By: Sydney Reineck, Reporter The Paulding FFA chapter had a busy weekend this past week. The chapter helped with Oakwood Homecoming. They ran the kiddie tractor pulls, had a food stand at the tractor pulls, and they made a float for the Oakwood Parade. The chapter served food at the tractor pulls with the assistance…
Vantage academic instructor Mrs. Susan Farr and her academic class, with the partnership of the Vantage FFA chapter, Van Wert, Ohio, has been awarded a Yearlong Living to Serve Grant in the amount of $3,000.00. The nationwide program provides grant money to local FFA chapters to support yearlong service-learning projects that address needs related to…
By: Reporter, Sydney Reineck The Paulding FFA Officer team traveled to Peebles, Ohio on Monday, August 6th for their annual FFA Officer retreat. The officer team is made up of President Kalyn Strahley, Vice President Courtney Luderman, Secretary Jordyn Merriman, Treasurer Jen Stahl, Reporter Sydney Reineck, Sentinel Shannon Hale, Student Advisor Riley Noffsinger, and Parliamentarian…
Recently, four Paulding FFA members traveled to Washington D.C. for the Washington Leadership Conference (WLC). During the students’ time at WLC, the girls were separated and roomed with three other girls from all over the country. They were also put into Community Groups, groups with about 25 other FFA members at the conference, to focus…
Paulding, OH: This week at Kiwanis Paulding FFA members Shannon Hale and Kalyn Strahley presented their new technique for planting fruits and vegetables. The Tower Garden is a vertical tower that uses no soil and essentially grows plants in the air using a process called aeroponics. “The school shuts off the heat to the greenhouse…
The Paulding FFA Chapter recently sent five members to the Sub-District Public Speaking Contest on Thursday February 15th at Delphos. Paulding had three members compete in the extemporaneous division. Abbie McMichael placed 4th, Jennifer Stahl placed 5th, and Devon Smith placed 8th. In the extemporaneous division, members must draw a topic and they are given…
Last week, the Paulding FFA Agriculture Communication team competed at the district level contest at Mohawk. The team is made up of freshman Sydney Reineck, Sophomore Shannon Hale and Juniors Kalyn Strahley and Jennifer Stahl. The Ag communication contest is made up of many different parts. Each student had to take the state online test…
By: Emma Horstman, Paulding FFA Reporter Recently the Paulding FFA officer team held a Christmas party where they exchanged gifts, played games, and baked cookies for the Paulding FFA Chapter for their December meeting. At the December meeting, the members played Christmas Minute to Win it games, decorated gingerbread houses, and ate the cookies the…
By: Emma Horstman, Paulding FFA Reporter On November 9th, the Paulding FFA Food Science Team competed at the district Food Science Competition at Riverdale. The team consisted of Courtney Luderman, Kalyn Strahley, Shannon Hale, and Kaylie Tressler. During the competition students must be able identify different aromas, respond to consumer complaints for food products, recognize…
Woodlan FFA members recently attended the FFA State FIRE conference held at the Indiana FFA Leadership Center located near Trafalgar, Indiana. FIRE is an acronym for Foundations In Reaching Excellence. The conference theme this year was “Camping Adventures”, and was paired with a canoe and camp setting. The students attended the three day conference to…
The Woodlan FFA Chapter was announced and recognized at the 90th FFA National Convention as a 3 Star National Chapter out of 3 possible stars. The Woodlan FFA Chapter received a plaque for this accomplishment and was recognized on the National FFA Convention stage. This is the highest award bestowed to any chapter by the…
Nine Woodlan FFA Members participated in the Indiana State FFA and 4-H Dairy Science Foods judging contest recently held on the campus of Purdue University in the Food Science Building. The Dairy Foods contest consists of Identifying different cheeses, different milks, imperfections in milk, tasting for milk fat percentage and determining real dairy from imitation…
The Woodlan FFA chapter was represented by 13 members at the recent 90th National FFA Convention held at Bankers Life Fieldhouse, and Indianapolis Convention Center located in downtown Indianapolis. While at the National Convention, Woodlan FFA members participated in the Career Exhibition Hall, gaining knowledge of new innovations and insights into the latest Agricultural technology,…
