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Paulding FFA Hosts Sub-District Job Interview Contest

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…

Paulding FFA Travels to the National FFA Convention

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…

Paulding FFA Attend Greenhand Conference

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…

Paulding FFA Has a Memorable State Convention

By: Sydney Reineck, Paulding FFA Reporter The Paulding FFA chapter had 22 members attend State Convention in Columbus, Ohio on May 2-4. The Convention was held at The Ohio State fairgrounds. The chapter attended many different tours including a whistle factory, as well as a candy-making factory and the equine and dairy facilities at OSU…

Paulding FFA Members Place Top 10 in the State!

By: Sydney Reineck, Paulding FFA Reporter The Paulding FFA had their poultry team compete at the state FFA Finals in Columbus and one individual compete in the equine finals. The poultry team was made up of Kalyn Strahley, Shannon Hale, Kaylie Tressler and Miah Rue, and they placed 10th in the state at finals. The…

Paulding FFA Celebrates its 90th Annual FFA Banquet

By: Sydney Reineck, Paulding FFA Reporter  On Saturday April 14, 2018 the Paulding FFA chapter held their 90th annual FFA banquet.  Multiple members of the community and school board members attended. The banquet was well attended with 310 people. This is an increase from last year, with only 290. The theme for this year’s banquet…

Paulding FFA Petting Zoo A Huge Success!

By: Emma Horstman, Paulding FFA Reporter Last Friday, the Paulding FFA Chapter held their annual petting zoo with over 600 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 they…

Paulding FFA Chapter

By: Emma Horstman, Paulding FFA Reporter The Paulding FFA Chapter was established in 1929 being one of the oldest chapters in the state of Ohio. Throughout its history the FFA Chapter has had many students go on to pursue careers in agriculture. Currently, the Paulding FFA Chapter has over 95 members. The Chapter is lead…

Paulding High School Celebrates 100 Years of Agriculture Education

By: Emma Horstman, Paulding FFA Reporter February 1st, 1918 marked the beginning of agriculture education at Paulding High School. The Paulding Ag Education program celebrated this date 100 years later last Thursday. It all began when Smith-Hughes started and helped fund vocational agriculture courses in schools. The Smith-Hughes act, Section 10 says, “that such schools…