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Heyworth FFA Chapter
The Heyworth FFA Chapter makes a positive difference in the lives of students by developing their potential for premier leadership, personal growth and career success through agricultural education. |
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Recent News
State Awards Day
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On March 24th four members competed at State Awards Day! Each of the four are top five finalists in the state for their project areas! Lauren Neuleib competed in Equine Science, Logan Moore in Forest Management, Erin Brown in Agricultural Services, & Adam Bloemer in Wildlife Management. Although we had no state champions, we are so proud of all of their accomplishments!
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Section 9 Parli Pro Champions
On March 14th, the Heyworth Varsity Parliamentary Procedure team placed First at the Section 9 competition by over 100 points. The team had 6 top individuals placing! Skye Schumaker placed 2nd chairman. Erin Brown was the 3rd overall secretary. Four students were named top floor members with Courtney Anderson placing 1st, Logan Moore 3rd, Shae Ruppert 5th place, and Erin Brown placed 8th floor member. The team will move on to the district competition in May.
Section 9 Poultry CDE Runner Up
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Heyworth FFA Poultry Judging Team earned 2nd place at the Section 9 Poultry CDE! Team 1 contestants included Erin Brown, Logan Moore, Allyson Jamison, Kate Swope, and Allison Miner. Erin Brown was 5th Place individual overall! The team will advance to the state competition in April!
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District Proficiency Results
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On March 7th six FFA members competed at the District contests with the recordbooks they kept about their supervised agricultural experience. Four out of the six competitors placed first and will be moving on to the State competition on March 24th. Lauren Neuleib, Logan Moore, Erin Brown, & Adam Bloemer were all selected as the District FFA Proficiency Winners in Equine Science, Forest Management, Agricultural Services, and Wildlife Management. This is a huge accomplishment for both the members individually and the chapter. A huge thanks is given to FFA advisor Kara Barling for dedicating her time to ensure the students are able to compete to the best of their abilities.
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FFA Week Wrap Up
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We started off the week with an FFA Week assmebly hosted by Allison Miner and Kate Swope. At the assembly the dress up days for the week were showcased and there was also a class competition. The Sophomore class won the relay race. To end the assembly we had the staff members who raised the most money for St. Jude Childrens Hospital, Mrs. Bruemmer and Principal Hicklin, kiss a pig.
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Tuesday: Career Day! Dress up as a nurse, a cop, superhero, or any career you want to pursue !
Wednesday: Wacky Wednesday! This is the day to go completely crazy and wear the wackiest clothes you can find! Thursday: On the Farm Day! Dress up as an animal, as a farmer, or anything else you might see on a farm! Friday: Blue and Gold Day! Wear as much National Blue and Corn Gold as you can to show your FFA Pride! |
Section Proficiency Results
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On February 7th ten Heyworth FFA Members competed in the Section 9 Proficiency Interviews for their recordbooks that they create throughout the year. 2nd Place Winners are Maddie Schmid in Poultry Production, Braydon Spaulding in Ag Processing, and Sara Ingels in Ag Education. Shae Ruppert got 3rd place for her book in Dairy Production and Logan King placed 4th in Turf Grass Management.We are very proud to have six members moving on to the District contest on March 7th. These 1st Place Section Winners are Eric Wills in Diversified Crop Production, Lauren Neuleib in Equine Science, Logan Moore in Forest Management, Erin Brown in Agricultural Services, Skye Schumaker in Beef Production, and Adam Bloemer in Wildlife Management. Good luck to those advancing and Congratulations to all Participants!
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Job Interview and Public Speaking CDEs
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On December 11th five members competed in the Job Interview and Public Speaking CDEs. For JV Job Interview Gabe Schneider placed 5th and Kate Swope placed 2nd and will be moving on to the District competition. In Varsity Skye Schumaker placed 3rd and Erin Brown placed 5th. For Creed Speaking Allison Miner placed 6th and Kate Swope placed 10th. For Prepared Public Speaking Skye Schumaker placed 5th and Erin Brown placed 2nd and will be moving on to the District competition. Congratulations to all who competed, we are so proud!
