotel reservation link on the Registration form). ​

Please download the registration form to view costs, to identify additional options (Preconference, donations, and extra guest meals), to give to your administrator, and to send it in with registration fees if paying by mail. 
The online registration is available, if you send a hard-copy registration form, please return here to this site and fill out the Online Registration Form.

2024 Conference Registration Form
Tentative Program-at-a-Glance
Online Registration

Online Payment
SCAFCS Donations
The format for the Square Online Payment is like ordering off an online cart.
​You select which items you need (type of membership on registration, additional lunches or banquet options, Preconference, and/or donations to the Student Education Program Fund through HUGS). To add items, select membership, click add to cart. For more items, click continue shopping in the upper left-hand corner, and add to cart. When finished, click on the cart and continue to payment.  The QR Code is available at the bottom of the Online Registration form and will be available in the November 2023 Newsletter for direct payment to SCAFCS Square.

SCAFCS BALLOT  shortcut for members only: 
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  LAST YEAR . . . The South Carolina Association of Family and Consumer Sciences met at the Marriott Myrtle Beach Resort & Spa at Grand Dunes on February 16-17, 2023. The SCAFCS Newsletter will have photos and articles covering the event when it is published shortly. A few of the speaker biographies and PowerPoints are currently available in the Conference Updates website page.
2023 SCAFCS Conference Booklet


​From the South Carolina Department of Education
Dr. Eleanor Glover Gladney 

​Human Services/Family and Consumer Sciences 2023-2024 Booklet 

Link to 2023-24 Booklet
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The Community of Apparel, Textiles, & Design Juried Showcase
at the 
AAFCS National Conference
being held in Minneapolis, MN June 5-10, 2024


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The 2024 Community of Apparel, Textiles, and Design Juried Showcase

Deadline: March 
Acceptance Notifications:  April 


The Community of Apparel, Textiles, and Design is now accepting entries for the 2024 Juried Showcase to be held on Friday, June 7th in the Hub ​as part of the 2024 AAFCS Annual Conference. Final information will be available shortly, but will follow the same information as last year (available at the given site posted here). Submit a publishable abstract and photos to showcase your best work in apparel design/clothing & wearable textile art, art & design/fiber/non-fiber, interior design/housing & textile art, and other creative areas. If selected, you will make an oral presentation and exhibit your work during the conference. Members and Nonmembers may submit. 

An example of the 2019 Catalog is provided here, but a sample of the SCAFCS 2021 Bob Jones University submissions can be seen in the SCAFCS Newsletter November 2021, pp. 9-11 (use the Newsletter widget).

2019 ATD Juried Showcase Catalog



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Submission of an entry, or entries, indicates that submitter(s) or sponsoring AAFCS member agree(s) to register for the conference and make a presentation of the accepted work.

Entries are being accepted in the categories of:
  • Apparel, Design & Clothing
  • Wearable Textile Art
  • Interior Textile Art
 
To identify specifics about the juried showcase and to access submission guidelines, go to: 

https://www.aafcs.org/ac2023/calls/atd-showcase-23


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Although December provided a time to CELEBRATE & ELEVATE Family and Consumer Sciences, this year we continue to celebrate the value and impact of the FCS profession. 
Toolkit Overview
Classroom Resources
Zoom Backgrounds
ELEVATE FRIDAYS
Templates & Printables
Logos & Graphics

The past two virtual Conferences were amazing. The 2022 Virtual Conference was held Saturday, February 19, 2022; the 2021 Virtual Conference was held Saturday, February 20, 2021 . If you didn't get your program copies for future reference, click the buttons below. Photos and write-ups are found in the Spring, 2022 and April, 2021 Newsletters (See Newsletter widget on top line.).  Ppts that were shared are available in Conference Updates link in the tool bar. 

2022 SCAFCS Conference Program
2021 SCAFCS Conference Program
Checks and donations for the AAFCS Fund Development collection or Donations to sponsor half of student membership for a student through HUGS ($25) can be made out to SCAFCS and sent to the VP Finance, Glenna Mason, 3160 Jackson Drive, Orangeburg, SC 29118.
Online Donation Form & QR Code

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 Say YES to FCS: Filling the FCS Educator Pipeline  This initiative is available to encourage      consideration of Family and Consumer Sciences Education as a profession. For more information, please visit      https://www.fcsed.net/fcsed/recruit/recruit-commit 

AAFCS What is FCS? Video

FACS Faces and Places 
Click here to sign up online for a Data catalog of FACS professionals in SC.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ofFytzECcfBKm2pt3MV01ZzKIs489f2pg8xwqZf80Dw/edit#heading=h.ip3y6982gwwp

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Dr. LaToya Johnson, SCSU FCS Academic Program Coordinator and Assistant Professor / Dr. Bill Whitaker, acting Dean of the SCSU's College of Agriculture and Family and Consumer Sciences/ Dr. Marissa Pipkin-Jones, SC Teacher of the Year represented SC at the 2022 AAFCS Conference in Orlando FL.
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Dr. Marissa Pipkin-Jones with her display of Teaching concepts shared at the Teacher of the Year showcase.
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Dr. Bonita Manson (now living in Texas) and Dr. Ethel Jones (now working in Alabama) catch up with SC friendship and news. Gone from SC, but still beloved members.
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Teacher of the Year winners and affiliate representatives. Great job! Thank you to Goodheart-Willcox publishers for their faithful and continued support of FCS Educational materials for FCS Education.

©2023 SCAFCS
(South Carolina Association of
​Family and Consumer Sciences)  
An affiliate of the 
​American Association of
Family and Consumer Sciences 

(AAFCS |1410 King Street | 2nd Floor ​
Alexandria, VA 22314

Phone: 703.706.4600)

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