FFA Students Achieve State and National Honors
Our district’s agriculture programs continued to grow and shine this past school year. Students in FFA and 4-H chapters at Academy at the Farm, Centennial Middle School, Hudson High School, Hudson Academy, Pasco High School, Pasco Middle School, Pine View Middle School, R.B. Stewart Middle School, Thomas E. Weightman Middle School, Wesley Chapel High School and Zephyrhills High School won awards at the state and county fair, and many are competing at the state level.
As a result of the hard work of the teacher advisors and members of the FFA chapters at Pasco High School, Wesley Chapel High School and Zephyrhills High School, several students and one chapter will be recognized for outstanding achievement at the summer state FFA convention in Orlando.
As the highest degree achievable in the National FFA Organization, the American FFA Degree shows an FFA member’s dedication to his or her chapter and state FFA association. To be eligible to receive the American FFA Degree, members must meet qualifications such as receiving a State FFA Degree, holding active membership for the past three years, completing secondary instruction in an agricultural education program and operating an outstanding supervised agricultural experience program. Community service, leadership abilities and outstanding scholastic achievement are also required.
Congratulations to our American FFA Degree nominees, Wesley Chapel High School graduates Lana Guzman and Rebecca Lyons, and Zephyrhills High School graduate MaKayla Shipley.
The State FFA Degree is the highest degree that the State FFA Association can bestow on a member. This degree, which is a high and rare honor earned by less than two percent of FFA members, encourages personal growth and achievement. It requires hard work and commitment and is the culmination of agricultural and academic experiences and opportunities across several years. Congratulations to the following students who are being recognized for earning their State FFA Degree:
From Pasco High School:
Courtney Whitman
From Zephyrhills High School:
Gabriella Hardy
Austin John
Philip “Trey” Mann
Emma McKelvey
Kenady Miller
Jaedyn Seigler
Last, but not least, Zephyrhills High School’s Senior FFA chapter, led by advisors LeAnne John and Taylor Snedeker, has been named one of Florida’s Finest Chapters and selected as a finalist for the National Chapter Award. Both the Senior and Junior FFA chapters have exceeded maximum quality chapter points and earned Premier Chapter status. The Junior FFA chapter is in its inaugural year, making this an even more impressive accomplishment! Congratulations, Bulldog Aggies!
These FFA members and chapters have so much to be proud of! We look forward to celebrating with you and all of Pasco County Schools’ chapters during this summer’s state convention.
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Coding Creates Amazing Mazes at TEWMS!
Congratulations to those scholars who earned their Digital Tools certificates!
- submitted by Jenna Eyers
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Proud Teachers Beth Hess and Russell Vashon lead the RRHS New Teacher Academy. | Grow & Stay George Papaemanuel congratulates new teacher Raynee Meek, an NTA alumna. | Pasco eSchool NTA Teacher Stephanie Carter celebrates with one of eSchool's future teachers. |
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Meet Baily Abbott
Program Specialist
When did you begin working for CTAE?
January 30th, 2023
What was your job before working for CTAE?
Electronics Instructor at Wendell Krinn Technical High School
What's your favorite thing about working for CTAE?
What I find most enjoyable about working at CTAE is having the opportunity to take all of the great experiences that our students receive and being able to help enrich or provide more opportunities. It helps that there is such a great team at CTAE that work so hard for our students.
Where did you grow up?
Bettendorf, Iowa
What teacher inspired you most when you were younger?
Mr. Phillips and Mr. Christensen
Where did you attend college or receive post-secondary education?
The University of Northern Iowa
What do you like to do in your free time?
In my free time I enjoy being around water and observing the wildlife that surrounds us. There is an abundance of beauty if you take the opportunity to appreciate it.
Anything else you want to share with our CTAE community?
What I love most about Career and Technology Education is understanding how the various parts of our world work. How electricity powers devices, a machine that can easily lift 2,000 lbs., or how computers talk to each other and that is only to name a few. Some of the most simple things around us are made with complex processes. I think that is what most people do not understand about this area of education is this: rather than being just a singular skill to be learned, CTE is a combination of all the others. Technical education is taking all other knowledge combined and applying it.
Thanks for being part of Team CTAE, Baily!
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