FFA Greenhand / Chapter Degrees
November 2009

Atwater High School Agriculture Students Earn FFA Degrees

The Atwater FFA Chapter held its 31^st annual Greenhand - Chapter FFA Degree Ceremony on Thursday, November 3rd at the BCHS Performing Arts Theater. The purpose of this annual event was to recognize 736 AHS agriculture students who earned their Greenhand and Chapter FFA degrees. As students advance in FFA and their agricultural education, they can earn a series of “degrees” that represent their accomplishments. Each FFA degree recognizes a student’s progress in leadership, agricultural education, and their supervised agricultural experience (SAE) program which represent(s) an ownership and/or work experience project(s) in agriculture.

Over 350 students, family, and friends attended this special event. Atwater FFA Chapter President, JD Brownwood opened the meeting with AHS Associate Principal Mr. Alan Peterson, welcoming students, parents, and guests to the ceremony. Ninth grade students Padee Vang, Cailyn Yerrick, Carolyn Schiber, Courtney Bernatz, and Mariah Chavez recited the FFA Creed written by E.M. Tiffany. A slide show of the students who earned their degrees was presented along with a musical slide show of the numerous FFA activities that students have taken part in so far this year.

506 Greenhand degrees and a bronze pin were awarded to first year agriculture students. Requirements of this degree include enrollment in an agriculture class, plans for an SAE program or project, and knowledge and understanding of the FFA organization. 230 Chapter Farmer degrees and a silver pin were awarded to second year agriculture students. Requirements for this degree include being an FFA member for at least one year, being active in a SAE program or project, involvement in group discussions and parliamentary law, progress toward individual achievement in the FFA awards program, and a satisfactory scholastic record

The Atwater FFA advisors are committed to building a strong program that gets students involved and providing them with opportunities for scholastic achievement, personal growth, and career success. Although not every student is planning to pursue an education and career directly related to agriculture, the AHS Agriculture Program and FFA provides students the opportunity to gain valuable skills and experience that will benefit ANY educational path and career.

“We provide our students with opportunities to grow and develop personally, academically, and professionally,” says FFA advisor Beth Knapp, “We challenge our students to take advantage of those opportunities and pursue their interests towards colleges, universities, and a successful career.”

