Well, here it is already!! The last day of Convention...
Today was another bright and early day. The American Degree session started at 7:45am, so we had to be up, packed, and out to the bus by 7:15am.
At the American Degree session we got to see Mindy Furrer and Jesse Scheiler walk across stage to receive their American FFA Degrees. This is the highest degree an FFA member can receive in the organization. Linzy Lemming and Jessica Wenrick also received their degrees, but were unable to be at convention this year.
After the session, we headed to Webber Grill to celebrate with Mindy and Jesse and their parents who also made it down for the special occasion. The food at Webber Grill was great and getting to visit with Mindy and Jesse and their parents was also great!
After lunch, the group headed to the final session. At the session, we were inspired by the National FFA President's retiring address, helped congratulate and pay tribute to Dr. Larry Case's 27 years of service as National FFA CEO and Advisor, and saw the excitement of the election of the new National FFA Officers. We were cheering on Indiana's own Laura Donaldson, South Newton FFA member, for a National Office, but she was not chosen. We are all still proud of her for her hard work and dedication to the FFA.
After the final session, we headed back home to rest and recover from another exciting National FFA Convention!! Thank you for reading and stay tuned for more Tri-County FFA news!!!
Monday, October 25, 2010
2010 National FFA Convention - Friday
Today started out early for those not in CDE's! They were to report to Victory Field at 7:15am for Habitat for Humanity. Naysa, Haley, Shelby, Caleb, Zed, Robin, and Sarah Bruce all got the opportunity to help build one of the H4H homes that the National FFA builds during National FFA Convention. They got the chance to meet the families that would be living in the home and some even learned how to properly nail in siding (sort of)!
Mr. Scherer, Mr. Martin and the CDE participants all headed into National Convention a little later. The marketing plan team sat in on the finals for their contest and the advisors and the Agriscience fair participants headed to the Agriscience Fair Awards brunch to see how they did. While neither teams placed in the top 3, both did very well. Heather and Cassie received a silver rating on their project and Dakota and Alexis received a gold rating on theirs. Everyone was excited that they did so well!!
Once the brunch was over, we headed to Lucas Oil Stadium to tear down the displays and then we picked up the Habitat participants and headed to the hotel for some MUCH NEEDED rest time.
Then we all met back at the bus in the afternoon to head back to downtown for the Marketing Plan awards dinner and the Leadership dinner.
After those dinners were over, the entire group headed to the Milano Inn to take part in the Mystery Cafe production of Cat on a Hot Tin Street Car!! It was a unique experience as there were only 2 actors playing multiple parts and the audience also participated through out the play as well. If you would like to see the website for the Mystery Cafe click the following link - http://www.themysterycafeindy.com/contents.html. It was a fun evening with good food and good entertainment. Mr. Martin also got an honorable mention for the "Biggest Ham" award given out to the audience participants!
Check back tomorrow for our final day at the 83rd National FFA Convention!!
Mr. Scherer, Mr. Martin and the CDE participants all headed into National Convention a little later. The marketing plan team sat in on the finals for their contest and the advisors and the Agriscience fair participants headed to the Agriscience Fair Awards brunch to see how they did. While neither teams placed in the top 3, both did very well. Heather and Cassie received a silver rating on their project and Dakota and Alexis received a gold rating on theirs. Everyone was excited that they did so well!!
Once the brunch was over, we headed to Lucas Oil Stadium to tear down the displays and then we picked up the Habitat participants and headed to the hotel for some MUCH NEEDED rest time.
Then we all met back at the bus in the afternoon to head back to downtown for the Marketing Plan awards dinner and the Leadership dinner.
After those dinners were over, the entire group headed to the Milano Inn to take part in the Mystery Cafe production of Cat on a Hot Tin Street Car!! It was a unique experience as there were only 2 actors playing multiple parts and the audience also participated through out the play as well. If you would like to see the website for the Mystery Cafe click the following link - http://www.themysterycafeindy.com/contents.html. It was a fun evening with good food and good entertainment. Mr. Martin also got an honorable mention for the "Biggest Ham" award given out to the audience participants!
Check back tomorrow for our final day at the 83rd National FFA Convention!!
Friday, October 22, 2010
2010 Natioanl FFA Convention - Thursday
Well today was a busy day to say the least!! it started out bright and early as all of the Career Development Event competitors headed to their event rooms to give it their bests! Dakota and Alexis were the first to present at about 9:30am. Sarah Dobson, Jenny Alter, and Erin Klaus competed in the Marketing Plan CDE with their marketing plan for the Remington IGA Meat Counter. It included the following commercial in the plan.
