Waterford High School FFA News January 2017

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1 Waterford High School FFA News January 2017 The FFA prepares students from all backgrounds for careers in science, agriculture, research, medicine, environmentalism, business and marketing while developing their leadership abilities and personal growth. What s been happening in WHS FFA? Fruit Sale: All fruit sale payments were collected in December and seller incentive checks (10% of your total sales, if you sold $200 worth or more) have been requested. Thank you to all members and families who helped us sell over $25,000 worth of fruit! After all expenses, our chapter s final profit from this fundraiser was $3, Adopt-a-Family: At our December meeting, we wrapped the gifts that had been purchased for our adopted family. The gifts were then delivered to St. Peter s Church to be given to the family. Along with the gifts, we presented the family with gift cards donated by the alumni. Thank you for helping to make the holidays merry for a family in need!

2 December Meeting: At the December meeting, we used leftover Baking Night supplies to decorate cookies, enjoyed hot cocoa, and played a fun candy cane game. We talked about upcoming events and began sign ups for speaking contests and CDE (judging) teams. Half-Time Conference: January 13-14, Justin Ehrhart (President) and Tony Henningfeld (Treasurer) represented our chapter at this state conference in Stevens Point. Halftime is presented to help chapters prepare for the second half of the school year. In workshops lead by the State FFA Officers, Tony and Justin interacted with members from across the state as they explored team building, leadership development and ideas for the final 5 months of our school year. Advisors attended informational meetings about upcoming speaking events, proposed changes to MAQA and more. As we geared up for the 2nd half, the focus of the conference was doing small acts, for a big impact!

3 Stay informed about FFA by: Signing up for Remind texts: to Checking out our website: Following us on Listening to the announcements for FFA news! Checking in with this year s officers: President: Justin Ehrhart farmerjustin2000@gmail.com Vice President: Kora Gunderson Secretary: McKenna Hanson Treasurer & Field Manager: Tony Henningfeld Sentinel: Mark Moczynski Advisors: Mrs. Kathy Ehrhart (262) j2k2farm.mom@gmail.com Ms. Megan Maas (262) ext 7201 mmaas@waterforduhs.k12.wi.us Ways to be involved in December & January: 1. Attend the January Monthly Meeting: Our monthly FFA meeting will be January 18, at 5:30. We will be taking our yearbook picture, so officers are asked to wear their formal dress, and all other members are asked to wear their new FFA T-shirts, which were distributed in December. If you have not received your T-shirt yet, please see one of the officers. (All dues must be paid.) Members are strongly encouraged to consider signing up for upcoming Speaking Contests and Judging Teams. Come to learn more about these great opportunities! We will be learning more about Parliamentary Procedure at this meeting. Come for a fun (food involved!) hands-on demonstration! 2. Go Tubing with Burlington FFA on January 26. Burlington FFA has invited us to go to The Rock Complex with them. They plan to be there for about 2 hours. Tubing costs $10/person. Listen to the announcements and watch your for details! This is not a formal chapter event, so transportation and costs are your own responsibility. 3. Buy an FFA Sweatshirt to show your FFA pride! See the last page for details.

4 4. Sign up for speaking and CDE contests! Great experiences, good resume builders, and sweatshirt rebates available! 5. Get involved with FFA Week (Feb 18-25) activities! Help decorate the commons, dress up for theme days, & help prepare the staff breakfast! Mark your calendars for future FFA Events: January 18: FFA meeting 5:30 in LGI January 26 : Tubing with Burlington FFA January 26: Sweatshirt orders due to Ag Office February 7: FFA Speaking Contest (Whitewater) February 8: FFA meeting 5:30 in LGI (officer nominations begin) February 18-25: FFA Week!!! March 8: FFA meeting 5:30 in LGI (officer nominations close) March 18: Regional Career Development Events March 30: CDE Competition- UW Platteville April 12: FFA meeting 5:30 in LGI (officer elections) April 24: FFA Banquet (rehearsal April 23 - officers)

5 FFA Sweatshirt Sale FFA Week is February 18-25, 2017! Show your support of FFA during FFA Week and beyond by wearing it proudly! Through Thursday, January 26, we will be selling Waterford FFA sweatshirts, featuring the same logo as the front of our new T-shirts. The sweatshirts will be dark grey with green font and are available for only $20 each. You can have your name on the back for an additional $5 and/or your current FFA office on the sleeve for an additional $4. The top 5 sellers from our fruit sale have earned free sweatshirts! In addition, members who participate in LDEs (speaking contests) or CDEs (judging teams) in 2017 will be reimbursed $10 toward their sweatshirts, as a thank you for representing our chapter at these important FFA events! Fill in the order form below and deposit it in a labeled envelope to the deposit box in the Ag Office by 2:45 Thursday, January 26. There is space available to sell sweatshirts to family and friends, if you are interested! S M L XL 2X (+ $2) 3X (+ $2) Name on Back (+5) Print Office on Sleeve (+4) Print Cost Exampl e X Ehrhart President $29 Item 1 Item 2 Item 3 Item 4 Item 5 Checks Written to Waterford FFA Total due: FFA Member Name: Phone Number: Office use ONLY: Payment received by: Date:

6 Check #: Paid in full: Yes No