The Woodlan FFA Chapter was represented by 12 chapter members at the recent 91st National FFA Convention & Expo held at the Indianapolis Convention Center and at the Bankers Life Fieldhouse located in downtown Indianapolis. At the FFA National Convention, members visited the Career Exhibition Hall to gain knowledge of new innovations and insights in…
Taylor Sarrazine, daughter of Michael and Corinne Sarrazine, and a member of the Woodlan FFA chapter was elected at the 89th Indiana FFA State Convention as the 2018-2019 Indiana FFA State Chorus Sentinel. Taylor is excited for the upcoming year as her officer team is a vital part…
Woodlan FFA members recently attended the SOAR conference held at the Indiana FFA Leadership Center in Trafalgar, Indiana. SOAR is an acronym for Seeking Opportunities and Achieving Results. The conference theme was “Off To The Races,” that was paired with a horse racing setting. The students attended the three day conference to receive training on…
By: FFA members Adeline Goheen, Haylee Bastings and Ella Tripp The Woodlan FFA Chapter recently held their 21st Annual Community Chili Supper/ Chapter Chili Cook-off event held in the Woodlan Jr./ Sr. High School Auditeria. FFA members choose competitive groups and were assigned serving tables. Seventeen groups of Jr. High and High School members secured…
Woodlan FFA members competed in the State FFA Poultry Judging contest recently held at Battle Ground Middle school located near Purdue University. The Junior Poultry team of Olivia Schaefer, Haylee Basting and Luke Ketzler placed 3rd in state competition at the Junior level competition. They will be receiving a team…
The Woodlan FFA welding team members of Noah Funk and Matt Singer recently competed and placed 1st in the Indiana FFA State Welding Career Development Event contest held at the Warsaw Area Career Center. The CDE team welding competition contest consist of a practical application and a 50 question written test over welding fundamentals. The…
The Woodlan FFA chapter presented the “Bullying Hurts” program to the Woodlan Elementary third and fourth grade classes during the months of November and December. The 28 FFA members split the elementary into groups to effectively teach the 153 elementary students about bullying prevention. The six bullying sessions targeted what bullying is and how…
The Woodlan FFA Chapter conducted their annual “Leadership Lift-Off” with the 7th grade and 8th grade classes at Woodlan Jr.- Sr. High School. Forty chapter members, chapter officers and Indiana FFA State Officer Emily Kilmer were involved with the planning, promoting and running each of the 5 different activity stations. The five stations were comprised…
On Tuesday November 1st, the Wayne Trace FFA Chapter had seven participants compete in the sub-districts job interview Career Development Event (CDE). The participants were Joe Schmidt, Madison Chastain, Kacey Reinhart, Leah Maassel Autumn Banks, Kristen Rittenhouse, and Haleigh Stoller. Division 2 (Sophomores) 1st place: Kristen Rittenhouse and 2nd place: Haleigh Stoller. Division 3 (Juniors)…
The Woodlan FFA chapter was represented by 10 members at the recent 89thNational FFA Convention held at Bankers Life Fieldhouse, and Indianapolis Convention Center located in downtown Indianapolis. The students participated in the Exhibition Hall, gaining knowledge of new innovations and insights into the latest Agricultural technology, and practices, attended several sessions conducted by the…
Several Woodlan FFA members recently attended the SOAR conference held at the Indiana FFA Leadership Center. SOAR is an acronym for Seeking Opportunities and Achieving Results. The conference theme was “Soaring To New Heights”, that was paired with a roller coaster setting. The students attended the three day conference to receive training on setting goals,…
Twenty eight Woodlan students, community, and farm family members recently united at the Schlatter Farms to help clean-up a soybean field that was in the path of the recent tornado that went through South of Harlan, Indiana. Tornado alley wreaked havoc upon everything in its path leaving debris strewn all over. Harvest is fast approaching…
