Medford has Successful Competitions

Medford FFA members had a very successful region interview day last Thursday.  FFA members interviewed for region offices, state degrees, and proficiencies.  Public speaking and Job Interview career development events also took place.

Mariah and Sam were selected to serve on the 2013-14 Region 7 FFA region officer team.  Mariah will be the region secretary and Sam will be the region reporter!

Medford will also have seven members that will receive their state degrees.  Sarah, Josh, Glen, Alex, Jon, Deanna, and Brandon will be getting their state degrees in April.  In addition, Sarah was selected as the Region 7 Star in Agriscience!

We also had a great day with proficiencies!

Deanna: 1st place Forage Production, 3rd place Goat Production

Sam: 1st Place Goat Production

Sarah: 1st Place Plant Research

Brandon: 4th Place Goat Production

Dan: 1st Place Ag Service

Chris: 1st Place Dairy Production

Jon: 1st Place Home & Community

Mariah: 1st Place Fruit Production

Glen: 2nd Place Dairy Production, 2nd Place Home & Community Development, 1st Place Diversified Ag Production

Alex: 1st Place Ag Sales

Glen Morris finished 2nd in the region in Extemporaneous speaking!
Sarah Schalm finished 2nd in the region for Job Interview and will move on to compete at state!

Congratulations to everyone and best of luck at state!

February Activities

February promises to be another busy month for Medford FFA members!

All State Degree and Proficiency apps are due Tuesday, 2/5 so we can print and get signatures before we turn them in on Wednesday, 2/6.  Interviews for state degrees, region stars, proficiencies, and region officers will be on Thursday, 2/14.

Our February FFA meeting will be on the morning of Monday, 2/11.  It is a week earlier than usual because we don't have school on the next Monday (2/18).

FFA week will be from 2/19-2/22 with the highlight for the week being FFA Day at the Capitol on Thursday 2/21.  We will be traveling with Owatonna and Blooming Prairie to visit our local senators and representatives in St. Paul.  This year will be exciting because we will have the opportunity to meet our new Senator Jensen and Representative Petersburg.  We will also be meeting with Representative Patti Fritz, who has been and continues to be a good advocate for Ag Education.

Our next round of contests will be on March 7th at SCC in Mankato.  Contests that day will include Crops, Ag Mechanics, and Farm Business Management.  Practices are typically on Thursday and Friday mornings with practices posted on Monday morning on posters in the school.