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4b5d121f10703 State Convention Summer 09
Visiting Pillsbury Crossing during State Convention
7 officers learned to work together at a ropes course during officer retreat
Officers breaked during their retreat to paddleboat at lake shawnee
During the retreat, officers worked in teams to plan and cook their meals
Annual start of the school year ice cream social to recruit new members
Greenhands get the opportunity to travel to a leadership conference
Brynn and Karlyi learn about the Dairy Foods CDE at the cheese tasting session of greenhand conference
Resting at the park during lunch!
After our picnic lunch, we played a friendly game of sand volleyball with the Holton FFA chapter
Greenhands posing with freshly painted hands on the ag classroom wall after convention
Our September Fun Activity was a BBQ and Softball game with Doniphan West FFA
Softball with Doniphan West FFA
11 greenhands attended National FFA Convention in Indianapolis Indiana!
This year's theme was Lead Out Loud - National Convention is the largest annual youth gathering, with more than 50,000 blue jackets
Convention includes a huge career show - providing info on some of the over 300 careers in agriculture
Convention also provides an opportunity for service, members helped plant trees in Indy Parks
Annual Fall Shindig - Hayrack ride and bonfire
Maple Leaf Festival provided an opportunity to show off our 7 hole miniature golf course that teaches golfers about agriculture!
Bowling Party with the FFA Alumni
Tyler loves bowling!
State Convention Summer 09

HHS Agriculture - Semester 1

by Mandy Kern

January 25, 2010

A high school agriculture program is built around 3 equal components, each as important as the next.  Students enrolled in an agriculture class are only receiving 1/3 of this total program.  In order to to benefit the most students should also become active FFA members and develop an SAE.  An SAE, or Supervised Agriculture Experience, is an individual project that delves deeper into an agriculture topic or career of interest to the student.  Students can either work for a business or start their own.

This first semester has allowed several great opportunities for our agriculture students.  Gallery one showcases FFA involvement, including our trip to National Convention.  Gallery two takes a look at just a few of the many hands-on activities students participate in during classroom instruction and labs and Gallery three provides an insight to a few of our outstanding student SAE projects.  Look for even greater work in 2010!

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4b5d121f10703 Once a month, students and members teach an After School is Cool class at the public library
Activities have included pumpkin coloring, becoming a water molecule, making ice cream, bird watching, and seed planting
Students help plan the lesson and then work on their demonstration and public speaking skills which working with our community youth!
Each month the chapter hosts the "More than Farming" Career series and invites an agriculture professional to speak with the high school. Speakers have included turf grass managers, veterinarians, watershed leaders, KSU professors, Cargill employees and many more!
After studying anatomy and physiology, animal science students identified important structures on a live calf
No animals were harmed in the making of this photo
During a pet care unit, freshman in agriscience could bring in various pets to show to the class - Skylur brought in his giant cat
Students had to research their pets care needs and history of domestication and complete a demonstration for the class. Denzel brough in his bunny and brand new kittens!
Kelsie is showing off her lizzard
A team of students built a handicap accessible picnic table in agriculture mechanics class - and then donated it to the city for the skate park
Another group of students is working hard at building a utility trailer.
Students in Horticulture class look forward to designing and maintaining a turf field in the greenhouse. Projects have included football, softball, soccer and lacrosse fields as well as horse racing tracks, golf courses and parks - Mrs. Kern then sabotages them and students have to figure out how to fix the problem.
The Hiawatha FFA hosted a 8th Grade Discover Ag Day for North East FFA chapters. State Sentinel - Zach Langford is providing the key note address
Each agriculture class developed a 20 minute workshop that each 8th grader rotated through.
The workshops taught 8th graders about welding, pet care, FFA opportunities, poultry reproduction, wildlife management, and the world hunger issues.
Each workshop was hands on and student interactive as well as providing career information
In addition to the workshops, 8th graders competed in a mock CDE competing in livestock judging, cheese tasting, entomology and plant ID and a food science triangle test. They also toured Hemisphere GPS.
A Wildlife Biologist spoke with the wildlife management class on chronic wasting disease in deer. The class then assisted with removing lymph nodes to be tested for the disease and helped age the deer.
The horticulture class is making wreaths right before Christmas break from fresh greenery
After learning to create the wreath, they tied fancy bows and decorated each one to take home
They did a great job!
Once a month, students and members teach an After School is Cool class at the public library

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4b5d121f10703 Brandon Keller's SAE: Agriculture Education Brandon teaches nature classes at Camp Geiger Boy Scout camp during summers and weekends. He has also started offering agriculture hobby classes at the public library - in December he taught community members to make holiday wreaths!
Johanna Brockhoff SAE: Fruit and Vegetable Production Johanna grew hundreds of pumpkins, gourds and decorative corn to sell at various venues this fall.
Johanna also brought some of her interesting produce to one of our after school library programs and provided pumpkins for over 30 K-4th graders to paint!
Nate Bianchi's SAE: Diversified Horticulture In addition to serving as greenhouse manager - Nate build and installed a compost turner and bin for organic waste - it allows the greenhouse to collect and reuse dead plants and weeds
Shane Meenen's SAE: Wildlife Management Shane works for a hunting lodge where he helps with landscaping, tours and food plot management
Kent Robert's SAE: Agriculture Processing Kent bought his own bee hive and collects and processes the honey - it was a bad year for honey this year and hopes the weather and bees cooperate for a successful 2010
Levi Lehmkuhl's SAE: Livestock Production Levi raises both cattle and swine - he enjoys competing in shows and participating in livestock judging.
Jay Brintnall's SAE: Home and Community Improvement Jay is working to revamp school-wide recycling and looking at ways to educate less farm waste. He has provided talks for local organizations and is working on several grants for recycling programs.
Brandon Keller's SAE: Agriculture Education Brandon teaches nature classes at Camp Geiger Boy Scout camp during summers and weekends. He has also started offering agriculture hobby classes at the public library - in December he taught community members to make holiday wreaths!

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