1^st year agriculture students that earned their FFA Greenhand degree included Frankie Aceves, Celeste Acosta, Nathan Acosta, Lizette Aguilar, Pablo Aguilar, Adrian Alatorre, Araly Alcocer, Abraham Alvarado, Monica Alvarado, Sergio Alvarez, Marizabel Amador, Jesus Anguaino, Brandon Apodaca, Ivan Arellano, Kristian Arevalo, Carla Arevalo-Inda, Daniel Arevalos, David Arredondo, Ruby Arredondo, Gerardo Arroyo, Jose Arteaga, Kidra Avery, Kristina Avery, Gabriela Ayala, Nathaly Ayala, Bryan Ayers, Alexxa Banuelos, Erika Bartolo, Dalton Beatty, Aaliyah Belt, Alexandra Beltran, Courtney Bernatz, Roxana Betancourt, Ecliserio Blanquet, Timothy Borba, Lester Bratcher, Morgan Briner, Brianna Butler, Juan Cabeza, Eliana Cardenas, Jacob Cardona, Querenhapuc Casillas, Edith Castro, Miguel Cervantes, Yesenia Cervantes, David Chavez, Jose Cisneros, Manuel Cisneros, Trevor Coleman, Fidel Contreras, Emily Cook, Cassandra Coronado, Justin Cowan, Brenda Cruz, Brandon Curiel, Chris Daily, Domonic Dalmaso, Katelynn Davis, Chase DelaCruz, Anthony Diaz, Trevon Dickinson, Edith Duran, Alejandra Duran, Yolanda Encarnacion, Elena England, Noemy Escamilla, Estefania Escobedo, Suleima Espinoza, Linda Espinoza, Anissa Espinoza, Rafael Espinoza, Deseree Estrada, Miguel Estrada, Omar Favela, Ricardo Favela, Gabriel Flores, Miguel Flores, Dillian Fowler, Dakota Fugere, Daisy Gallegos, Renee Garavito, Kimberly Garcia, Suleyma Garcia, Alejandro Garcia, Omar Garcia, Jonathan Gaytan, Sandra George, Honorio Gomez, Juan Gomez, Miguel Gomez, Jessica Gonalez, Cristian Gonzales, Carl Goodheart, Steven Gort, SAbrina Goulet, Jose Guiterrez, Alabama Guizar, Erin Guthrie, David Gutierrez, Jose Gutierrez, Eunice Gutierrez_Delepaz, Jose Guzman, Yesenia Guzman, Richard Harless, Quetzalli Haro, Zachary Haubrich, Clayton Heafner, Jennifer Her, Julia Hernandez, Mayra Hernandez, Carlos Hernandez, Zachary Hines, Jackob Hinman, Danicka Holcomb, Yessenia Holguin, Chris Hood, Dallas Hoofard, Jennifer Huerta, Brianne Hunter, Ernesto Hurtado, Izaak hurtado, Victor Hurtado, Giovanni Hurtado, Jesus hurtado, Amelia Icard, Jessica Iglesias, Lynette Ingraham, Jose Jaime, Andrea Jaramillo, Guadalupe Jarquin, Catrina Jensen, Nathan Jester, fernando Jimenez, Bryan Jones, Blanca Juarez, Dillon Junsay, Jasmine Kerr-Deavila, Michael Kirkwood, Amanda Klaas, Miranda Knobloch, Sydney Kosareff, Austin Lacava, Serenity Lagoy, Elizabeth Lambaren, Roger Lambert, Jacob Lawrence, Vianca Leal, Mai Sai Lee, Jacquelyne Leon, Mojica Lewis, Nadia Long, Rosa Lopez, Eliseo Lopez, Charles Lord huff, Victoria Maciel, Jorge Madrigal, Jesus Magana, Carlos Maldonado, Trazarra Manuel, Rafael Manzo, Nora Marchese, Cristian Marron, Brooke Martin, Anthony Martinez, Selena Martinez, Omar Mata, Adilene Mauleon, Tayler Mayfield, Patrick McKenna, Jovani Medina, Kristina Melgoza, Erica Mendez, Abel Mendosa, Lucy Mendoza, Julianna Mendoza, Judy Mendoza, Andres Mendoza, Joshua Meyer, Alejandra Millan, Devin Moles, Donald Moles, Rodrigo Molina, Margarette Monier, Giovanni Montes, Maria Mora, Andres Morales, Dayana Moreno, Kanly Moua, Maigao Moua, Mercedes Muniz, Carrie Munson, Michael Najera, James Nance, Jasmine Navarro, Nhat Nguyen, Betsy Nielsen, Karla Nuno, Cecilia Ochoa, Vanessa Ochoa, Alicia Olmedo, Edgar Olmos, Danielle Olmos, Monica Olvera, Manuel Orozco, Mayra Ortega, John Ortiz, Alejandro Oseguera, Martin Padilla, Colson Palage, Elcie Parker, Patrick Parker, Thomas Payton, Joana Pena, Salvador Peralta, Luis Perez, Bryan Perez, Taylor Perez, Justice Petterway, Veronica Phares, Brandon Pickford, Omar Pimentel, Brandon Pollock, Mayra Ponce, Kodie Prince, Mayra Pulido, Alex Quintana, Oscar Radillo, Luis Ramirez, Jacob Ramirez, Pedro Ramos, Marco Ramos, Paul Ramos, Roger Ramos, Kathryne Rase, Kassandra Reding, Kenneth Richardson, Sally Rios, Raymond Rios, Luis Robles, Alejandro Rodriguez, Crystal Rodriguez, Paul Rodriguez, Joanna Rodriguez, Michelle Rodriguez, Miguel Rodriguez, Jesshika Roe, Joseph Rogers, Neirit Rosales, Ryan Ruelan, Andrew Sabine, Yoon Saephanh, Jerry Saeteurn, Omar Salcedo, Natalia Sanchez, Sarahi Sanchez, Brenda Sanchez, Manuel Sanchez, Nicolas Sanchez, iban sanchez-gonzalez, Santiago Sandoval, Yanira Sandoval, Consuelo Sandoval, Omar Santana, Angelica Santiago, Xavier Santos, Esperanza Santoyo, Ramon Santoyo, Brandon Sargent, Anja Schaffrath, Cassie Schlessinger, Cheyenne Schoonover, Jaqueline Serna, Javier Serrano, Maria Serrano, Nancy Servin, Gabrielle Silva, Benjaman Silva, Harpreet Singh, Sarbjit Singh, Andres Soto, Karla Soto, Gort Steven, Matthew Stout, Alberto Suarez, lolbe suaste, Alyssa Thao, Vincent Thao, Paja Thao, kyle thorpe, Brenda Torres, Leonel Torres, Margarita Torres, Jose Torres, Homayra Udave, Maria Udave, efrain ulloa, alicia valdez, Lucia Valencia, Alexis Valenzuela, Lisa Vang, Annie Vang, Por Vang, Taylor Vang, Jeffrey Vang, Andres Varela, Francisco Vargas, Jesus Vargas, Samantha Vasquez, Bianca Vasquez, Mauricio Velasquez, Johnathan Velasquez, Heriberto Vicencio, Victor Villafan, Jose Villanueva, Faviola Villanueva, Maria Villegas, Devon Virgo, Houa Vue, Xiong Vue, Clinton Ward, Jessica Warren, Denise Werner, Aaron Whitaker, Paige Whited, Anna Williams, Caresse Wilson-Cotter, Selena Wooten, Yer Xiong, Dennis Xiong, Madola Xiong, Shoua Yang, James Yang, Cailyn Yerrick, Monique Zambrano, Angelica Zamora, Maria Zargoza, and Yarelin Zavala.

