We hope everyone's Christmas was enjoyable and that you have fun plans to bring in the new year.
We are still planning on opening the classroom and computers on Monday, January 2nd at 9:00am for everyone to come in and work on their award applications. We will both be there to help answer questions. Be sure to brings your record books - We can't do much without records and pictures. If you need an application, go to my website on the High School page and click on "FFA Docs" on the left hand side.
The other event going on next week is the State Food Science Contest at Minnesota State Mankato on the 6th! good luck to them!
Friday, December 30, 2011
Sunday, December 18, 2011
Week of December 17th Happenings
Christmas is almost here and we only have a four day school week this week. There are three things we need to bring up this week.
First - We need everyone to bring in their fruit money ASAP. We need to pay our vendors and all of the money needs to be collected and turned in this week. If you don't have your money turned in Monday, you can expect a phone call reminder Monday evening.
Second - We have an FFA meeting on Monday morning at 7:15 am in the Ag Classroom. Everyone that has turned in their fruit money will get their incentives. We will also be discussing our January schedule. We are planning on having a proficiency and degree work day on January 2nd from 9:00am - 12:00pm for everyone that can make it.
Third - Foundation Washington Leadership Conference (WLC) scholarship information is posted. This is a fantastic leadership conference in Washington DC that a few Medford FFA members have attended. The cost is high (usually around $1,500, includes airfare) but there are Foundation scholarships available to help cut down the cost. Go to the MN FFA Foundation and click on the "Members" tab to access the application. If you are interested in going, talk to Mr. Ovrebo or Mr. Larson.
See you Monday morning!
First - We need everyone to bring in their fruit money ASAP. We need to pay our vendors and all of the money needs to be collected and turned in this week. If you don't have your money turned in Monday, you can expect a phone call reminder Monday evening.
Second - We have an FFA meeting on Monday morning at 7:15 am in the Ag Classroom. Everyone that has turned in their fruit money will get their incentives. We will also be discussing our January schedule. We are planning on having a proficiency and degree work day on January 2nd from 9:00am - 12:00pm for everyone that can make it.
Third - Foundation Washington Leadership Conference (WLC) scholarship information is posted. This is a fantastic leadership conference in Washington DC that a few Medford FFA members have attended. The cost is high (usually around $1,500, includes airfare) but there are Foundation scholarships available to help cut down the cost. Go to the MN FFA Foundation and click on the "Members" tab to access the application. If you are interested in going, talk to Mr. Ovrebo or Mr. Larson.
See you Monday morning!
Thursday, December 15, 2011
Congratulations To Our Invitational Teams!
The Medford FFA brought 26 members to compete in four contests today at the University of Minnesota Winter Invitational in St. Paul. We are all very proud of their performance and they represented Medford quite well.
We sent two small animals teams. The maroon team finish 1st and earned a gold rating. Individually, Isabella finished 1st, Lauren finished 7th, and Brandon finished 25th. Isabella, Lauren, Brandon and Megan earned a gold rating and Katie earned a silver rating. The gold team finished 20th and earned a gold rating. Krista, Gunner and Alisha all earned gold ratings and Nicole and Alex earned silver ratings. There were 66 teams and over 300 students competing in the small animals contest and everyone from Medford scored in the top half.
We sent one floriculture team and two individuals to compete. The floriculture team finished 4th and earned a gold rating. Deanna finished 5th and earned a gold rating along with Glen. Steph and Mary earned silver ratings and Sam earned a bronze rating. The two individuals that competed were Elizabeth and Kallie and they both earned bronze ratings. There were 37 teams and more than 100 individuals in the floriculture contest.
We sent one nursery landscaping team. The Medford team finished 7th and earned a gold rating. Emily earned a gold rating. Sam, Mariah and Aly all earned silver ratings. There were 18 teams and more than 50 individuals in the contest.
Our final team was the farm management team that was filled with first-timers. Everyone who competed on this team has never competed in this contest before. The Medford team finished 13th and earned a silver rating. Dan and Josh earned a silver rating while Nicole and Alex earned a bronze rating. There were 18 teams and more than 60 individuals in the contest.
In other news:
There is an FFA meeting on Monday morning at 7:15 in the Ag Classroom. Be sure to come and pick up your fruit sales incentives and look at our upcoming schedule. Bring your calendar because we are going to try and schedule a computer work day for proficiencies and degrees over break and possibly a officer retreat as well.
Remember to get your fruit money in ASAP! We need to pay our vendors and get everything collected before break.
Once again, thank you to everyone who sold, bought and helped deliver fruit. The success of our main fundraiser requires the support and cooperation of so many people. We also want to thank everyone for volunteering to help us pick up our motors. We have it lined up to pick them up and look forward to using them in class after break.
