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Southern
Region
On October 18, Indio High School was
packed with bright blue corduroy jackets,
and energetic FFA Members from across
the region for Southern Region FFA’s annual
SOCAL Leadership Conference. SOCAL
is Southern Region’s version of a Chapter
Officer Leadership Conference (COLC). The
conference is designed for the leaders of
our region to help them gain the leadership
skills they need to be successful leaders,
but unlike other COLCs the conference isn’t
just for chapter officers it’s for all members,
that is why we call it the SOCAL leadership
conference instead of the Southern
Region COLC. The conference launched
with the State FFA Officers presenting
their workshops on the importance of
the FFA and success in the members’
communities and at schools. The Regional
Officers then held their own workshops,
providing the members useful tips on
conducting icebreakers, time management,
professionalism, and first impressions. The
region officers then ended the conference
with a bit of a laugh by presenting the
Southern Region theme skit which included
loose steers, sour milk, and ended with a
little graduation for the characters! Overall
everyone had a blast at SOCAL and left the
conference with a smile on
their face, and a new goal,
to find their combination to
unlock their potential!
Submitted By: Jose Varela
Continued
Woodland-Pioneer FFA
Thank A Farmer
Submitted by Chapter Reporter
The Woodland-Pioneer FFA chapter
dedicates itself to come up with new
ideas to embark on new tasks within
their chapter and the community. As for
the 2014-2015 year, the officer team
started a new tradition to express their
gratitude towards farmers around the
local community. As a team, they would
prepare a small gift; they would personally
deliver to their home or workplace and
compliment the farmer for their hard
work and labor they put within their toil,
for they drive themselves to maintain a
strong business and continue to grow as
agriculturists. Their great deal of efforts
and contributions to the FFA deserves
recognition and profound appreciation.
Woodland-Pioneer FFA demonstrates great gratitude towards the leaders of agriculture and continues
to give recognition.
Everrett Alvarez FFA
Eagle Produce Store Open for Business
Submitted by Edgar Becerra, Chapter Reporter
The brand new opening of the Eagle Produce Store was not an easy task. After years of countless
meetings with the district and a mountain of paper work, the first project was finally able to launch.
Five students took on the first project which surrounded the sale of poinsettias for the holiday season.
This unique program is the only one of its kind offered across the state of California. Up until this day,
Everett Alvarez High school is the only school with a produce store where the students receive all profit
and take complete control of the store.
The students have put to work their marketing skills learned in their agriculture business class offered
by the school’s AG
department. The essential
life skills the students will
learn if they decide to
take on a project with
the store will advance
their skills in managing
agricultural and business
administration.
The
program is unique in
its way it gives students
the chance to grow into
potential leaders in the
agriculture industry.
California FFANEWS • Spring 2015