Horticulture Landscape and Turf management is a two year agricultural education course designed to prepare a student for an entry-level position or continued training at a post-secondary school.
Vet assistants and technicians play a major role in the health care of pets, farm, zoo and laboratory animals. Students also have the opportunity to participate in an internship and earn pet first aid certification.
South Tech FFA is very much a community service organization. Students work with many animal rescue groups from events to grooming. Students also provide landscaping and plants for school grounds and nusing homes. Our FFA chapter sponsors children every Christmas that are in need. We have worked with young children in the past teaching them about agriculture and self-esteem in a program called PALS.
Students attend the National FFA Convention every year. Here they get to attend leadership workshops and learn from speakers from all over the country and meet students from our organization that has about 500,00 high school members. We also participate in judging contest on a district level. In the past, some of those have been plant id, soil judging, and horse judging.
We hold monthly meetings run by a group of student officers. Students can get involved and be an officer, a committee chairperson, and member. We say FFA stands for For the Future of America.
Advisors and Senior Officers:
Advisors:
Donna Hobbs-Powell and Mark Zigrang
Senior Officers:
President - Kaylee Gerhauser
Vice Presiden - Jacob P
Secretary - Cierre Kelly
Treasurer - Samantha Wolff
Reporter - Katie Proffer
Sentinel - to be elected
Our District Horse Judging Team:
Kaylee Gerhauser
Kaitlyn Johner
Erica Green
Amra Hegic
The National FFA Organization is dedicated to making a positive difference in the lives of students by developing their potential for premier leadership, personal growth and career success through agricultural education. It is an organization for high school and college level students. The organization helps support over 300 careers in the following broad categories:
- Agronomy & Crop Science
- Animal Science
- Equine Studies
- Farm & Ranch Management
- Food Science
- Horticulture: Landscaping and Turf Management
- Soil Science
Official FFA Website: http://www.ffa.org
Upcoming FFA Dates for 2008-2009
August 29th—Membership Activity Day
September 15th—Fund-raiser Kick Off Drive
October 29th—Halloween Party
November 24th-26th—Heartland Humane Society Donation Drive
February 13th—Valentine’s Day Party in conjunction with donation drive for the USO
April 23rd—Talent Show (Fee for admission to be donated to Early Childhood annual baby shower.)
May 22nd—End of year picnic