We sent two small animals teams. The maroon team finish 1st and earned a gold rating. Individually, Isabella finished 1st, Lauren finished 7th, and Brandon finished 25th. Isabella, Lauren, Brandon and Megan earned a gold rating and Katie earned a silver rating. The gold team finished 20th and earned a gold rating. Krista, Gunner and Alisha all earned gold ratings and Nicole and Alex earned silver ratings. There were 66 teams and over 300 students competing in the small animals contest and everyone from Medford scored in the top half.
We sent one floriculture team and two individuals to compete. The floriculture team finished 4th and earned a gold rating. Deanna finished 5th and earned a gold rating along with Glen. Steph and Mary earned silver ratings and Sam earned a bronze rating. The two individuals that competed were Elizabeth and Kallie and they both earned bronze ratings. There were 37 teams and more than 100 individuals in the floriculture contest.
We sent one nursery landscaping team. The Medford team finished 7th and earned a gold rating. Emily earned a gold rating. Sam, Mariah and Aly all earned silver ratings. There were 18 teams and more than 50 individuals in the contest.
Our final team was the farm management team that was filled with first-timers. Everyone who competed on this team has never competed in this contest before. The Medford team finished 13th and earned a silver rating. Dan and Josh earned a silver rating while Nicole and Alex earned a bronze rating. There were 18 teams and more than 60 individuals in the contest.
In other news:
There is an FFA meeting on Monday morning at 7:15 in the Ag Classroom. Be sure to come and pick up your fruit sales incentives and look at our upcoming schedule. Bring your calendar because we are going to try and schedule a computer work day for proficiencies and degrees over break and possibly a officer retreat as well.
Remember to get your fruit money in ASAP! We need to pay our vendors and get everything collected before break.
Once again, thank you to everyone who sold, bought and helped deliver fruit. The success of our main fundraiser requires the support and cooperation of so many people. We also want to thank everyone for volunteering to help us pick up our motors. We have it lined up to pick them up and look forward to using them in class after break.
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
The Fruit is Out
Thank you to everyone who helped sort and deliver fruit last night. We have a few corrections to make today but we hope to get everyone squared away soon! The money is due by Friday of this week. We have some bills to pay...
We are now looking forward to the invitational contest on Thursday. The bus will be leaving from the shop at 7:00am. Bring money for lunch and remember that we might not be eating until 12:30-1:00.
We are now looking forward to the invitational contest on Thursday. The bus will be leaving from the shop at 7:00am. Bring money for lunch and remember that we might not be eating until 12:30-1:00.
Sunday, December 11, 2011
Happenings for the Week of December 12th
The fruit is on its way. With the weather indicating a light, wintry mix we hope the fruit will arrive on time tomorrow morning, but pick-up is still scheduled to take place tomorrow afternoon. Most members that sold fruit have signed up a time to pick up their fruit tomorrow afternoon. The most crowded and chaotic time will again be right after school. We have pre-packed some orders in hopes of expediting pick-up but it will still be quite crowded right after school. If you want to have the quickest check-out, we recommend coming in after 4:30, that is when it should start to slow down. We do want to emphasize that fruit needs to be picked up Monday and delivered, it at all possible, on Monday. We do not have the space or ability to store the food items overnight. Payment is due at delivery so we hope to have all funds collected by Wednesday so we can hand out incentives at our meeting next Monday (12/19). Anyone that can help sort and check fruit out is still welcome to help after 1:00 on Monday.
While the fruit sales delivery has taken up most of our attention, we also have an invitational contest next week. Thursday we are planning on taking FFA members up to the University of Minnesota to compete in the Winter Invitational contests. The bus will be leaving from the shop at 7:00am sharp. Remember to eat a good breakfast because we likely won't be eating lunch until 12:30-1:00. Bring $5 for lunch. We will be competing in the Small Animals, Floriculture, Nursery & Landscape, and Farm Management contests. Students will be getting permission slips and absence forms on Tuesday.
We have a meeting next Monday at 7:15 in the Ag Classroom. We hope to hand out the fruit sales incentives and discuss the status of proficiency and state degree awards. We are going to schedule an officer retreat and a computer work day over break to help everyone complete their awards.
While the fruit sales delivery has taken up most of our attention, we also have an invitational contest next week. Thursday we are planning on taking FFA members up to the University of Minnesota to compete in the Winter Invitational contests. The bus will be leaving from the shop at 7:00am sharp. Remember to eat a good breakfast because we likely won't be eating lunch until 12:30-1:00. Bring $5 for lunch. We will be competing in the Small Animals, Floriculture, Nursery & Landscape, and Farm Management contests. Students will be getting permission slips and absence forms on Tuesday.
We have a meeting next Monday at 7:15 in the Ag Classroom. We hope to hand out the fruit sales incentives and discuss the status of proficiency and state degree awards. We are going to schedule an officer retreat and a computer work day over break to help everyone complete their awards.
