The Spring State Competition For Ffa

The NYAA Cheer Nationals is the biggest competition of our season, and in order to go, you have to place top 3 at Regions and State, and get the bid to go. We were really excited to be there this year. The team went to Myrtle Beach last year for 2016 Nationals, but this was before I was on the team. At the 2016 Nationals, they hit 0, and had no deductions and still did not even place. So when we went into Nationals, we did not even think that we were gonna place top 5. The goal was to place top 3, and the dream was to get first.

We were not expected to be in this position after starting the season with two wins and six losses. With the bases loaded, I stepped into the batter’s box for my second at bat in the 2017 PA District 2 AAAA High School Championship game. Our opponent was stacked with three prospective Division 1 pitchers. I was nervous to say the least, but then my “moment” arrived. I saw my pitch, and launched a bases clearing triple that added to a lead that would eventually produce a victory for my team. We moved on through the playoffs, and eventually landed at Medlar field in State College, where we delivered our first baseball State Championship in school history.

Hi, I’m Logan Morris and I have been a part of the Perry County FFA chapter for the past 4 years. I have been very involved in the FFA competing in several contests, helping Ms. Cindy with the truck and tractor pulls and the Easter egg hunts, and even going to forestry camp. I have competed in the Envirothon, horse judging, and land judging. My group was lucky enough to even come in third place in land judging. I have been blessed to receive my Greenhand Degree, Chapter Degree, and even my State Degree. Receiving my State Degree was one of the happiest moment of my life because I had been working for that moment for a long time. The FFA to me is not just a club but a family. If it wasn’t for the FFA I would have never met all the people I have and formed friendships that will last a lifetime.

The mock competition will be held in late January/early February at the University of South Alabama in Mobile, Alabama. We are looking at a cap of 8 teams for this competition, but will look to expand this number in future regionals. Food and supplies will be provided to 10 members and 3 faculty per team. A $50-$100 registration fee per team will be required.

Once we got there we were asked to get into groups then choose a partner in the group. I chose Andrew but we were organized by height so Jasmine and I were selected to be partners. Jasmine and I volunteered to climb first but Kevin and Kaitlyn begged to go first so we agreed.

    Standing in the Brown County Fair Swine barn arena, I stood in line with seven other girls waiting to hear the results. Our hands were drenched in sweat as the announcer complimented us on a job well done. The crowd stomped their feet as a drum roll, “And our grand champion is…”

The PFO year is about to begin in earnest! Soon we will be in our fall Committee meetings, and before we know it, we'll be moving into spring Arts Experiences. The bonding that took place during the retreat was incredible to witness, and it's set us up so well for the season to come.

I personally was not exactly ready to interact with the people. And also, everything seemed so unorganized. Not all our giveaways were there because the person who had the later shift had them. But as it all commenced, it wasn’t that bad at all. It was a rocky start, but I think we adapted and tackled every problem we stumbled upon. For instance, our word scramble activity. We were having a problem with people having trouble unscrambling even the simplest words. Instead of dropping the whole word scrambling game, I suggested we put several scrambled words on there and people could just unscramble the ones they were able to unscramble which worked out wonderfully. The next day, another team member took it a step higher and put a list of scrambled words on one side and the unscrambled words on the other and all the participants would do is match them up by drawing a line. This made our flow of activities more efficient. Also, some of the trivia questions from the wheel seemed a little too difficult for younger children, so we had to somewhat improvise really simple questions just for them. Other things we had to fix were our limited giveaways. We only had 45 little shoe key chains, so what we did was inform everyone who came through our booth that if they played any of our activities five times they could receive our little shoe key chain. Even with that new rule, I think we got rid of a good amount of key

team won the challenge with a profit of $5,360, which is more than the $4,211 made by the US. team. Three home cooks from the US. team are delegated by the team as the weakest team members to face one another for the elimination cooking challenge. At these stage, it is not surprises that the pressure will surely have the better of the cooks as each prepares to throw everything in to remain in the competition. This is where the better chef prevails and rivalry is put to rest as chef are been blessed with the opportunity to knockout the biggest competition and as well been caused with the worse nightmare of being eliminated by the

During testing, we each got to try shooting the catapult. At first we didn’t keep track of data, as the catapult hadn’t been fine tuned yet, but on the Friday before the competition, we collected data. For the data collection, we each took a turn firing the catapult. When someone was firing, the other two would collect skittles for ammunition and record the data. On the day of the competition, Dallin was absent, so Emily and I each took a turn at trying to get the skittle in the bowl. Emily ended up being the one who got the skittle into the bowl in the end.

Last Saturday, Jan. 24, the CFHS speech team boarded a bus early in the morning to head to La Porte City so they could showcase all of their hard work that they’ve prepared for about two months. The school’s speech team sent 17 groups to contest with the goal for each group to receive a Division I rating from the judges in order to advance to State.

The third lesson, it’s not wrong to view your competition. In the past, I might have thought it was a little cheating or considered sneaky to find the flaws in your competitors’ products. But realistically, it’s a very smart business move. She taught me look for opportunities even if it’s comparing your product to the competition. I believe this strategy really helped her product sell better than the other

As April 10 quickly approaches and people all over the US get ready to race, UCF students prepare to come face-to-face with the finish line. The UCF community is encouraged to come out and show their fellow classmates support for the hard work and dedication they’ve put forward for this sprint race, or even enter the race themselves.

Thank you so much for your generous donation to UCF’s Dance Marathon benefitting the Greater Orlando Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals.

As with any group exercise, we all position all our chairs into a circle and prepare ourselves with pen, paper, and thoughts of what will happen next. Some in the group started writing down the observations on paper while others look around for the remaining three minutes. I myself am the type that would observe my environment before I start writing down the observations.