FFA SENTINEL
Finding a “New Normal” While state convention was unable to be held in person, the state officers got the star treatment as they filmed their virtual state convention.
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ike the rest of the world, Career and Technical Education has been dramatically impacted by COVID-19. Membership in these student leadership organizations is down across the country, and students and teachers have struggled to find ways to be involved. The only human interactions have occurred through a computer screen on Zoom. After a challenging year, though, the Alabama FFA Association is starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel. Spring is always the busiest season for FFA members to compete in the Career and Leadership Development contests that they love and work so hard to find success in. 2020 saw these contests conducted strictly virtually with no national contests to advance to. 2021, however, is allowing opportunities for these students to experience the 26
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Following CDC guidelines like requiring masks, conducting temperature checks, and utilizing social distancing has allowed in-person opportunities to happen.
