FFA March Newsletter

Our March Meeting is next Tuesday, March 6th at 4:05 pm in Escamilla's room (1701)! We will be having our officer election speeches and voting for next year's officer team! We will have snacks provided for everyone!

CDE Season has started!

So far our teams are doing great with:

Horse Judging - SALE: 21st place team

Floral - SALE: 12th place team

Vet Science - James Madison: 1st place team and 1st, 7th, and 8th high individuals

Vet Science - Jersey Village: 1st place team and 1st and 2nd high individuals

Applied Ag Engineering - TAMU AAE Invitational: 10th place team

Officer elections are on March 5th! Speeches will happen during our meeting! The interview date is still TBD and tests will take place that day as well. If you want to be an officer next year make sure you fill out the Google form on our Linktree and print and sign the officer agreement there as well!

Linktree: https://linktr.ee/vandegriftffa

Second to None nominations are open! This student can be from any grade level and should embody the spirit of our school's namesake. See the top of the nomination form for more information.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1lHiIvqubJ4ONF1O6d1IMveUxrzMNfVwqFsvyEvPT6UA/edit

3/ 20 Glen Rose Invitational- Vet Science

3/21 Tarleton Invitational- Ento, ENR, Horse

3/22 Bellville CDE Floral/Ento

3/22 Applied Ag Engineering CDE @ Tx State

3/26 Pet Vaccination Clinic AT VHS 5-7 pm

3/28 Katy Invitational

3/29 AAE Area 12 Contest at ACC

4/2 April Meeting

4/2 Barn Clean up - mandatory for ALL FFA animal raisers but open to all FFA members to help.

4/3 Heart of Texas CDE - Floral, Ento, Nursery Landscape

4/6 Area 12 CDE - TAMU

4/23-24 Capital District Convention

4/23 SDE District Competition

• Attend all practices (most teams practice twice a week every week at 7 am)

• Retaining your eligibility- if you had above a 70 in ALL of your classes at the last report card, you are currently eligible for the Area 12 CDE contests. If you had below a 70 in any class at report cards, you must be passing ALL classes by progress reports. This means you have to have all of your work turned in and be passing before you leave for Spring Break. Progress Reports run right after break. Eligibility will be regained on 3/26 if you meet the above criteria.

• The next grading period ends on 4/12 which will determine eligibility for state contests

• Be at all contests

• Maintain good behavior on trips

It's not too late to sign up for speaking! Please let Ms. Escamilla or Mrs. Tidwell know you are interested and all rough drafts are due no later than 3/19- right after you get back from Spring Break, the earlier the better. The sooner we get a final draft, the sooner we can work on presentation!