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Record Attendance for FFA’s aMAZEing
Meeting!
Over
250 Atwater High School FFA members attended the
October FFA chapter meeting on Wednesday, October 28th.
The meeting was held at the AHS Agriculture
Department with the 2009-2010 chapter officers
performing the official FFA Opening and Closing
Ceremonies.
The
student run meeting provided the students with an
opportunity to share and discuss the recent calendar
events and activities. Students were updated about
the recent fundraisers such as the Take-Out BBQ,
Atwater Beautification Day, Opening and Closing
Ceremonies Contest, and the annual Greenhand /
Chapter Degree Ceremony on Nov. 3rd.
Upcoming information regarding the local and
sectional FFA Project Competition taking place later
this month and the Job Interview and Prepared Public
Speaking contest was presented by the officer team.
The
meeting was followed by a free BBQ for the
students. “It’s great to see the students get
excited and involved,” said FFA Advisor and BBQ
extraordinaire Sam Meredith. “I’m real proud of the
students who have taken to become members of the
elite Atwater FFA BBQ crew!”
The
highlight of the evening was a trip to the Dell’
Osso Farm corn maze located in Lathrop, near Tracy.
Over 100 FFA members attended the trip in two
charter buses. “We went first class for a first
class organization!” exclaimed FFA Advisor Beth
Knapp. Students were challenged with a 20+ acre
corn maze and enthusiastic over the extra activities
including the haunted house and the pumpkin
blasters.
The
Atwater FFA holds monthly chapter meetings. “These
meetings are an important form of communication
among the students in our program, and aside from
the business aspect of the meetings, we feel it is
also important to have some fun,” said Knapp. Based
on the turnout and smiles on the student’s faces, it
appeared Halloween was no trick, but rather a big
treat!
Written By: Mekayla Coughran, Atwater FFA
October 2009 |
