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Prepared Public Speaking Prepared Public Speaking is the highest level of developing a 6-8 minute speech about a topic related to agriculture, food and natural resources. Emily Smith composed a speech about the alphagal sugar gene found in swine and their revolutionary research to remove that gene to allow individuals with AGS to consume red meat products, but specifically pork. Emily was named the state Runner-Up in this contest. Congratulations!
State Office Being nominated into state office is one of the highest accomplishments one can receive in the FFA organization. Laker FFA added their 33rd Michigan FFA State Officer to the list of distinguished individuals. Leah Irion was elected as the 2021-2022 Michigan FFA Region III State Vice President!
Parliamentary Procedure The highest level of running effective meetings, students demonstrate over 12 abilities throughout their meeting, while solving a topic and providing debate related to their issue. Students also demonstrate their knowledge through a written test, prior to delivering their presentation to a panel of judges. Our team placed 3rd in the state! Team members are: chairman, Brianna Yoder, Devonee Gnagey, Lexi Smithers, Mikel Good, Kennedy Henry, Reagan Boyce, and Kendal Boyce
Back L-R: Mikel Good, Brianna Yoder, Alexa Smithers Front L-R: Devonee Gnagey, Kendal Boyce, Kennedy Henry, Reagan Boyce
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Greenhand Conduct of Meetings The Greenhand Conduct of Meetings contest is for first year and freshman FFA members to showcase their abilities to run opening and closing ceremonies along with discussion of a topic. Students must be able to create, amend, and pass various types of motions. This year’s team received a 4th place gold award in the state! The team members are chairman Heidi Keim, team members Lauren Esch, Kadie Jarson, Jacob Henderson, Haley Arntz, Maggie Maurer, and Dustin Richmond
L-R: Maggie Maurer, Haley Arntz, Heidi Keim, Dustin Richmond Missing: Jacob Henderson, Kadie Jarson, Lauren Esch
Junior High Conduct of Meetings The Junior High Conduct of Meetings contest is designed to prepare junior high students for the upper level contests, such as Greenhand Conduct of Meetings and Parliamentary Procedure. Just like these contests, students must pass and reject motions, as well as go through opening and closing ceremonies. This year we had 2 teams competing in this contest at the state level. Team 1 received a Silver award; chairman, Audrey McNabb, Isaac Ward, Gywn Zimmerman, Shawny Renn, Caroline McNabb, Sophia Mattice, and Klaire Reibling. Team 2 place 3rd in the state which was composed of, chairman, Lily McNabb, Carson McCain, Dylan Braun, Casey Smith, Abbey Rosenthal, Faith Suggitt, and Cade Truemner
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Agriculture Issues Contest Students present the pros and cons of their chosen agriculture issue for this contest. They then put together a 15 minute presentation which shows both sides of the issue. At the conclusion, they must answer 5 minutes of questions relating to their topic. This year we had 2 Agriculture Issues teams that advanced to the state level. Rural Broadband: Disconnected or Stay Connected team was composed of Sydney Richmond, Chloe Farver, Jordyn Wisenbaugh, Olivia Seley, Erin McArdle, and Ciara Krohn. This team placed 6th! GMO Labeling was the second topic and was made up of, Dawson Gnagey, Alex Smith, Hannah Penfold, Leah Truemner, Lauren Henry and Peyton Kuhn. They placed 3rd in the state!
Back L-R: Dawson Gnagey, Leah Truemner, Hannah Penfold, Peyton Kuhn Front: L-R: Savannah Beachy, Lauren Henry Missing: Alex Smith
L-R: Erin McArdle, Sydney Richmond, Chloe Farver Missing: Jordyn Wisenbaugh, Ciara Krohn, Olivia Seley
Outstanding Junior Each year our juniors have the chance to apply for their Outstanding Junior Degree. Students must have invested $1000 or 500 hours in their Supervised Agriculture Experience to be eligible for this degree. Students who received this degree are: Chloe Farver, Jackie Good, McKenzie Gothro, Hannah Keim, Ciara Krohn, Mike Krzeszewski, Peyton Kuhn, Morgan Langley, Erin McArdle, Alex Scaddan, Savannah Schulz, Olivia Seley, Alex Smith, Connor TImmons, Nick Trost, Maya Viers and Dylan Wehner
State Degree The coveted State Degree is one of the most prestigious awards that an FFA member can receive, right under their American Degree. This year the following earned the coveted State FFA Degree: Savannah Beachy, Jared Chandler, Garrett Fritz, Dawson Gnagey, Lauren Henry, Charity Hundersmarck, Leah Irion, Marissa Jarson, Emma McArdle, Chloe O’Connor, Hannah Penfold, Madison Renn, Sydney Richmond, Isiah Sageman, Collin Schuette, Blake Smithers, Leah Truemner, Mason Williams, Jordyn Wisenbaugh
Silver State Degrees Additionally, some of our seniors received honors with their degrees due to their extensive investment in their SAE and FFA involvement. Hannah Penfold was recognized as Silver State FFA Degree recipient.
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Letter From the President As everyone knows, this was not a traditional year. Schools had to transition in and out of virtual learning, extra safety precautions were put into place, and COVID made everything increasingly more difficult. This can be hard on everyone, and especially in an FFA chapter that deeply values tradition. Even at the virtual 93rd Michigan FFA state convention, the Laker FFA upheld the tradition of excellence. At this convention, we had teams compete in junior high conduct of meetings, greenhand conduct of meetings, parliamentary procedure, prepared public speaking, and agricultural issues. Laker leadership teams competed and excelled at the all virtual competitions at district, regional and state levels, and all placed in the top 5 at states! Even when faced with last minute challenges like teammates having to quarantine, each team rolled with the punches and adapted. I could not be more proud of everyone that competed this year, and I know that the Laker FFA legacy is safe in their hands. Another tradition was fulfilled this year, and that is a member of the Laker FFA being chosen to serve on the State Officer team! Leah Irion, our chapter co-vice president, was selected as the Region III State Vice President for
the Michigan FFA 20212022 State Officer Team! Congratulations, and good luck in your next year of service. The entire Laker FFA chapter is excited to see your success. You will do great things, but never forget where you came from! Congrats to Leah Irion and all the other teams that competed this year! Lastly, we could not have had this success without the dedication of our advisor, Mrs. Haley Cucinello, the Laker FFA secretary, Mrs. Carla Gnagey, and numerous community members and alumni. We thank all of you for taking the time to invest in us and help us grow to our full potential. The chapter is a better place because of you! Congratulations again to all of our leadership teams, outstanding juniors, state degree recipients, and our new state officer!
Job Interview The purpose of the job interview contest is to stimulate interest and acquaint students with the employment procedures they will face when applying for a job and to allow students to demonstrate oral and written communications. Students craft a resume and cover letter, fill out a job application, and engage in a 15 minute job interview. Leah Irion advanced to that state Semi Final round, where she placed 8th in the state.
Delegates Every year, a select few students are chosen to represent the Laker FFA Chapter in a delegate voting process. This year was slightly different with a virtual convention, but nonetheless an important role at convention. They listened to the speeches of the state officer candidate elects and voted to install the 2021-2022 State FFA Officer team. This year, Peton Kuhn, Olivia Seley and Erin McArdle represented the Laker FFA as delegates at the virtual State FFA Convention.
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