By: Paulding FFA Reporter, Caydence Rue On September 28th, the Paulding FFA Officer Team kicked off their youth program at Oakwood Elementary. Oakwood Youth for Ag (OYA) is a hands-on learning experience for the sixth graders that helps expand their views on agriculture. There will be two FFA officers going over to Oakwood each month…
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Paulding FFA Travels to the Ohio State House
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•By: Caydence Rue, Paulding FFA Reporter On Wednesday September 28th, five Paulding FFA officers traveled down to Columbus for the Ohio Legislative Leadership Conference. The officers included Secretary Jamy Hunt, Reporter Caydence Rue, Treasurer Jalyn Klopfenstein, Sentinel Kobe Foor, Student Advisor Brooke Kilgore and their FFA advisor, Mrs. Jen Bradford. In the morning, these students…
Paulding FFA Enjoys Oakwood Homecoming
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•By: Paulding FFA Reporter Caydence Rue On Monday September 5th the Paulding FFA Chapter had 28 members walk in the Oakwood Homecoming parade to represent our chapter. Then there were 10 members that stayed to help with kids games and activities. The kids were able to play nine square in the air, dig through a…
Paulding FFA Parent/Member Meeting is a HUGE Success!
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•By: Caydence Rue, Paulding FFA Reporter Last Monday, August 29th, the Paulding FFA Chapter held their first meeting of the 2022-2023 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 over…
Paulding FFA Officer Team Travels to Sugar Grove, Ohio for Retreat!
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•By: Caydence Rue, Paulding FFA Reporter The Paulding FFA Officer Team recently went on an officer retreat to Sugar Grove, Ohio near Hocking Hills. The retreat was a great opportunity for the officer team to get away and plan out their 2022-2023 FFA year. The retreat began with team bonding activities that allowed the officer…
Paulding FFA has Successful Fair Week
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•By: Reporter Caydence Rue During the Paulding County Fair, the Paulding FFA had over 80 members participate in a variety of activities from still projects to livestock projects as well as the kickball tournament. This year’s fair was June 11th-18th, with many activities each day. The Paulding FFA had livestock projects in all the barns…
Paulding FFA Attends 94th Annual Ohio FFA State Convention
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•By: Caydence Rue, Paulding FFA Reporter The Paulding FFA Chapter recently took 34 students to the Ohio FFA State Convention held May 4th-6th at the Ohio State Fairgrounds. The chapter left on May 4th and got to tour MVP Dairy in Celina on the way down to convention. On the tour the students learned about…
Paulding FFA Holds Annual Petting Zoo
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•By: Caydence Rue, Paulding FFA Reporter Last Friday, April 29th, the Paulding FFA Chapter held their annual petting zoo with over 800 students and staff attending including Oakwood Elementary and Ann’s Bright Beginnings Preschool. Over 15 FFA members volunteered to bring in their animals for students and staff to enjoy. The elementary students truly enjoy…
Paulding FFA Realizes Their Goal of Crushing Cans For Cancer
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•By: Caydence Rue, Paulding FFA Reporter and Shannon Ruschel, Director/WMEA Program Paulding FFA Chapter collaborated with Paulding County WMEA and Kohart’s Salvage to bring to completion a fundraiser that directly benefitted our Paulding Chapter of the American Cancer Society. On February 14th-25th the Paulding FFA Chapter collected cans at the Paulding High School for their…
Paulding FFA Celebrates the 95th FFA Banquet: Small Town FFA
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•By: Caydence Rue, Paulding FFA Reporter The Paulding FFA Chapter recently held its 95th Annual FFA Banquet on April 9th, 2022. The theme for this year’s event was, “Small Town FFA”. This event was held to recognize the Paulding FFA members, community members, and advisors for their great accomplishments throughout the past year. The banquet…
Paulding FFA Celebrates National Ag Day with Tractor Drive- In
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•By: Staci Miller, Paulding Ag Education Teacher Last Week was National Ag Day on 3/22/22. On Friday, March 25th the Paulding FFA Chapter celebrated by holding their annual Tractor Drive-In day. The Paulding FFA felt that this was a way to pay tribute to our farmers. Several students drove their tractors to school to show…
Paulding FFA Members Selected as Delegates for Ohio Youth Capital Challenge
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•By: Paulding FFA Reporter, Carter Manz Paulding FFA members, Jalyn Klopfenstein and Brooke Kilgore have been selected delegates for the Youth Capital Challenge. The Ohio Youth Capital Challenge (OYCC) was designed to get students to make necessary changes in their communities by making new public policies and teaching the delegates about legislation. The OYCC is…
Paulding FFA Celebrated National FFA Week!!
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•By: Jaylyn McCloud, Paulding FFA Assistant Reporter FFA week was a very eventful and exciting week for the members of the Paulding FFA. The students participated in dress-up days which were picked by the members and other fun activities throughout the week. The Paulding FFA chapter also collected cans for crushing cans for cancer community…