By: Caydence Rue, Paulding FFA Reporter At the end of January, the Paulding FFA secretary, treasurer, and reporter’s books were evaluated and graded. The chapter received not only a gold rating on all three books but they all also got a perfect score! The chapter is so proud of Jamy Hunt, Jalyn Klopfenstein, and Caydence…
By: Caydence Rue, Paulding FFA Reporter Recently, seven Paulding FFA officers and their Ag teacher Mrs. Staci Miller traveled to Huntington Indiana for the 9th Annual FFA leadership Summit held at Huntington University. At this conference, the officers toured Huntington’s campus. The tour was given by Paulding FFA Alumni Sydney Reineck who is majoring…
By: Caydence Rue, Paulding FFA Reporter On November 8th, the Aquarium Management team consisting of Carter Manz, Jamy Hunt, Clayton Manz, and Tyler Schlatter competed at the Ohio State Fairgrounds in the State Aquarium CDE. The members had to identify different types of freshwater and saltwater fish, aquarium equipment, take a written test, and complete…
By: Caydence Rue, Paulding FFA Reporter Recently, 4 Paulding FFA members headed to Seneca East High School for the District Job Interview CDE. They were able to compete at the district level after placing 1st or 2nd in the sub-district job interview at Crestview on November 1st. Paulding had the following members compete at districts:…
By: Paulding FFA Reporter, Caydence Rue On October 25-29, thousands of FFA chapters from across the nation including 12 Paulding FFA members, traveled to Indianapolis, Indiana for the 95th Annual National FFA Convention. The members had a busy schedule full of educational and leadership experiences that allowed them to learn more about agriculture and FFA. …
By: Caydence Rue, Paulding FFA Reporter On October 1st, 8 members from the Paulding FFA chapter attended the trap shoot at the Paulding Fish and Game Club. This was the first trap shoot for the school year. The members went through the safety precautions with a fish and game member before the competition to ensure…
By: Caydence Rue, Paulding FFA Reporter On Wednesday, October 19th, the Paulding FFA Chapter had 23 members travel around Paulding County feeding the farmers in the fields. The chapter first started doing this service project three years ago and it’s one of their favorite projects to do each year. The chapter found that it…
“Let Heaven & Nature Sing” is the theme for this year’s Festival of Trees at John Paulding Historical Society in Paulding. The line from the beloved Christmas song “Joy to the World” evokes angels, starry heavens, woodlands, mountains, wildlife, the beauty of nature, music, choirs and much more throughout the museum buildings. The dates will…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