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Congratulations 8th Grade Officers!!
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This year as a pilot program the FFA Officers decided to design and create a plan to have an 8th Grade Officer Committee. The purpose of this Committee will be to help organize 8th Grade Ag Day and a Jr. High FFA Week. To be chosen for the Committee 8th graders had to fill out an application and then have an interview with selected FFA Officers. Congratulation to, Jack Williams, Kaitlyn Brown, Abbey Bangert, Paige Ruppert, Connor Moore, Esmeralda Valencia, Lilly Prewitt, Lauren Toohill, Jack Johnson, Chance Williams and Evan Schmid!
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Poinsettia Sale!
On December 2nd from 8 A.M to 2 P.M, several FFA Members worked the first annual Poinsettia Sale! Over half of the crop was sold on that day in addition to November pre-sale. All of the profits earned will go to the Heyworth FFA Chapter.
Wacky Wednesday
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Heyworth FFA participated in the Section 9 Agronomy, Dairy Foods, and Meats CDEs. We earned 4th, 4th and 7th respectively. Erin Brown placed 3rd overall individual in agronomy and Allison Miner placed 10th in Dairy!
The Team Members consisted of -- Meats; Brayon Spaulding, Logan King, Eric Wills and JP Jacobs Agronomy; Erin Brown, Lynn Reed, Clayton Schmid and Allyson Jamison Dairy Foods; Sara Ingels, Lauren Neuleib, Presleigh Warner, Allison Miner and Logan Moore |
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Festival of Trees
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Today we spent some time living to serve! Members helped the Baby Fold set up the Festival of Trees!
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Veteran's Day Assembly and Luncheon
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In honor of Veteran’s Day HHS held a ceremony and a luncheon sponsored by Heyworth FFA. Veterans were catered lunch from Hyvee at the Heyworth Christian Church and then invited to the HHS to a ceremony.
At the Ceremony, Retired Sergeant First Class Neuleib was the keynote speaker, Kurt talked about what Veteran’s day means to him. The Heyworth FFA members also performed a flag folding ceremony to teach the important of the 13 folds. Throughout the Ceremony the Heyworth High School band performed a melody of military branch songs. |
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90th Nation FFA Convention and Expo
For three days in late October, members of the Heyworth FFA chapter attended the National Convention and Expo in Indianapolis, Indiana along with 67,000 other FFA members from across the country. Students attended sessions, a career expo, a Rascal Flatts Concert, and watched The World’s Toughest Rodeo. Students loved visiting Fair Oaks Dairy Farms where they got to tour a large operation dairy farm as well as see a cow give birth. Also at Fair Oaks FFA members were able to tour their swine facilities. President Lauren Neulieb described National Convention as “One of my favorite FFA activities. Being that it’s my last year, I realized how it’s a once in a lifetime opportunity. Meeting people from across the country and building bonds with members in your chapter is truly life changing. I am really going to miss National Convention, but I am thankful for all the amazing memories.”
Section 9 Land Use CDE
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On September 26th 11 Heyworth FFA members competed in the Section 9 Land Use CDE. The Heyworth Team consisting of Allison Miner, Kate Swope, Erin Brown, Noah Ferguson, and Lynn Reed placed fifth in the section. Top placing from Heyworth was Allison Miner followed by Kate Swope, Madison Voice, Kalista Stone, and Erin Brown.
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Section 9 LTS
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The Heyworth chapter had a great time with the State officers and section officers at Leadership Training School! Mrs. Barling even got a selfie with state Reporter, Ryan Reeverts! We can't wait for them to come visit on Thursday!
