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FFA
Meeting Makes a Record Splash!
A
chapter record 340+ Atwater High School agriculture
students attended the school year’s first official
FFA chapter meeting on Tuesday, September 8th.
The September “Pool Party” meeting was held in the
school cafeteria with the 2009-2010 FFA Chapter
Officers performing the official FFA Opening and
Closing Ceremonies. Once the business portion of the
meeting concluded, students were treated with a
complimentary BBQ and swimming at the AHS pool.
The
chapter meeting consisted of committee reports which
included the chapter’s placement ad fundraiser with
JD Brownwood informing the students that over $3000
has been raised so far this month. “This fundraiser
is always very successful due to the tremendous
support of the community” said Atwater FFA Chapter
Secretary Laura Gonzalez. “We are very privileged to
have the support of the people in our local
community.” AHS sophomore Marisa Jorge provided an
update of the FFA Homecoming Float committee. This
year’s AHS Homecoming theme is “Where Dreams Really
Do Come True”. “This year’s theme is going to be a
lot of fun to work with,” said Float Committee
co-chair Mekayla Coughran. “We are all looking
forward to working together as a team and building
this float!” Other items discussed on the agenda
included announcements pertaining to the annual
Take-Out BBQ, the FFA “Early Bird” Plant Sale the
FFA Greenhand Leadership Conference, upcoming
football game BBQ crews, FFA Opening and Closing
Ceremonies contest, and the annual FFA Corn Maze
meeting.
A free
BBQ dinner was served to all of the students who
attended following the meeting. “The FFA
organization is a student run organization,” said
FFA advisor and assistant BBQ extraordinaire Dan
Flatt, “The students prepared, cooked, and served
all the food for the meeting and they take pride in
being on the BBQ team.”
The
highlight of the school year’s first meeting was the
swimming pool. “The meeting was lots of fun,” said
freshmen Selena Wooten. “I am very excited to get
involved with the FFA.” The Atwater FFA conducts
monthly meetings that are organized, prepared, and
run by the FFA chapter officers and the high
school’s Ag Leadership class. “It’s great to see
students pull together and work as a team in putting
together such an exciting event,” said FFA advisor
Jackie Ioimo.
Atwater FFA Chapter Treasurer, Collette Wilcox best
summarized the atmosphere best when she said, “FFA
is a positive organization to get involved with
because it is lots of fun, it keeps you interested,
and everybody is a family.”
For
more information on the Atwater High School
Agriculture Department and the Atwater FFA, please
log onto their website at www.AtwaterFFA.org
Written By: Mekayla Coughran, Atwater FFA
September 2009 |
