z A-C FFA Banquet

Each year, the chapter holds it's annual chapter awards banquet. This year our banquet is going to be held on May 16th at 4 P.M. At the banquet, the chapter recognizes it's members for their participation and accomplishments for past year. Many members receive various awards ranging from their success in Career Development Events (contests) to awards based upon their SAE Projects to awards based upon their overall participation. The banquet is designed for both members and their parents to enjoy a night of good food, community fellowship and to review the accomplishments of the members for the past year. All members are expected to attend this important activity. All family are encouraged to attend. All other supports of the FFA in the community are welcome to attend also.

*May FFA Meeting*

Monday May 11th 2009

State FFA Convention May 1st & 2nd

The Amanda-Clearcreek FFA attends the State FFA Convention annually. The State FFA Convention lasts for two days on the first weekend of May at the Ohio Expo Center and is made-up of several different sessions. At those sessions, state officers and well-known presenters speak about previous experiences and developing leadership skills. Other activities include the election and presentation of the new state officers, proficiency awards are presented for those with outstanding SAE projects and the top contest teams and individuals are recognized. Students get a chance to meet FFA members from all over Ohio. This year we have 49 students attending.

6th Grade Camp May 28th & 29th

In past years, the Amanda-Clearcreek Elementary held a 6th Grade Camp for 6th graders in which the FFA had members help with various activities. This activity was discontinued in the early 2000's and starting in 2008, was resumed in a new format by the Amanda-Clearcreek Middle School 6th grade teachers. At the 6th grade camp, the Amanda-Clearcreek FFA Officer team helped the camp staff at FFA Camp Muskingum with the various activities held for the A-C 6th graders. At the camp, the 6th graders did many activities that helped to develop their leadership and team building activities with the A-C FFA officer team participating and supervising the activities. Some examples of these activities are: making a rope bridge, learning about reptiles and owls, and building a device to keep an egg from breaking forma fall off of a 2nd story porch. Also, the 6th graders went on a night hike after sitting around the camp fire where they heard stories and sang songs. The 2009-2010 Officer Team will be helping with the running of this activity this year.

State Environmental & Natural Resources CDE

State Winning Team!!!

The State Environmental & Natural Resources CDE has a responsibility to ensure an educated public and provide students prepared to enter careers in the environmental and natural resource industry. This is the first time our chapter has even participated in this contest. This year a chapter can only get invited to the contest by placing in the top 10 of either Forestry, Wildlife Management, or Nature Interpretation: our chapter placed in the top 10 in all 3 of these contest this year. The members who were involved with this contest were Alyssa Jenkins, Josh Cordle, David Sams & Ray Spence. This is the 3rd and final year for the pilot phase of this contest, therefore the state winning team does not advance to the national level.

Top Spring Fund Raiser’s Trip

Our FFA chapter sells mulch as a fund raiser each spring. Starting in 1996, the chapter started offering a weekend camping trip to the top 10 mulch sellers. Today, the top 15 sellers who sell in excess of 150 bags and the top 2 Spring flower bulb sellers are eligible to attend. We have gone to West Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana and Pennsylvania in past years. We go camping and generally do some other activity such as canoeing, overnight backpacking, white water rafting or wild caving. This trip held in late May and consists of a 4-day, 3-night adventure. This year we will be going to Ohiopyle, Pennsylvania on May 21st through 24th.

State Agricultural Mechanics Skills CDE

The Agricultural Mechanic Skills team is made up of Scott Loudermilk, Nate Seitz, & John Miler. They placed 2nd in District and proceeded to state on March 3rd. They placed 20th. This contest is exactly what it says. Each school brings a session that could have anything to do with mechanics.

Outdoor Power Equipment CDE

The Outdoor Power Equipment team competed on April 24th. This team consisted of Nate Seitz, David Sams & Kody Strohm. This was the first team our chapter has ever had to qualify in this contest area. The team placed 13th in the state, with Nate Seitz placed 22nd, David Sams placed 49th, & Kody Strohm placed 53rd. They were the first to ever qualify. This contest use to be called Small Engines.

State Animal Management

The Animal Management team competed at the Ohio State Fairgrounds on April 20th. The team this year consisted of Hannah Carpenter, Scott Loudermilk, Kayla Porter & Dusty Cornell. Placing individually was Hannah Carpenter 102nd, Scott Loudermilk 129th, Kayla Porter 150th, & Dusty Cornell 160th. With these scores the team placed 18th. This is the first time our chapter has attended this contest. Thanks to Mallory McCaster, an A-C FFA Alumni member , for helping prepare this team for their contest.

State Aquarium Management

The Aquarium Management competed on April 20th at the Ohio State Fairgrounds. This team consisted of C.J. Broaddus, Jacob White, Mike Hite, Titus Disbennett, Justin Strittmatter, Josh Hampshire & Ryan Mundy. This team placed 4th in State! The top 4 scores to make up the team sum. Individually, C.J. Broaddus placed 10th, Jacob White placed 21st, Mike Hite placed 27th & Titus Disbennett placed 43rd. They competed against schools that teach this program all year. We wanted to thank Tyler Carroll for his help preparing this team.

State Animal Health CDE

The Animal Health team competed in the state level on April 20th at the Ohio State Fairgrounds. Our team this year consisted of Brittany Stevens, Tyler VanHorn, Becca Bentz, Tiffany Hayman, Lyndsey Alexander, Kennedy Hardman & Colleen Trapp. With the top 4 scores being counted in the overall score, the team placed 13th. This includes Brittany Stevens placing 40th, Tyler VanHorn placing 73rd, Becca Bentz placing 114 & Tiffany Hayman placing 118th. We wanted to thank Tara Brown for coming in and preparing them for their contest.

State Dairy Cattle CDE

The Dairy Cattle Contest tests student knowledge and understanding of the dairy cattle industry. At present, the contest consists of judging classes of dairy cattle and a test about the industry. Currently, a chapter may enter up an unlimited amount of members at the state level, with the top three scores making-up the team score. Teran Pinkstock, Travis Hart, Matt Wamsley & Sam Meenach were the members this year. They placed 32nd in State. Individually, Teran placed 86th, Sam placed 150th, Travis placed 170th & Matt Wamsley placed 223rd.

Ag Challenge GPA Scores

This is an average for all Ag Students for all classes, not just Ad Ed Classes.

Grades	1st GPA	2nd GPA	3rd GPA
Senior Females	3.37	3.60	3.56
Senior Males	3.03	3.07	3.19
Junior Females	2.53	2.42	2.35
Junior Males	2.73	2.82	2.61
Sophomore Females	2.91	2.93	3.02
Sophomore Males	2.28	2.38	2.41
Freshmen Females	3.13	3.07	3.22
Freshmen Males	2.61	2.68	2.66

March Of Dimes

The March of Dimes is a United States health charity, whose mission is to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth, and infant mortality. It was founded in 1938. We attended the walk on April 19th, in Ross County. Members that attended this year were: Brittany Stevens, Amber Foreman, Kayla Porter, Brianna Parish, Alyssa Jenkins, Alex Norris, Miranda Metzger, Ryan Kelley, Sierra Jepsen, Sarah Vannoy, Amber Gartin, Erin Hiestand, J.D. Stover, Ryan Davis, Hannah Chenetski, Teran Pinkstock, Andrea Hollett, Josh Hampshire, Scott Loudermilk, Jake White & Daniel Quincel.

By: Brittany Stevens