Lastly, a little after lunch, Cassie Klaus and Heather Lehe presented their agriscience fair project. The Marketing Plan team recieved a brinse rating for their presentation and the agriscience fair competitors will find out tomorrow how they did.
Today was also the day that the "day trippers" made their way down to the convention. There were 28 FFA members who came down for the day to visit the career show. adding them to the "week trip" numbers, Tri-County FFA has 44 FFA members attending convention this year!!! In our rough estimates, over 90% of our entire FFA chapter was at convention today!!! From freshman to seniors, all of them had a good time visiting the vendors and exhibitors at the career show.
After the "day trip" members left to head back to Tri-County, all of the "week trip" members headed to the National Chapter Award Session to see Zed Bickett and Caleb Furrer walk across stage to recieve the FFA Chapter's National Chapter Award.
After the session, everyone headed back to the hotel to change before we headed up to Carmel to Laser Flash to play some laser tag with our friends in the Columbus FFA Chapter. We played 2 separate games of laser tag and played all of the fun arcades in the lobby. Oh, by the way, COMPLETE DOMINATION BY THE RED TEAM!!! But everyone had a lot of fun relaxing and getting to know our Southern Indiana Friends! Then we headed back to the hotel for some well deserved and needed sleep!!
Stay tuned, because there are A LOT more fun and exciting things happening this year at the 83rd National FFA COnvention!!!
Lastly, a little after lunch, Cassie Klaus and Heather Lehe presented their agriscience fair project. The Marketing Plan team recieved a brinse rating for their presentation and the agriscience fair competitors will find out tomorrow how they did.
Today was also the day that the "day trippers" made their way down to the convention. There were 28 FFA members who came down for the day to visit the career show. adding them to the "week trip" numbers, Tri-County FFA has 44 FFA members attending convention this year!!! In our rough estimates, over 90% of our entire FFA chapter was at convention today!!! From freshman to seniors, all of them had a good time visiting the vendors and exhibitors at the career show.
After the "day trip" members left to head back to Tri-County, all of the "week trip" members headed to the National Chapter Award Session to see Zed Bickett and Caleb Furrer walk across stage to recieve the FFA Chapter's National Chapter Award.
After the session, everyone headed back to the hotel to change before we headed up to Carmel to Laser Flash to play some laser tag with our friends in the Columbus FFA Chapter. We played 2 separate games of laser tag and played all of the fun arcades in the lobby. Oh, by the way, COMPLETE DOMINATION BY THE RED TEAM!!! But everyone had a lot of fun relaxing and getting to know our Southern Indiana Friends! Then we headed back to the hotel for some well deserved and needed sleep!!
Stay tuned, because there are A LOT more fun and exciting things happening this year at the 83rd National FFA COnvention!!!
Thursday, October 21, 2010
2010 National Convention - Wednesday
Today we were bright eyed and bushy tailed this morning as we began the day!! We headed into downtown Indy to set up the Agriscience Fair displays at Lucas Oil Stadium. Heather Lehe and Cassie Klaus are competing in the engineering division and Dakota Westphal and Alexis Pearson are competing in the environmental science division. After they got checked in and set up, they were scoping out the competition to see what their projects were. Everyone else also got a chance to walk through the Agriscience Fair projects to gain ideas for research for next year.
After setting up the Agriscience Fair projects in Lucas Oil, we all headed to Buca Di Beppo's to eat a delicious Italian lunch. It was quite and experience!! We ate in the famous Pope room where a bust of Pope Benedict the sixteenth was sitting in the middle of a lazy susan on the large round table. as the food was placed on the lazy susan and turned, the Pope would turn to watch everyone eat. The food was delicious and no ice cream cones were harmed during our entire stay (Robin)!
After Buca's, everyone headed to the career show to see all of the cool things it had to offer. Highlights this year included the cool cars and trucks in the Ford and Dodge stations, the cool games and fun activities in the Showmaster feeds booth, and even Roy Rodger's Trigger (stuffed of course)!! There were also many different colleges and university booths, potential employers, and we can't forget all of the FREE STUFF!!!
After the career show most of the group caught a quick bite to eat in the Circle Center food court before heading to Conseco Field House for the Opening session. In the session, we got to hear the inspiring reflections by the National Officers, the new Convention theme song and music video, (click here to see the video) and the annual Grand Entry of the National FFA Band and Chorus. It was also a sad moment to hear Dr. Larry Case, National FFA Advisor, give his last Member challenge before his retirement at the end of the year. Finally, we heard from a GREAT keynote speaker, Josh Shipp. His "non-motivational" motivational speak taught us to be positive and persevere despite our shortcomings and circumstances. If you would like to learn more about Josh Shipp, visit his website at http://www.andagoat.com/.
