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Atwater FFA Freshman Go “Under
Construction”
Twenty- five 9th grade agriculture
students representing the Atwater High School FFA
chapter joined over 600 9th grade
agriculture students from the Central FFA Region at
the annual FFA Greenhand Leadership Conference. The
conference was held on September 25th at the
Stanislaus County Agriculture Center in Modesto.
Under the direction of the California Department of
Education and presented by Excellence in
Presentations, this unique conference is designed to
assist students with career information and a
personal plan towards accomplishing the educational
requirements and skills to accomplish each student’s
career objective. “I had a terrific time”, said
Freshmen Atwater FFA member Kanly Moua , “I learned
a lot about the opportunities that the FFA has to
offer in providing us skills to succeed at school
and towards a career.”
The
theme for the conference was “Under Construction”
with various workshops and activities geared towards
careers in agriculture, opportunities in the FFA,
motivation to get involved, and developing a
personal plan. “The conference theme was centered
on laying a solid foundation for students to
identify educational and personal skills needed to
accomplish their career interest,” said Atwater FFA
advisor Dave Gossman, “The students really became
enthused with the program and activities, while
leaving with a better understanding of what they
need to accomplish during their high school years.”
The
FFA establishes various levels or “degrees” during
one’s FFA experience in high school. The
“Greenhand” degree is the first level a student can
obtain as a first-year high school agriculture
student/FFA member. The FFA provides more extensive
leadership conferences for sophomores, juniors, and
seniors based on the level and degree earned by each
student. The Atwater FFA will be recognizing over
400 students for their FFA Greenhand and Chapter
Farmer (2nd year FFA members) degrees in
November.
“I
enjoyed the opportunity to meet students from other
schools”, said AHS 9th grader Katie
McMurray . “The event was a lot of fun and I
learned a little more about what I might want to do
in life.”
Participants at this year’s Greenhand Leadership
Conference included: Alyssa Thao, Ashley Hinkle,
Brenda Sanchez, Cailyn Yerrick, Carlos Hernandez,
Carolyn Schiber, Courtney Bernatz , Crystal
Rodriguez, Daniel Ornelas, Devin Moles, Dillon
Junsay , Eric Nguyen , Izaac Hurtado , Jacob Ramirez
, Julio Peralta, Kanly Moua , Katelyn Davis ,
Kathryne Rase , Katie McMurray, Miguel Estrada ,
Nancy Sedano, Nancy Servin , Padee Vang , Selena
Wooten , Susana Brazil
Written By: Mekayla Coughran, Atwater FFA
October 2009 |
