Sleepy Eye FFA Celebrates National FFA Week

3Coloring — The sixth grade coloring contest winners are pictured with officers. L to r – Logan Ludewig, Inara Andres, Maddy Jensen, Andres Sanchez, Katelyn Whittington, and Kayden Klein.

5Safety Carnival Group 2025 — 38 Sleepy Eye FFA members taught the 5th & 6th graders about numerous types of safety during the Safety Carnival on Wednesday, February19, 2025. Pictured l to r – front: Trevor Rathman, Gavin Fischer, Breanna Lopez, Megan Sellner, Kamille Capacia, Marely Davila, Eh Yer Yer Paw, Ava Sellner, Kenedi Wersal, Camryn Maher. Middle: Caleb Suess, Gavin Strong, Emerson Johnson, Keeyan Netzke, Kayden Klein, Eric Lozano, Jace Schauman, Maddy Goldschmidt, Paola Gonzalez, Cameron Moore. Back: Kayla Hecht, Noemi Rodriguez, Izzy Kunkel, Kenley Jensen, Daniel Armstrong, Charlie Hoffmann, Alex Confer, Lily Kallevig, Anna Johnson, Lucia Martinez Paredes, Taylor Berkner, Ari Krzmarzick, Jaelynn Schauman, Logan Ludewig, Noah Rossbach, James Moore, Carter Lazatin, Jaden Stone.

2chemical safety — Carter Lazatin (left) taught the chemical safety station at the Safety Carnival during FFA Week. Teaching kids that things not in their original containers with labels should not be smelled or drank.

4grain — Breanna Lopez (left) refills her gravity wagon for the grain safety demo during the Safety Carnival.

1Ag in classroom — Kamille Capacia (left), Kenedi Wersal (middle), and Camryn Maher (right), Sleepy Eye FFA Jr. Officers, presented the Ag. in the Classroom Program to the Kindergarten Class during FFA Week.

National FFA Week was celebrated by FFA members nationwide from February 14-21, 2025. The Sleepy Eye FFA Chapter was very active throughout FFA Week.

To start out the celebration, we hosted a Blacklight student dance for all 7^th-12^th graders on Friday, February 14 which was attended by 70 students.

On Monday, February 17, 31 Junior High Members and Chapter Officers attended a bowling trip to Springfield Lanes.

There were dress-up days for K-12 students and staff each day along with an emblem hunt. Dress up days included: Hat Day, America Day, Camo Day, and Blue and Gold Day. We also had an Emblem Hunt where we hid a FFA emblem each day and put a clue in the announcements. The student who found the emblem first got a FFA box of popcorn.

In addition, the FFA officers had trivia questions each day that HS students could answer for a prize as well as an adult coloring contest where the staff could color an owl and win a prize.

The Elementary students got to participate in the FFA Week Coloring contests. All together there were 287 participants at St. Mary’s and Sleepy Eye Public that colored Farm Safety pictures. Winners received FFA T-shirts, water bottles, FFA cups, and more. The elementary winning coloring pages are displayed in the Ag. Hallway.

We held an appreciation breakfast Wednesday morning where our officers made egg bakes and prepared fruit for the breakfast. All Sleepy Eye Public staff, Ag. advisory board members, school board, administration, and top-level supporters were invited to the breakfast.

On Wednesday, the chapter also held a Safety Carnival for the 5^th and 6^th graders from Sleepy Eye Public and St. Mary’s where 38 FFA members participated. The purpose of the Safety Carnival was to inform and educate the elementary students about many different areas of safety including: grain, animals, tractors, machinery, fire, lawn mowers, lake safety, chemicals, and more.

That afternoon, the Sleepy FFA Officers taught the K-4^th grade students about where their food and fiber comes from through an Ag. in the Classroom Programs. The FFA Officers went to the elementary classrooms to share information about Minnesota agriculture including the top commodities that Minnesota farmers grow and raise.

The Sleepy Eye FFA celebrated throughout the week with over 1,000,000 FFA members across the country, sharing their passion and knowledge for FFA and agriculture.