By: Chapter Reporter, Leisha Martinez
Sam Price is in 8th grade and has been in FFA for 2 years. She originally joined FFA for all the fun activities and meeting new people. Sam is on the Forestry team. She likes the team because she likes nature and measuring trees. Sam’s favorite FFA activity is the Summer Ag activities. She is looking forward to being on the Junior FFA officer team. Through FFA, she’s learned that it is good to go out of your comfort zone and try new things. Sam is proud of getting 8 awards for her crops in the Crop Show.
Kaleb Butenhoff is in 11th grade and has been in FFA for 2 years. He joined FFA for its fun activities! For Kaleb’s SAE, he is working at Casey’s General Store. His favorite FFA activity is Volleyball nights at the meetings. He’s looking forward to more meetings to come. What Kaleb has learned from Ag. Classes and FFA is that you don’t have to be a farmer to be in FFA. He is most proud of earning this Member of the Month Award.
Andrew Ramos is in 8th grade and has been in FFA for one year. He originally joined FFA to learn about his community, to have fun, and to improve his resume. Andrew is on the Horse team. He likes the team for its adventures and his teammates make it very exciting. One of Andrew’s favorite FFA activities is Horse judging. He is also striving to become our very own president when he’s older. In Ag. Classes, he has learned that teamwork does really work and about dairy including how milk is processed.
Brooke Arneson is in 11th grade and has been in FFA for 3 years. She joined FFA so that she could gain more knowledge of agriculture, important life skills, and to make more friends. Brooke has been serving as a reporter for our FFA Officer Team. She enjoys taking pictures during FFA events and writing articles so that the public can learn more about our chapter. Brooke is on the Floriculture team. She enjoys learning about the names of new plants and flowers. She also enjoys making floral arrangements at the floriculture competitions. For Brookes SAE, she is a lifeguard and teaches swimming lessons at the Sleepy Eye Aquatic Center. Her favorite FFA activity is writing letters to her third grade pen pal. Brooke is looking forward to all the fun chapter meetings each month. By being in FFA, she’s learned the history of agriculture and lots of information regarding numerous plants and animals. The awards Brooke is most proud of include: Top Scholar and the Phoenix Award.