By: Sydney Reineck, Reporter The Paulding FFA Chapter sent five FFA Officers to the Ohio Legislative Leadership Conference (OLLC) in Columbus Ohio on the 26th of September. While at the leadership conference, members learned how to pass a law, how to properly get in contact with their local legislators, and how to bring up an…
By: Sydney Reineck, Reporter The Paulding FFA chapter sent five freshman to the Greenhand Leadership Conference in Versailles, Ohio on September 7th. The Greenhand Leadership Conference teaches young FFA members how to be leaders in their chapter and community. The attendees were asked to bring canned goods for the local food pantry as a community…
By: Reporter Sydney Reineck On Friday July 13th, the Paulding FFA chapter had Ann’s Bright Beginning daycare help their officer team with some gardening at the Paulding FFA Community Garden located at St Paul Lutheran Church. The kids helped weed, harvest herbs, tie up tomatoes, and plant more radishes to be harvested and donated to…
By: Sydney Reineck, Paulding FFA Reporter The Paulding FFA chapter had 22 members attend State Convention in Columbus, Ohio on May 2-4. The Convention was held at The Ohio State fairgrounds. The chapter attended many different tours including a whistle factory, as well as a candy-making factory and the equine and dairy facilities at OSU…
By: Sydney Reineck, Paulding FFA Reporter The Paulding FFA had their poultry team compete at the state FFA Finals in Columbus and one individual compete in the equine finals. The poultry team was made up of Kalyn Strahley, Shannon Hale, Kaylie Tressler and Miah Rue, and they placed 10th in the state at finals. The…
By: Reporter Sydney Reineck The Paulding FFA held its 1st Annual Trap Shoot competition at the Paulding Fish and Game Club on Saturday April 21, 2018. The Paulding FFA just started their trap shooting program this year and they wanted to get other FFA chapters involved by hosting a competition. There were five schools in…
By: Sydney Reineck, Paulding FFA Reporter On Saturday April 14, 2018 the Paulding FFA chapter held their 90th annual FFA banquet. Multiple members of the community and school board members attended. The banquet was well attended with 310 people. This is an increase from last year, with only 290. The theme for this year’s banquet…
Paulding, OH: The Paulding County Area Foundation held their annual dinner and meeting on Tuesday, April 10th at Grant’s Catering in Antwerp. Along with social time and a meal, the Foundation gave a synopsis of the 2017 year in terms of finances, funding, donations, projects, and county engagement. In its 17th year of operation, the…
By: Emma Horstman, Paulding FFA Reporter Last Friday, the Paulding FFA Chapter held their annual petting zoo with over 600 students and staff attending. FFA members volunteered to bring in their animals for students and staff to enjoy. The elementary students truly enjoy this day because they get to pet and interact with livestock they…
By: Emma Horstman, Paulding FFA Reporter The Paulding FFA Chapter was established in 1929 being one of the oldest chapters in the state of Ohio. Throughout its history the FFA Chapter has had many students go on to pursue careers in agriculture. Currently, the Paulding FFA Chapter has over 95 members. The Chapter is lead…
By: Emma Horstman, Paulding FFA Reporter February 1st, 1918 marked the beginning of agriculture education at Paulding High School. The Paulding Ag Education program celebrated this date 100 years later last Thursday. It all began when Smith-Hughes started and helped fund vocational agriculture courses in schools. The Smith-Hughes act, Section 10 says, “that such schools…
By: Emma Horstman, Paulding FFA Reporter Recently, seven Paulding FFA officers traveled to Huntington Indiana for a FFA leadership summit held at Huntington University. President Kalyn Stahley, Secretary Courtney Luderman, Treasurer Kaylie Tressler, Reporter Emma Horstman, Student Advisor Shannon Hale, Sentinel Abbie McMichael, Parliamentarian Riley Noffsinger as well as Paulding’s Agriculture Education teacher, Mrs. Staci…
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…
