Activities above the local level

Greenhand fireUp

Western Christian FFA sent multiple members to the Greenhand Fire Up! Members spent the afternoon attending workshops, meeting other members from across the district, hearing from our district and state officers, and gaining a better understanding of what FFA is all about.

National Convention

Eight students and Miss Van Briesen loaded up a 12 passenger van and drove down to Indianapolis for National FFA Convention. Students were exposed to many different engaging opportunities on this trip. They toured Indy 500 Raceway, went to the concert, explored the career fair, and spent an evening being entertained by a world class hypnotist.

Career Development Events (CDE)

Milk and Dairy

The milk quality team earned a gold and was the top fourth team overall!

Talja vanNiejenhuis placed 7th individually out of over 100 contestants!

(pictured left to right: Carissa Hulstein, Ivanna Reyes, Talja vanNienjenhuis, Tena Leusink)

Dairy Evaluation

The dairy evaluation team earned a silver rating!

(pictured left to right: Carsyn Blankespoor, Nora Davelaar, Bella Alons, Alyssa Schmidt)

Livestock Judging

The livestock judging participate at the Sioux County Youth Fair in July!

They also competed at the District livestock judging competition at the Clay County Fair where they were ranked 15th!

(Pictured left to right: Joslin Hoogland, Abby Carlson, Lydia Bleeker, Evan Runia)

Sub-Districts

(Top left picture Megan Wielenga for creed speaking. The big picture on the right is all of the members who went to Sub-Districts last year year. Lastly, the bottom left picture is the conduct group, top left to right, Carissa Hulstein, Alyssa Schmidt, and Makiah Wiersma. Middle row, Talja vanNiejenhuis and Mara Kuyper. Bottom row, Lily Van Voorst, and Nora Davelaar)

This year we sent a Conduct team, Parliamentary Procedure team, and a Chapter Program entry.