FFA Club Provides Hands-On Activities and produces lifelong connections
 | Author:
Tia Tallwhiteman, BHS Reporter
Tia Tallwhiteman, Student Contributor |
Tia Tallwhiteman
BHS Reporter
Mrs. Loughery is the National FFA Organization Advisor for Townsend Schools. When asked how she liked being an Advisor, she said, “I love it… We, teachers, believe that all this is not about the income that we get, but rather the outcome of our teaching these skills.”
FFA is a youth leadership program based on agriculture and developing student career growth and success. They have monthly meetings where students are actively involved in leading and different activities during the year. The FFA club was renamed the National FFA Organization in 1988. They have been in Townsend Schools for eleven years, with four national competing teams, and seven American Degree Recipients. Approximately, less than 1% of Townsend students receive the American Degree Recipient, which is the highest honor for these Students.
The last event they had was the Clothing Drive, which was trying to get people to donate to the less fortunate for this year. Every month, they host a Harvest of the Month for the Elementary. This program highlights the commodity of growth in Montana. There are different stations for the little kids, like a Cooking Station, Science and Exploration Station, and an Art or Literature Station.
The FFA Club competes against different schools, except that it is unique in the way that it has no specific size division in which they compete. They compete in “practically everything under the sun,” according to Mrs. Loughery. They compete in livestock evaluation, veterinary science, agricultural sales, agronomy, Parliamentary Procedure, and much more.
FFA is so important for kids now because they practice in leadership trading. By joining this club, kids can make connections with others that will help them with their future careers. Agriculture Education is almost more important than FFA because both Middle School and high school students can participate in it. Agricultural Education helps create informed consumers. Without young kids learning about agriculture, we soon wouldn’t learn how to farm and ranch. Which is so important because then we wouldn’t have any food to survive.
The FFA Club is so important to Townsend Schools. They ensure that we will learn how to do hands-on activities in the future and produce lifelong connections between kids. Keep up the good work, FFA!
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Image 1 Caption: FFA Club members participated in the Christmas Stroll parade. From left: MaKenzie Truesdell, Madison Vogl, Abigail McCauley, Lexi Davies, Cheyanne Douglas, Sawyer Harrigfeld, Emma Delgado, Alex Kitto, Jakob Rainey, Tiegen Volkman, Spencer Braaten, Rigo Delgado, Aiden Kitto, Ashley Sanderson and Gavin Schmele.
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