Portageville High School FFA Celebrates National FFA Week, Feb. 17-24

Area FFA officer elections Three Portageville FFA students represented the Portageville FFA chapter at the Area FFA interviews held at Twin Rivers High School on January 31. From left are Jacob Swilley, Mason Prislovsky, Mallory Crafton, and Mason Prislovsky. Mason was one of 10 candidates from the 17 FFA chapters that make up Area 16. The candidates were interviewed by this years retiring Area officers. Mason was the only Freshman in the group and he received first alternate. Jacob Swilley and Mallory Crafton were the voting delegates. -submitted photo

INDIANAPOLIS – The Portageville FFA Chapter in Portageville, Mo. will celebrate National FFA Week, Feb. 17-24, 2018. This FFA Week embraces more than 90 years of FFA traditions while looking forward to the organization’s future. More than 653,000 members will participate in National FFA Week activities at local, state and national levels. These members have a passion for agriculture.

Designated a national week in 1947, the week of George Washington’s birthday, National FFA Week runs from Saturday to Saturday and gives FFA members an opportunity to educate the public about agriculture. During the week, chapters conduct a variety of activities to help others in their school and community learn about FFA and agricultural education. The Portageville FFA Chapter will celebrate National FFA Week by participating in the following activities:

Tuesday- Breakfast in ag room for FFA members and Ag cap day

Wednesday- FFA BBQ in Ag shop for FFA members and faculty and staff. FFA tee shirt day

Thursday- Food for America program for third grade. Teacher appreciation day. Dress like a farmer/cowboy

Friday- FFA petting zoo

Today’s FFA members are the innovators and leaders of tomorrow. Through agricultural and hands-on learning, they are preparing for 255 unique career opportunities in the food, fiber and natural resources industry. National FFA Week is sponsored by Tractor Supply Company.

Locally, the Portageville FFA Chapter has received donations from AgXplore, Farm Credit Services and SRG. The John Deere and Case IH dealers in Portageville have brought tractors up for display in front of school and given caps for members. Orscheln in Sikeston loans us panels for the petting zoo and Tyson in Dexter gives us chicken breasts for the BBQ.

The National FFA Organization provides leadership, personal growth and career success training through agricultural education to 649,355 student members who belong to one of 7,859 local FFA chapters throughout the U.S., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The organization is also supported by 225,891 alumni members in 1,934 alumni chapters throughout the U.S.