FFA

Kelly Canty 1^st in prepared speech and will participate at FFA state convention in June.

Ashley Miller 2nd 　

Yvette Christensen 2nd in FFA Creed speaking

Tara Crowther, Bailey Canty, Joseph Bunker 1st place in Quiz bowl will compete in June

Hannah Paine, Brooke Edwards, Chris Petty 2nd place quiz bowl

Dalton Rodriguez, Calder Larsen, Kevin Crowther 3rd place quiz bowl

On October 23, 2010, our FFA Chapter went to the Dicaperl Minerals Corp. perlite mine in New Mexico to do one of our chapter service projects; we planted 2,400 trees that day. We were unable to plant the desired amount that day, so several members returned to the mine on the 29th of October to finish planting 300 trees. Over the period of two days, we planted 2,700 trees. Alan Norris, with Dicapearl Mineral Corp., made the offer to our chapter. He offered us the opportunity to plant the trees, and in return, his company would give our chapter $3,000 dollars. Our pur-pose for going was to reforest the inactive mine. We planted several types of trees including Ponderosa Pine, Pinion, and Juniper. These type of trees grow best in the conditions they are in since the mine used a lot of perlite while it was active. The money that our chapter raised is going to be used to really get our chapter started. In December our chapter will be participating in the SLV FFA District Speaking Competi-tion at ASC. Students will compete in quiz bowl, parliamentary procedure, extemporaneous speaking, and prepared speech. Student who win their events will represent our SLV FFA District at the Colorado State FFA Convention in June that will be held at Adams State College.
~Chapter Reporter, Kelli Canty

Our FFA chapter attended the State Convention in Craig, Colorado, the 7th, 8th, and 9th of June. At the convention we had the opportunity to see the current state FFA officers give their retiring addresses, see the new officers be installed, listen to very inspiring speakers, and participate in workshops and activities that helped us get to know the FFA chapters in our state better. 

Our FFA chapter has been involved in many activities since the beginning of the school year. The freshmen members, along with Mr. Sinclair and Mr. Canty, attended the B.I.G. (Becoming Involved as a Green-hand) Conference.

Also, three of our chapter members attended the San Luis Valley District Nominating Session. Tommy Caldon was on the nominating committee that voted on who the district officers were to be. Kylan Reynolds and Jessica Sowards ran for district offices while at the session. Kylan is now the San Luis Valley District Secretary, and Jessica is the District Sentinel.

 We would like to thank all of those who supported the DJs fundraiser we, as a club, did. Your help and support is greatly appreciated and recognized! During the month of October, see any FFA member if you would like to save $20.00 on a ton of Crystallex products; we will give the coupons to you as soon as we receive them. Also, if anyone is interested in buying fruit, during the month of November we will be selling it. In previous years the fruit has been greatly worth it.

 On September 20th and 21st, several members of our chapter attended the Hesperus Leadership Conference in Hesperus, Colorado.  Although the conference was primarily for the Southwest District, they invited any members/chapters from the San Luis Valley District to come and enjoy the leadership sessions. While there, the members participated in leadership sessions that allowed them to focus on the following: character, opportunities, and learning.  The leadership session was believed to have greatly improved the leadership skills of those in attendance.

-Kelli Canty, Chapter Reporter