After the session, we practically ran back to Lucas Oil to rock out at the Easton Corbin and Lady Antebellum concert. It was a BLAST!! After the concert, we headed back to the hotel for the CDE competitors to get a quick rehearsal in before bed.
Stay tuned for tomorrow's blog and more of our exciting week at National FFA Convention in Indianapolis!!
After setting up the Agriscience Fair projects in Lucas Oil, we all headed to Buca Di Beppo's to eat a delicious Italian lunch. It was quite and experience!! We ate in the famous Pope room where a bust of Pope Benedict the sixteenth was sitting in the middle of a lazy susan on the large round table. as the food was placed on the lazy susan and turned, the Pope would turn to watch everyone eat. The food was delicious and no ice cream cones were harmed during our entire stay (Robin)!
After Buca's, everyone headed to the career show to see all of the cool things it had to offer. Highlights this year included the cool cars and trucks in the Ford and Dodge stations, the cool games and fun activities in the Showmaster feeds booth, and even Roy Rodger's Trigger (stuffed of course)!! There were also many different colleges and university booths, potential employers, and we can't forget all of the FREE STUFF!!!
After the career show most of the group caught a quick bite to eat in the Circle Center food court before heading to Conseco Field House for the Opening session. In the session, we got to hear the inspiring reflections by the National Officers, the new Convention theme song and music video, (click here to see the video) and the annual Grand Entry of the National FFA Band and Chorus. It was also a sad moment to hear Dr. Larry Case, National FFA Advisor, give his last Member challenge before his retirement at the end of the year. Finally, we heard from a GREAT keynote speaker, Josh Shipp. His "non-motivational" motivational speak taught us to be positive and persevere despite our shortcomings and circumstances. If you would like to learn more about Josh Shipp, visit his website at http://www.andagoat.com/.
After the session, we practically ran back to Lucas Oil to rock out at the Easton Corbin and Lady Antebellum concert. It was a BLAST!! After the concert, we headed back to the hotel for the CDE competitors to get a quick rehearsal in before bed.
Stay tuned for tomorrow's blog and more of our exciting week at National FFA Convention in Indianapolis!!
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
2010 National FFA Convention - Infinite Potential
Wow!! It has been forever since the last blog, but we're back just in time for this year's National FFA Convention!
Today all of the "week trippers" couldn't wait until the end of school so we could load the bus and head down to Indianapolis for another fun and exciting National FFA Convention! Mr. Martin's jeep was loaded down with all of our luggage and we all piled into the bus and headed off down I-65! When we got to Indy, we checked into the hotel and then went to eat in downtown Indy at P.F. Chang's. For those who don't know, P.F. Chang's is a Chinese bistro. The food was delicious and the conversation was good too! Everyone was excited to be in Indy for the week! Once dinner was over, we headed back to the bus to go back to the hotel. We have to park our bus in the Victory Field parking lot, so we had fun walking the 5 or 6 blocks through downtown Indy experiencing "big city" life!! Some of us were amazed that we saw horse drawn carriages walking through the busy city streets.
Once we got back to the hotel, we had a short info meeting in the boys' room and then the Marketing team and the Agriscience Fair teams went to work practicing in the lobby while the other members experienced the pool.
Tomorrow we will get to sleep in a little before heading back to downtown to set up the Agriscience Fair exhibits at 10am. Then we are eating in the famous Pope room at Buca Di Beppo's for lunch and experiencing the career show for the first day. Tomorrow evening we will be inspired by the National Officers at the Opening Session in Conseco before heading to the Lady Antebellum Concert!!
Stay tuned throughout the week for more blog posts and also some student perspectives of our exciting week at National FFA Convention!!
Today all of the "week trippers" couldn't wait until the end of school so we could load the bus and head down to Indianapolis for another fun and exciting National FFA Convention! Mr. Martin's jeep was loaded down with all of our luggage and we all piled into the bus and headed off down I-65! When we got to Indy, we checked into the hotel and then went to eat in downtown Indy at P.F. Chang's. For those who don't know, P.F. Chang's is a Chinese bistro. The food was delicious and the conversation was good too! Everyone was excited to be in Indy for the week! Once dinner was over, we headed back to the bus to go back to the hotel. We have to park our bus in the Victory Field parking lot, so we had fun walking the 5 or 6 blocks through downtown Indy experiencing "big city" life!! Some of us were amazed that we saw horse drawn carriages walking through the busy city streets.
Once we got back to the hotel, we had a short info meeting in the boys' room and then the Marketing team and the Agriscience Fair teams went to work practicing in the lobby while the other members experienced the pool.
