By: Katelyn Capacia, Chapter Reporter
Member of the Month
Victoria Poplow is an eleventh grader at Sleepy Eye Public School and has been in FFA for two years. She joined FFA because she wanted to join more school activities. Victoria just joined the Milk Quality CDE Team this year. Victoria’s SAE is her placement in caretaking of residents at the Sleepy Eye Care Center. Her favorite FFA activity is the meetings. Victoria is looking forward to her involvement with the Milk Quality CDE. She’s excited for this new opportunity. By being in FFA and Ag. Class, she learned more about animals. Victoria is most proud of her Greenhand FFA Degree.
Member of the Month
Isaac Lendt is a ninth grader at Sleepy Eye Public School and has been in FFA for three years. He joined FFA for the experiences and opportunities it has to offer. Isaac is also a member of the Junior Officer Team serving as Reporter. He is on the Poultry CDE Team and he likes it because he enjoys to compete. Isaac’s SAE is raising pigs and cattle for meat production. His favorite FFA activity is CDE competitions. Isaac is most looking forward to going to State and National Convention in the future. By being in FFA, he learned more about how to take records. Isaac is most proud of being on a first place team and placing first individually at Regions for the Poultry CDE.
Member of the Month
Macey Ludewig is an eleventh grader at St. Mary’s School and this is her first year in FFA. She joined FFA because she wanted to experience new things and it sounded fun. Macey is on the Vet Science CDE. She wants to study to become a Vet Tech after high school so she thought the team would help her in college. Her favorite FFA activity was the Drive-In Movie. Macey is looking forward to participating on a CDE team for the first time. By being in FFA, she learned about new responsibilities and how to be a leader. She has also gained experience and learned to become more outgoing. She is most proud of becoming FFA Member of the Month.
Officer of the Month
Katelyn Capacia is an eleventh grader at Sleepy Eye Public School and has been in FFA for three years. She joined FFA because she wanted to see what opportunities FFA has to offer. Katelyn is the Reporter for the Sleepy Eye Officer Team. By being on the Officer Team, she likes being able to write articles for everyone to view. Katelyn is on the Milk Quality CDE and she enjoys trying the different cheeses there are. Her favorite FFA activity is going to State and National Convention. Katelyn is looking forward to seeing many new faces in FFA. She learned that there are many different careers in Agriculture you can choose from by being in an Ag. class. Katelyn is most proud of receiving the Phoenix Award.
