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| Spotlight on Youth - March 16, 2011 |
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Miami East FFA competes in job interview, ag sales contests
FT. LORAMIE, Ohio — Recently several members of the Miami East FFA Chapter competed in the District 5 FFA Job Interview and Ag Sales Contests held at Ft. Loramie High School in Shelby County.
The Job Interview contest consists of designing a resume and cover letter, completing a job application, performing an interview and writing a thank you note.
Kaylee Schaefer competed in the Division 4 (senior year) interview competition. She placed ninth in the district out of 13 contestants. She received a gold rating.
Angelina Henger competed in the Division 3 (junior year) interview competition. She placed fourth out of 13 contestants in the district. She received a gold rating.
Corrine Melvin competed in the Division 2 (sophomore year) contest, placed 7th in the district out of 13 contestants. She received a gold rating.
Shelby Roach competed in the Division 1 (freshman year) contest and placed 3rd out of 15 contestants. She received a gold rating Shelby will receive plaques for placing in the top three.
The Ag Sales team consisted of Jacob Eidemiller, Rebekah Eidemiller, Colin Hawes and Emily Johnson. The team members each completed a test on agricultural sales, customer relations, and demonstrated their ability to sell an agricultural product.
The team placed second and will advance to state competition in March. Emily Johnson was the highest placing individual from Miami East and placed 1st in the entire contest.
Parkway FFA books evaluated at the district level
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Parkway FFA Chapter sent state degree applications, an American Degree application, as well as officer books to the District evaluation on Feb. 11. To apply for these degrees and awards, students must put in countless hours filling out books and must keep accurate records. The officer team put a lot of time and effort into their books as well.
Four students are applying for their State degrees: Devin Adams, Trevor Eischen, Josh Ford, and Caden Hellwarth. All of their applications made it through the district level amd are now on to be judged at the state level.
Danielle Matthews is applying for her American FFA degree. Her book also passed at the district level and will be evaluated again at the state level.
The treasurer, secretary, and reporter each submitted a completed book to be judged. Seth Houts, treasurer, received a gold rating with his book. Destinee Guggenbiller, secretary, received a gold rating as well with her book. Olivia Houts, reporter, received a gold rating with her scrapbook. Each officer will receive a gold pin on stage at the State FFA Convention in Columbus this May.
Fort Loramie FFA members attend leadership seminar
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Members of the Fort Loramie FFA Chapter recently attended state FFA leadership conferences.
Brandon Barlage, son of Brian and Denise Barlage, and Jarid Barhorst, son of Ken and Mary Barhorst, participated in the 212 Degrees Leadership Conference and Brett Quinter, son of Moe and Vicki Quinter, and Ben Barhorst, son of Don and Becky Barhorst, participated in the 360 Degrees Leadership Conference held in Columbus, Ohio on Jan. 22-23.
212 is the second component in the National FFA Leadership and Personal Growth Series. It is a two-day personal development conference designed primarily for high school freshmen and sophomores. 212 degrees is temperature at which water boils. At 211° water is extremely hot, but just one more degree takes up another level and changes its state. The 212° conference challenges students to push past their limits to the boiling point of leadership.
360 Degrees is the third component in the series and is meant for juniors and seniors. 360 Degrees takes students full circle through chapter leadership development. Attendees learn how to develop action plans for their chapters from every angle. Themes for this conference are action and influence through vision.
Fort Loramie Agricultural Education is a satellite program of the Upper Valley Career Center. Fort Loramie FFA members competed in the Job Interview Career Development Event recently. In the contest, students’ skills are tested through submitting a cover letter and resume, completing a job application, participating in a 15 minute interview and writing a follow-up thank you letter.
Six members competed at the sub-district event hosted by the Botkins FFA chapter. Trey Rittenhouse, son of Joseph and Melissa Rittenhouse; Sara Koverman, daughter of Dan Koverman and Kim Koverman; Logan Albers, daughter of Jeff and Shelly Albers; Ben Barhorst, son of Don and Rebecca Barhorst; Stacie Seger, daughter of Ken and Janice Seger; and Renee Droesch, daughter of Jeff Droesch competed for a spot in the district competition.
At the district competition hosted by the Fort Loramie FFA Chapter, Rittenhouse, Koverman, Barhorst, and Seger competed against other FFA members in District 5, which includes agricultural education programs in Auglaize, Darke, Mercer, Miami, Montgomery, Preble and Shelby counties. Twenty-three FFA chapters competed in the contest.
Tennessee Ag partners with Ag in the Classroom
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Tennessee Department of Agriculture has partnered with Tennessee Ag in the Classroom to begin accepting applications for the Community and School Gardens Initiative. The goal of the program is to establish sustainable gardens throughout the state and is funded through the Tennessee Agricultural Enhancement Program.
“Community gardens are a great way for neighbors to work together to improve their neighborhood while providing fresh produce for their families,” said state Agriculture Commissioner Julius Johnson. “This program will help communities and schools get started on creating local sustainable gardens.”
Qualifying applicants include community groups, neighborhood associations, churches, public and private schools and farmers’ markets. Organizations must demonstrate in their application that they are able to coordinate educational programs, outreach and volunteers, special events, public relations, maintenance and security, local business contributions, finances and consistent community involvement.
“This is a wonderful opportunity for schools to use gardens as a learning laboratory that can offer numerous teachable moments for all involved,” said Lacy Upchurch, president of the Tennessee Farm Bureau. “Concepts from all disciplines, mathematics, science, social studies and health can be explored using the fertile soil of a growing mind.”
A selection committee will review the applications and plans to determine grant eligibility. The maximum an organization can request is $2,500. The minimum request is $500. Deadline for submitting applications will be Sept. 1.
For more information on the grants or to print an application, visit www.tnfarmbureau.org/communitygardens or contact Chris Fleming at cflem
ing@tfbf.com or by phone 931-388-7872 ext. 2759. |
| 3/17/2011 |
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