Tomorrow we will get to sleep in a little before heading back to downtown to set up the Agriscience Fair exhibits at 10am. Then we are eating in the famous Pope room at Buca Di Beppo's for lunch and experiencing the career show for the first day. Tomorrow evening we will be inspired by the National Officers at the Opening Session in Conseco before heading to the Lady Antebellum Concert!!
Stay tuned throughout the week for more blog posts and also some student perspectives of our exciting week at National FFA Convention!!
Student Perspective - Dakota Westphal & Alexis Pearson
It's Tuesday night and we are at our first National FFA Convention!!!! Today we went to P.F.Changs (Chinese) and the food was pretty good. It was surprising that they had actual desserts!!! Yay! Now we are at the hotel getting done with practice.
We are so excited for our contest, which is Agriscience Fair in Environmental Science division three. We are doing our project on water holding capacity of different soils. Tonight we practiced with Mr. Martin and he asked us questions after we presented to prepare us for the contest. We present to the judges on Thursday.
We are also excited about the concert that is tomorrow night. It is Lady Antebellum and they are amazing! Their songs are amazing too! We also get to eat at Buca de Beppo's in the pope room!
It has been a lot of fun so far and we can't wait for the rest of the week!
Your FFA buddies,
Dakota and Alexis :)
We are so excited for our contest, which is Agriscience Fair in Environmental Science division three. We are doing our project on water holding capacity of different soils. Tonight we practiced with Mr. Martin and he asked us questions after we presented to prepare us for the contest. We present to the judges on Thursday.
We are also excited about the concert that is tomorrow night. It is Lady Antebellum and they are amazing! Their songs are amazing too! We also get to eat at Buca de Beppo's in the pope room!
It has been a lot of fun so far and we can't wait for the rest of the week!
Your FFA buddies,
Dakota and Alexis :)
Thursday, June 10, 2010
State Convention Prep
Wow!! This spring has flown by!! We are now already working on preparing for state convention!
We have quite a few FFA members preparing for State FFA Convention this year. Here is the list of students who will be competing next week.
Career Development Events
Agricultural Issues Forum - Sarah Bruce, Robin Foutch, Heather Lehe, and Hayden Wilder
Agricultural Marketing - Naysa Westphal, Sarah Bruce, and Hayden Wilder AND Sarah Dobson, Erin Klaus, and Jenny Alter
Job Interview - Katie Demerly
Multimedia Scrapbook - Naysa Westphal
Plant and Soil Demonstration - Sarah Dobson and Erin Klaus
Public Speaking - Naysa Westphal
Proficiency Final Four Interviews
Fiber and Oil Crop Production - Rick Douglas
Grain Production Placement - Rick Douglas
Equine Science Placement - Naysa Westphal
Ag Mechanics Repair and Maintainance - Pat Klaus
Outdoor Recreation - Naysa Westphal
We all wish them the best of luck as they prepare!! I'll be sure to let you all know how they did!!
We have quite a few FFA members preparing for State FFA Convention this year. Here is the list of students who will be competing next week.
Career Development Events
Agricultural Issues Forum - Sarah Bruce, Robin Foutch, Heather Lehe, and Hayden Wilder
Agricultural Marketing - Naysa Westphal, Sarah Bruce, and Hayden Wilder AND Sarah Dobson, Erin Klaus, and Jenny Alter
Agriscience Fair -
Sarah Dobson and Erin Klaus
Heather Lehe and Cassie Klaus
Clayton Lear
Dakota Westphal and Alexis Pearson
Discovery Degree Agricultural Issues Forum- Dakota Westphal, Alexis Pearson, and Caitlin Waibel
Discovery Degree Demonstration - Dakota Westphal and Josie Douglas
Exhibit
Farm Business Management - Clayton Lear, Katie Demerly, Micheal Hammer, and Caleb Furrer
Farm Business Management Demonstration - Clayton Lear and Michael Hammer
Freshman Extemporaneous Public Speaking - Robin Foutch
Freshman Public Speaking - Sarah Bruce
Job Interview - Katie Demerly
Multimedia Scrapbook - Naysa Westphal
Plant and Soil Demonstration - Sarah Dobson and Erin Klaus
Public Speaking - Naysa Westphal
Proficiency Final Four Interviews
Fiber and Oil Crop Production - Rick Douglas
Grain Production Placement - Rick Douglas
Equine Science Placement - Naysa Westphal
Ag Mechanics Repair and Maintainance - Pat Klaus
Outdoor Recreation - Naysa Westphal
We all wish them the best of luck as they prepare!! I'll be sure to let you all know how they did!!
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