By: Reporters, Carter Manz and Jaylyn McCloud The Paulding FFA Chapter has had a very fun and eventful year. Despite facing many unforeseen circumstances this last year with the continued pandemic, the chapter has found many new ways to still give back to the community and stay on track with our annual projects. In January,…
By: Staci Miller, Ag Education Teacher In late November, three 1st year Paulding FFA members found out that they were awarded an FFA Blue Jacket from the Beck’s Blue Jacket Program. Students from across Ohio applied to receive the jackets as part of the Blue Jackets program, sponsored by Beck’s Hybrids and the Ohio FFA…
By: Carter Manz, Paulding FFA Reporter Recently, 5 Paulding FFA members headed to Carey 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 contest at Kalida. Paulding had the following members compete: Paige Jones, Carter Manz, Caydence…
By: Asst. Reporter, Jaylyn McCloud On November 11, 2021, 4 Paulding FFA members competed in the District Food Science Contest at Riverdale. There were 11 schools that attended the district contest this year. Team members included Paige Jones, Carter Manz, Jamy Hunt, and Ally Jo Merriman. The contest consists of a team and individual parts.…
By: Paulding FFA Asst. Reporter, Jaylyn McCloud During October 26-30, thousands of FFA chapters from across the nation including 12 Paulding FFA members, traveled to Indianapolis, Indiana for the 94th Annual National FFA Convention. Our members had a busy schedule full of educational tours that allowed them to learn more about agriculture and FFA. On…
By: Staci Miller, Paulding FFA Advisor. The 2020-2021 school year may have looked differently for the Paulding FFA Chapter, but the chapter worked hard to achieve their goal of becoming a Gold Rated Chapter at the state level. In May, the Paulding FFA Chapter received notification that the our National Chapter application was awarded a…
By: Asst. Reporter, Jaylyn McCloud The officer team this year is made up of President Paige Jones, Vice President Kyle Mobley, Secretary Sydney Trahin, Treasurer Mason Shlatter, Reporter Carter Manz, Student Advisor Tyler Schlatter, Parliamentarian Jamy Hunt, Asst. Treasurer Lanthan Schneider, Asst. Reporter Jaylyn McCloud ,along with Ag Education Teacher and FFA advisor Mrs. Staci…
By: Carter Manz, Paulding FFA Reporter The Paulding FFA chapter loves to teach and educate our younger members about the importance of agriculture in Paulding County. This year our members decided to donate a agriculture book to each of our elementary libraries as well as the Paulding Carnegie library system. The book was called…
By: Reporter Paige Jones During last week’s fair, the Paulding FFA had many members participate in a variety of activities. This year’s fair was June 8th-15th, with many activities each day. On Monday, several members participated in the annual king and queen contest. Riley Noffsinger was this year’s king, Kalyn Strahley was queen, Shannon Hale…
By: Sydney Reineck, Paulding FFA Reporter The Paulding FFA hosted the sub-district job interview contest on Monday, November 5th. There were 5 chapters that attended the contest. At the contest, members have 15 minutes to fill out an application. Once the application is filled out, the members are interviewed by a judge based on their…
By: Sydney Reineck, Reporter The Paulding FFA Chapter had 12 members and two advisors attend the 91st Annual FFA National Convention in Indianapolis on October 23rd – 27th. The chapter left after school on Tuesday and arrived in Indianapolis. Each FFA member on the trip received a Paulding FFA jacket to wear during the trip…
By: Sydney Reineck, Reporter The Paulding FFA Chapter sent five FFA Officers to the Ohio Legislative Leadership Conference (OLLC) in Columbus Ohio on the 26th of September. While at the leadership conference, members learned how to pass a law, how to properly get in contact with their local legislators, and how to bring up an…
By: Sydney Reineck, Reporter The Paulding FFA chapter sent five freshman to the Greenhand Leadership Conference in Versailles, Ohio on September 7th. The Greenhand Leadership Conference teaches young FFA members how to be leaders in their chapter and community. The attendees were asked to bring canned goods for the local food pantry as a community…