2^nd year agriculture students that earned their FFA Chapter degree included Maria Aguiar, Gisselle Aguilar, Alisha Alston, Georgina Alvarado, Armando Alvarez, Irvin Amador, Benjamin Andrade, Anthony Anguiano, Deyanira Arevalos, Martinez Austin, Myra Avelar, Saul Avila, Daniel Barajas, Alyxandria Bateman, Chris Bento, Aliya Bisinger, Michaela Bratcher, Alberto Briseno, Amanda Buckley, Wesley Button, Marcos Cardenaz, Leslie Carlsen, Israel Castellanos, Ernest Castro, Padilla Cesar, Susana Chavez, Christian Clevenger, Tracer Coleman, Alberto Contreras, Yessica Contreras, Christopher Cortez, Joe Cortez, Victor Covarrubias, Mason Cowden, Holly Davenport, Sanchez David, Cody DeBusk, Perla Del Toro, Vanessa Del Toro, Samantha DeLeon, Juan Deltoro, Cinthia Deniz, Jesus Diaz, Brenda Duran, Toni Estacio, Noriella Estrada, Bryce Firestine, Juan Flores, Erika Flores, Diana Flores, Sandra Flores, Marvin Gann, Hector Garcia, Armando Garcia, German Garcia, Lizette Garcia, Anthony Gaus, Raul Gaytan, Erica Gonazles, Guillermo Gonzalez, Desiree Gunn, Shannon Guthrie, Monica Gutierrez, Hector Gutierrez, Mikhael Hafford, Joey Hamel, Justice Hayes, Rosa Hernandez, Martin Hernandez, Monique Hernandez, Andrea Hooper, Alan Huerta, Jose Jaquez, John Johnston, Emmanuel Junez, Brandon King, rosa leyva, Felipe Lopez, Samuel Lord-Huff, Alyssa Loya, Adrian Luna, Reynaldo Magana, Dulce Mar, Robert Maravilla, chris marlatt, Matthew Martin, Dario Martinrez, Steven McCormick, JORGE Medina, Jason Melao, Bianca Meza, Nori-anne Miller, Jacob Minor, Courtney Miscione, Olando Molinero-Rios, Carlos Montes, Brianna Mooney, Enrique Mora, Greta Moran, Oscar Moreno, Gabriela Mota, George Moua, Sean Murphy, Amanda Nava, William Nelms, Jordan Paulson, Enrique Perez, Enrique Perez, Andrea Perez, Ivan Piceno, Cristian Prado, Cody Price, David Pulido, Anthony Quintana, Marvin Ramirez, Juanna Ramirez, Christian Reynoso, Garrett Rizzonelli, Emily Rogers, Alexander Rogge, Juvenal Rojas, Yasmeen Romo, Oscar Salcedo, Jordan Sales, David Sanchez, Erendira Sandoval, Zacharie Schmidt, Monte Schneider, Chantal Simons, Wesley Snell, santiago Soto-vera, Austin Strang, Emily Swan, Measha Swanson, Brandon Terrell, Rickie Thacker, Maria Tinta, Brisareli Torres, Ryan Trindade, Amir Tumbling, Gabriela Valdivia, Juan Valencia, Gabriel Valencia, William Van Vliet, Jackelyn Vasquez, Jasmine Vega, Anahi Villanueva, Weena Vue, Chris Wertz, Jeremy West, Matthew Woods, Kevin Xiong, Francisco Zambrano, and Martin Zapien.

Written By: Mekayla Coughran, Atwater FFA
November 2009