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Soil Judging
Soil Judging
October 19- Gracie Stengel
The Waterford FFA chapter has been very busy lately. The Soils team practices diligently and their hard work paid off when they placed 3rd at states earlier this month which qualified them for Nationals. The national competition will take place May 3rd-5th in Oklahoma.
National Convention
National Convention
FFA is also getting ready for their annual trip to the National Convention in Indianapolis, Indiana on October 27th. This trip for them means wearing their official dress and attending a lot of fun activities. This year they will get to tour a dairy farm on the way to the convention. When they arrive they will sit in on an awards ceremony and celebrate the accomplishments of their fellow members from all over the country. Some of the activities in the past have included a rodeo and a hypnotist.
Parliamentary Procedure
Parliamentary Procedure
October 19- Ashlee Wagner
My name is Ashlee Wagner and this is my fourth year of being on Waterford FFA’s Parliamentary Procedure Team. Since my freshman year, I, along with five other members of the team and our advisor, have come in at 6:30 am almost every school day from October to mid-December for practice. Last year, our team (consisting of Grace Huck, Josie Burke, Emma Hartline, Mackenzie Cary, Mackenzie Suprano, and myself) placed second in our district contest. Normally, this would mean that we advance to the state competition. However, due to the virtual condition of the contest last year, the Ohio FFA only took the top team from each district to state. Considering our situation last year, I believe in my team’s ability to make it to state this year.
Parliamentary Procedure is most simply described as a formal business meeting plus a debate team. We use Roberts Rules of Order, a formal meeting system. This system involves a series of twenty-three abilities (adjourn, recess, etc) with precise scripts that need to be memorized by each member. A contest consists of a meeting and a thirty-question multiple-choice test randomly selected from a list of 452 questions to be completed by each team member. In this meeting, our team has two main motions to run and discuss. One example of a main motion is “I move that our chapter give each freshman a $10.00 scholarship to help them purchase their FFA jackets this year.” A member moves a motion, and the chair asks for discussion. From here, each member has to run two abilities (one assigned, one of their choice) and debate twice on each motion. All of this is to be completed in twelve minutes or less. We work hard to improve on each aspect of our contest every day, and our first contest of the year is on November tenth. Wish us luck!
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