We will have PESH FFA Chapter meetings once a month in Mr. Ivy's room, B3-107. Our meetings will start at 6 PM and will typically end around 7:30-8:00 PM. There will be a theme for each meeting, so be on the lookout for more information to come.

Our February chapter meeting will be held on Tuesday, February 28th. The parent's Booster Club meeting will be held simultaneously with the chapter meeting. We hope to see you all there!

The time for CDE season is here! Currently, the CDE teams we have at PESH are as follows:

Mr. Harrison: Wildlife and Poultry

Mrs. Thoms: Vet Med, Dairy Judging, Nursery/Landscape

Mr. Ivy: Horse Judging, Floral Judging, Dairy Foods

Mr. Love: Entomology

Mrs. Snider-Bowie: Livestock Judging

Ms. Abernathy: Meats Judging and Farm Business Management

Career Development Events (CDE's) are an opportunity for students to build on what is learned in agricultural classes and encourage FFA members to put their knowledge into practice.

If you have any questions about CDE's, don't hesitate to reach out to an ag teacher.

Here is the links to the information for the CDE's we offer:

Wildlife: Wildlife (texasffa.org)

Poultry: Poultry (texasffa.org)

Vet Science: Veterinary Science (texasffa.org)

Dairy Cattle Judging: Dairy Cattle (texasffa.org)

Nursery/Landscape: Nursery/Landscape (texasffa.org)

Horse: Horse (texasffa.org)

Floral: Floriculture (texasffa.org)

Dairy Foods (Milk Quality): Milk Quality (texasffa.org)

Entomology: Entomology (texasffa.org)

Livestock Judging: Livestock (texasffa.org)

Meats: Meats (texasffa.org)

Farm Business Management: Farm and Agribusiness Management (texasffa.org)

Each year, Texas FFA awards more than 140 scholarships to outstanding graduating seniors through its academic scholarship program. These scholarships are awarded based on academic and FFA achievements as well as the member's performance in an interview process.

The Texas FFA Scholarship application opened on January 13th and will close on April 19th.

If you are interested in applying for a Texas FFA Scholarship, you can find more information at the link below. If you have any questions about your application or the application process, ask an advisor and we'd be happy to help.

Texas FFA Scholarships: Texas FFA Scholarships

Many students from PESH FFA will be exhibiting their livestock projects at the San Antonio Livestock Show this month!

The show dates for each species are as listed below:

• Steers: Friday, February 24th
• Market Lambs (Southdown, Fine Wool, Fine Wool Cross): Tuesday, February 14th
• Market Lambs (Medium Wool): Wednesday, February 15th
• Breeding Lambs: Saturday, February 11th
• Goats: Tuesday, February 14th
• Pigs: Sunday, February 19th & Tuesday, February 21st

Students showing at the San Antonio Livestock Show by species:

• Steers: Leigh-Ann Price, Ben Banda
• Market Lambs: Zoey Smith, Maya Hadaway
• Breeding Lambs: Zoey Smith
• Goats: Leah Nohrenburg
• Pigs: Cameron Hughes, Alexis Bandy, Gabrielle King, Ben Banda

Make sure to wish those showing good luck at San Antonio!

From Monday, February 27th to Friday, March 3rd, we will be celebrating PESH FFA Week. During this week, the chapter will be hosting various events to celebrate and advocate for Agriculture and the National FFA Organization.

Currently, the events for the week include:

• Chapter FFA Meeting & FFA Apparel Day
• Petting Zoo during lunch
• Camo dress up day
• Artistic FFA Symbol Contest

Be on the lookout for more information regarding PESH FFA Week!

Congratulations to all the students who exhibited their livestock project at the Collin County Livestock Show in mid-January! After working hard for several months to prepare their project for show, these students did an awesome job showing their animals!

Lambs:

1. Zoey Smith (Grand Champion Breeding Lamb, Grand Champion Lamb Showman, Grand Champion Southdown, 1st in Class Southdown, 2nd in Class Medium Wool and made the Ribbon Auction)
2. Maya Hadaway (3rd in Class Southdown, 4th in Class Medium Wool and made the Ribbon Auction)

Ag Mech:

1. Samuel Parsons (3rd in Class)
2. Zoey Smith
3. Leigh- Ann Price

Rabbits:

1. Avery Burrow (3rd in Class and made the Ribbon Auction)
   
2. Zoey Smith (8th in Class and made the Ribbon Auction)
3. Olivia Kelley (Made the Ribbon Auction)

Poultry:

1. Landon Price (made the Ribbon Auction)
2. Landry Price (made the Ribbon Auction)
3. Caden Crow
4. Samuel Parsons

Pigs:

1. Alexis Bandy (7th in Class)
2. Gabby King (13th in Class)
3. Ben Banda (14th in Class)

Steers:

1. Leigh-Ann Price (5th in Class and made the Ribbon Auction)
2. Ben Banda (9th in Class)

Floral:

1. Nora Gabilondo Aristi (4th)
2. Julia Lange
3. Zoey Smith

Goats:

1. Leah Nohrenberg

The chapter now has an icloud folder and a Google-Drive folder for FFA pictures! Make sure to get with an officer or advisor ASAP to get added to the drives. We need any chapter/member pictures for various events throughout the year and for our end of year banquet!

If you have not already joined our chapter's google classroom, make sure to join using the google classroom code below. This google classroom is a great way to keep up to date on all chapter events and announcements. Both parents and students are able to join.

Google classroom code: g3zycxa

If you have any questions regarding FFA and/or the Plano East FFA chapter, contact an advisor below:

Sam Harrison- samuel.harrison@pisd.edu

Chris Ivy- chris.ivy@pisd.edu

Megan Abernathy- megan.abernathy@pisd.edu

Cameron Snider-Bowie- cameron.sniderbowie@pisd.edu

Brent Love- brent.love@pisd.edu

Stephanie Thoms- stephanie.thoms@pisd.edu

https://docs.google.com/document/d/18_c8VDqbEVnRKNuH5ju2tL3HNVArhvZK/edit

Want to stay ahead on upcoming FFA events and deadlines? Check out the spring semester FFA calendar!

Follow our chapter's social media below to stay in the loop and receive chapter updates and upcoming events!

Instagram- @pesh.ffa

Twitter- @PlanoEastFFA

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Google Classroom- g3zycxa