By: Paulding FFA Reporter, Addison Hunt From October 22nd through October 26th, thousands of FFA chapters from across the nation, including 11 Paulding FFA members, traveled to Indianapolis, Indiana for the 97th Annual National FFA Convention. Our members had a busy schedule full of educational and leadership experiences that allowed them to learn more about…
By: Staci Miller, FFA Advisor On November 5th, the Ohio Foundation announced the list of members who will receive a FFA jacket through the Ohio FFA Foundation’s Blue Jacket program. The Paulding FFA had several first-year members apply to receive a jacket by filling out a few essay questions about their future plans in the…
By: Addy Hunt, Reporter-Paulding FFA On Wednesday, October 9th, the Paulding FFA Chapter had 25 members travel around Paulding County to feed the farmers in the fields. The chapter first started doing this service project four years ago and it’s one of our favorite projects to do each year. The chapter found that it…
By: Addy Hunt, Paulding FFA Reporter On Tuesday, September 24th, four Paulding FFA officers traveled down to Columbus for the Ohio Legislative Leadership Conference. The officers included Secretary Brooklyn Schlatter, Reporter Addy Hunt, Student Advisor Blake Rhonehouse, Parliamentarian Johnny Lipps and their FFA advisor, Mrs. Staci Miller. In the morning, these students mingled with other…
By: Paulding FFA Reporter, Addison Hunt Friday, September 6th, the Paulding FFA officers attended Mercer Landmark’s AGrow Expo. The officers attended sessions that were great learning opportunities. The officers had the chance to learn about corn and soybean diseases, as well as different farming practices and techniques, such as carbon farming, that Mercer Landmark and…
By: Paulding FFA Reporter, Addison Hunt On September 14, the Paulding FFA Chapter put on a petting zoo at the Gardens of Paulding. The petting zoo provides a chance for residents who live at the Gardens and their family members to see and pet several different types of farm animals. The petting zoo was a…
By: Paulding FFA Reporter, Addison Hunt On Monday, September 2nd the Paulding FFA Chapter had 30 members walk in the Annual Oakwood Homecoming parade to represent our chapter. They had a FFA float that the Kilgore family helped to put together and the FFA members handed out candy to the parade goers. Then there were…
By: Paulding FFA Reporter, Addison Hunt This past Tuesday, August 27th, the Paulding FFA Chapter held its first meeting of the 2024-2025 school year. The kickoff meeting included both FFA members and their parents, so they could learn a little more about FFA from the advisors and the officer team. At this meeting, there were…
By: Addy Hunt, Paulding FFA Reporter During the Paulding County Fair, the Paulding FFA had many members participate in a variety of activities throughout the week. This year’s fair was June 8th-15th, with many activities going each day from livestock shows to still project judgings. On Monday, several members participated in the annual Jr. Fair…
By: Addy Hunt Paulding FFA Reporter The Paulding FFA officer team this year consists of President Grace Goyings, Vice President Jalyn Klopfenstein, Secretary Brooklyn Schlatter, Treasurer Brooke Kilgore, Reporter Addy Hunt, Sentinel Tori Schlatter, Student Advisor Blake Rhonehouse, Parliamentarian Johnny Lipps, and Chaplain Myrriah Manz, along with Ag Education Teacher and FFA advisor Mrs.…
By: Addy Hunt, Paulding FFA Reporter The Paulding FFA Chapter recently took 36 students to the Ohio FFA State Convention held on May 1st-3rd at the Ohio State Fairgrounds. The chapter left on May 1st in their matching FFA state convention shirts sponsored by Might Cubes and Dumpsters and visited the Columbus Zoo on the…
By: Addy Hunt, Paulding FFA Reporter Friday, April 26th the Paulding FFA Chapter held its annual petting zoo with over 800 students and staff attending. FFA members volunteered to bring in their animals for students and staff to enjoy. The elementary students truly enjoy this day because they get to pet and interact with livestock…
By: Addison Hunt, Paulding FFA Reporter The Paulding FFA Chapter will kick off its annual plant event on April 26th at the FFA greenhouse located on Caroline Street. The greenhouse is filled with a wide variety of plants consisting of flowers, vegetables, herbs, hanging baskets, decorative plants, and more. The students in the Greenhouse class…