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Calling All Parents and Supporters!
December is upon us and for our FFA, that means Fruit sales delivery. We are looking for some adult assistance on the afternoon (after 1:00) of Dec. 12th to help us sort and help students check out to deliver their fruit. If you are available and willing to help, please let us know.
Second, we have an opportunity to have 24 new Briggs and Stratton motors donated to the program for use in our Small Gas Engines curriculum. They are from Alex Tech in Alexandria but we need to pick them up on 12/15, 12/16, 12/19, or 12/20, which doesn’t work for Mr. Larson or myself. Is anyone available and willing to pick up the motors for us (we will pay for gas and weather allowing). I think we can line up a landscaping trailer to use because I don’t think they would all fit in a van. They might fit in the back of a pick-up. We would hate to pass up the free motors because we were not able to pick them up.
Please let us know if you can help or know of someone that can help on these items.
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
December 6th Update
Just a reminder on the schedule changes for this week.
Wednesday: Officer meeting during lunch
Thursday Morning: Farm management practice (note day change)
Thursday Afternoon: Fruit delivery preparation (everyone who is available to help is welcome)
Fruit is coming in on Monday. Any help organizing and unloading is greatly appreciated.
Next Thursday is the U of MN Invitational. We have about 30 members lined up to attend. They should be bringing home permission slips this week.
We are here before and after school most days to help with proficiency awards, scholarships, and degrees. We are also available to schedule extra CDE practices as well.
Wednesday: Officer meeting during lunch
Thursday Morning: Farm management practice (note day change)
Thursday Afternoon: Fruit delivery preparation (everyone who is available to help is welcome)
Fruit is coming in on Monday. Any help organizing and unloading is greatly appreciated.
Next Thursday is the U of MN Invitational. We have about 30 members lined up to attend. They should be bringing home permission slips this week.
We are here before and after school most days to help with proficiency awards, scholarships, and degrees. We are also available to schedule extra CDE practices as well.
Sunday, December 4, 2011
Happenings for the Week of December 6th
December is upon us and that can only mean one thing: Fruit sales delivery! This week we will be preparing for fruit to arrive. We are asking every member that is available to help after school on Thursday. We will be folding and labeling boxes, packing snack items and getting the shop ready for the fruit to come in.
Other activities this week:
Tuesday: Small animals practice at 8:15am in the Ag Classroom
Tuesday: Floriculture practice after school in the Ag Classroom
Wednesday: Farm Management Practice at 8:15am in the Ag Classroom
Thursday: Fruit delivery preparation after school in the shop
Have a great week!
Other activities this week:
Tuesday: Small animals practice at 8:15am in the Ag Classroom
Tuesday: Floriculture practice after school in the Ag Classroom
Wednesday: Farm Management Practice at 8:15am in the Ag Classroom
Thursday: Fruit delivery preparation after school in the shop
Have a great week!
Friday, December 2, 2011
Duck Watch 2011 Wraps Up
Thanks to everyone who tuned it to watch our Vet Science ducklings hatch. We were a little disappointed that only 7 hatched but they all found good homes and we learned a lot about the incubation process and how an embryo develops within an egg. I did manage to record one of the eggs hatching and I have posted that video on the blog (lower right) and on my school website under the videos tab. Skip ahead to about 5:00 in to see the duckling emerge!
Sunday, November 27, 2011
Week of November 28th Happenings
We hope you had a restful and enjoyable Thanksgiving holiday. We can't recall better weather for the weekend. It seems like we are often planning our travels around threatening blizzards! It will be back work on Monday and we have a few CDE teams that are going to practice this week:
Tuesday Morning: Small Animals at 7:15am
Thursday Morning: Floriculture at 7:15am
The next big FFA event is on December 12th - Fruit Delivery! Then it is the U of MN invitational contests on December 15th. We are sending two small animals teams and at least one floriculture team. We also have room for a farm management team and a nursery/landscape team. There are also leadership contests that day and we are looking for a prepared public speaker, an extemporaneous speaker, and a job interview contestant.
We have also started a GroupMe FFA list. If you are interested in receiving text messages of upcoming FFA events and activities, please send an email with your cell phone number to c_ovrebo@medford.k12.mn.us and I will get you included on our list. Standard text messaging rates apply.
Keep working on those proficiencies and degrees. Mr. Larson and I are happy to schedule computer time to help anyone on their applications.
Tuesday Morning: Small Animals at 7:15am
Thursday Morning: Floriculture at 7:15am
The next big FFA event is on December 12th - Fruit Delivery! Then it is the U of MN invitational contests on December 15th. We are sending two small animals teams and at least one floriculture team. We also have room for a farm management team and a nursery/landscape team. There are also leadership contests that day and we are looking for a prepared public speaker, an extemporaneous speaker, and a job interview contestant.
