grit and determination. It has also serves as the base
of our program and motivation for our chapter to
strive for excellence.
After completing our fourth year we have a lot to
be proud of, starting with our school. Our program
has grown to nearly 185 students and in year
three Ms. Jessica Jordan was hired to join the team
and help build the agriscience pathway. Nearly
50-percent of our school population is enrolled in an
agriculture course, we offer a complete pathway for
our students and teach 8-10 sections of agriculture
each year. Our students are taking initiative, attending
leadership conferences, and we have taken students
to the National FFA Convention twice! We even
had a National Delegate representing California in
2016. For the past three years we have taken over 50
students to the State FFA Conference! In the areas of
CDEs we have offered the following teams with the
help of our parents and community: Agriscience, Ag
Pest Control, Ag Sales, Best Informed Greenhand,
Dairy Cattle, Farm Power, Floriculture, Food Science
& Technology, Marketing Co-Op, Milk Quality &
Dairy Foods, Nursery/Landscape, Scrapbook and
Vine Pruning. Last year we got to bring home another
Photo Captions (starting opposite page, upper left, rotating clockwise): Member of the Scrapbook
committee proudly displaying their 2018 Championship Bowl for their hard work; Mrs. Morris & Ms.
Jordan with Lena Magee after winning Small Animal Master Showmanship in 2017; Our fi rst elected
Chapter Offi cer team serving in 2014-2015; State Championship Agricultural Pest Control team members
in 2015; First group of State Conference attendees and founding members proudly holding our offi cial
FFA charter in 2015; Ambria Schneringer, Agricultural Sales Placement State Profi ciency Winner, and Mrs.
Morris 2018 California STAR FFA Advisor; FFA members enjoying the week long festivities for FFA week;
and Floral students working on square vase centerpieces for an event.
silver bowl for our champion scrapbook! Each year
we typically have over 25 students trying out for one
of the speaking contests. Since our establishment
we have had at least one member make it to the
California FFA State Speaking fi nals in one of the
speaking contests, with three students in 2017 and the
second place Prepared Public Speaker in the state
that year. The next area of agricultural education
we focus on is SAEs. Each year nearly 45 students,
which is 35-percent of our chapter, exhibit market
and breeding projects at the local county fair. In
addition many of our students have paid placement
projects with a large group of them working at Ott
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U-Pick who employ almost 30 FFA members each
year to work. In 2017, the California FFA State
degree was awarded to our fi rst group of eligible
members. We had four students that fi rst year, and
doubled it this past year with eight students receiving
their state degree in 2018. Furthermore, we had four
sectional profi ciency winners, one sectional runner-
up, one regional winner, and Ambria Schneringer
was the State Profi ciency Winner in Agricultural
Sales Placement and has applied for the National
FFA Profi ciency Award this October. This fall we will
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