We have also started a GroupMe FFA list. If you are interested in receiving text messages of upcoming FFA events and activities, please send an email with your cell phone number to c_ovrebo@medford.k12.mn.us and I will get you included on our list. Standard text messaging rates apply.
Keep working on those proficiencies and degrees. Mr. Larson and I are happy to schedule computer time to help anyone on their applications.
Monday, November 21, 2011
2012 Scholarships and Awards
2011 is coming to a close and that means that FFA awards season is upon us. The two awards that members should currently be working on are their Proficiencies and Scholarships. Proficiencies are awards that are related to their SAE project areas. Members should use their record books to complete the applications. This year's applications have gone live and are very similar to last year's. This means you can easily copy and paste the info from last year's app into this year's app or in some cases just update last year's app. If you can't find your app from last year, talk to Mr. Ovrebo or Mr. Larson and we will see what we have in our files. The apps can be found in a number of places:
#1: Find the apps on the National FFA Website.
#2: The apps can be found in the "FFA" folder under "Member Apps" on the student server at school.
#3: The documents can be found in the "FFA Docs" tab on Mr. Ovrebo's school website.
All of the proficiency apps are excel documents and the handbooks are pdf's. They are not the easiest thing to complete so be sure the ask many questions and use Mr. Larson and Mr. Ovrebo as resources.
The 2012 National FFA Scholarship Application has gone live and can be found at the National FFA Scholarship. Be sure to start filling it out ASAP. The app is for graduating seniors and college freshman.
Join "Duckwatch 2011" with the Introduction to Veterinary Science class by clicking on the "Videos" tab on Mr. Ovrebo's high school website.
#1: Find the apps on the National FFA Website.
#2: The apps can be found in the "FFA" folder under "Member Apps" on the student server at school.
#3: The documents can be found in the "FFA Docs" tab on Mr. Ovrebo's school website.
All of the proficiency apps are excel documents and the handbooks are pdf's. They are not the easiest thing to complete so be sure the ask many questions and use Mr. Larson and Mr. Ovrebo as resources.
The 2012 National FFA Scholarship Application has gone live and can be found at the National FFA Scholarship. Be sure to start filling it out ASAP. The app is for graduating seniors and college freshman.
Join "Duckwatch 2011" with the Introduction to Veterinary Science class by clicking on the "Videos" tab on Mr. Ovrebo's high school website.
Sunday, November 20, 2011
Ag Department Activities Week of November 21st
Well, we have a short week at school before we can celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday. A very busy early November is going to yield to a few weeks of less excitement as winter sports begin to ramp up. We have the U of MN invitational coming in early December so this week's activities focus on preparing our teams for that.
Monday: FFA meeting in the Ag Classroom at 7:15am
Tuesday: Small Animals Practice in the Ag Classroom at 7:15am
Wednesday: Floriculture Practice in the Ag Classroom at 7:15am
We will be discussing fruit delivery, the U of MN invitational, proficiency and state degrees, and holiday programs at our meeting.
Spotlight on the classroom:
Mr. Ovrebo's Intro to Vet Science will bring their embryo study to an exciting close this week. Hopefully they will be seeing their duckings hatch before the Thanksgiving break. Check out the "Videos" tab on Mr. Ovrebo's High School web page to join in "Duck Watch 2011". We hope to have live streaming video of the incubators as the ducklings hatch. The Vet science is also going to welcome Dr. Wildegrubbe from the Faribault Veterinary Clinic to share her experiences in vet school.
Please contact us for more information or to answer any questions that you might have.
Mr. Ovrebo - c_ovrebo@medford.k12.mn.us 507-214-6365
Mr. Larson - t_larson@medford.k12.mn.us 507-214-6361
Monday: FFA meeting in the Ag Classroom at 7:15am
Tuesday: Small Animals Practice in the Ag Classroom at 7:15am
Wednesday: Floriculture Practice in the Ag Classroom at 7:15am
We will be discussing fruit delivery, the U of MN invitational, proficiency and state degrees, and holiday programs at our meeting.
Spotlight on the classroom:
Mr. Ovrebo's Intro to Vet Science will bring their embryo study to an exciting close this week. Hopefully they will be seeing their duckings hatch before the Thanksgiving break. Check out the "Videos" tab on Mr. Ovrebo's High School web page to join in "Duck Watch 2011". We hope to have live streaming video of the incubators as the ducklings hatch. The Vet science is also going to welcome Dr. Wildegrubbe from the Faribault Veterinary Clinic to share her experiences in vet school.
Please contact us for more information or to answer any questions that you might have.
Mr. Ovrebo - c_ovrebo@medford.k12.mn.us 507-214-6365
Mr. Larson - t_larson@medford.k12.mn.us 507-214-6361
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