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State Horse Judging
Saturday September 16th, four FFA members travelled to Black Hawk East College to compete in the State Horse Judging Competition. Allyson Jamison, Lauren Neuleib, Madison Soice and Allison Minner judged 4 halter classes and 4 under saddle classes. The Team earned 10th place in the ENTIRE State! Lauren Neuleib earned 23rd place, Madison Soice earned 25th place, Allyson Jamison earned 80th place, and Allison Miner earned 183 out of 211 contestants! Congratulations Girls!
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Team Members; Allyson Jamison, Lauren Neuleib. Madiosn Soice and Allison Miner
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Section 9 Trap Shoot
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Saturday September 9th, 11 Heyworth FFA members competed in the Section 9 Trapshoot competition. The students went to Darnell’s Gun Range and shot 50 rounds of trap. Heyworth Team 1 won first place in the contest and Heyworth’s Team 2 was a close second place. Five of the top ten shooters were from Heyworth FFA. Braydon Spaulding placed 4th, JP Jacob ranked 5th, Joe Lauterberg placed 6th, 7th place went to Logan King, and Eric Wills ranked 10th in the Section. Congratulations Shooters!
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Section 9 Horse Judging
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Monday September 6th, members competed in the Section 9 Horse Judging Competition. The teams showed their skills of horse knowledge and rider edicate, Allison Miner, Sara Ingels, Madison Soice and Kate Swope were members of Team 1. These girls earned 3rd place overall at the Section Level! Lauren Neuleib earned 5th place individually, Madison Soice earned 6th place and Allison Miner earned 9th! Heyworth’s second team members were Lauren Neuleib, Lynn Reed, Carter Bangert and Allyson Jamison. The four team members advancing to State Horse Judging are, Lauren Neuleib, Allyson Jamison, Allison Miner and Madison Soice. These ladies will be traveling to Black Hawk to compete with the best in the State. Good Job Horse Judgers, great way to open up the season of CDE’s!
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Two Members attend FFA Trips to Washington DC
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Logan Moore attended the Heritage Tour with Illinois Farm Bureau and Lynn Reed attended Washington Leadership Conference. Both conferences took the students to Washington DC to explore our nation's capital and our American History!
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Heyworth FFA Recognized at State Convention
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SPRINGFIELD – Members of the Heyworth FFA Chapter attended the 89th annual Illinois State FFA Convention on June 13-15 along with 3,500 other FFA members, advisors, and guests. During the convention, the following awards were presented to the Heyworth FFA chapter:
Heritage Award Section Winner: This program encourages FFA chapters to inform people on their heritage and rights and responsibilities as citizens. Increased involvement of every citizen in local, state, and federal issues provides an important voice in the legislative process that is granted under the Illinois and U.S. Constitutions. The Illinois Farm Bureau sponsors a trip for members to Washington, D.C., in late June to tour the nation's capital. State FFA Degree Recipients: Heyworth FFA members, Emily Corum and McKenna Gibson, were recognized for earning the State FFA Degree. This award is the highest degree that can be awarded from the state level to an FFA member. To earn this award, the student must work at least 300 hours and earn $1500 in their supervised agricultural experience project and complete 25 hours of community service. National Chapter Award Winner: Heyworth FFA earned a Silver rating in the National Chapter Award program. This award program is designed to award FFA chapters that actively implement the mission and strategies of the organizations. Chapters improve chapter operations using a Program of Activities that emphasize Growing Leaders, Building Communities, and Strengthening Agriculture. Each of these categories have five quality standards that a chapter must meet to earn this recognition. |
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Heyworth places 2nd at Section 9 Poultry CDE
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11 members participated in the section 9 Poultry CDE held in Paxton, Illinois. This is the first time that Heyworth has ever competed in this CDE! The students placed 2nd overall team with Mason Gibson, Logan Moore, and Erin Brown all placing 6th, 7th, and 8th individual respectively.
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The FFA Auction was a success!
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We want to thank all those who attended our annual auction! We raised quite a bit of money to help us attend conferences, conventions, and contests. We all had a lot of fun and hope you all did too! Thank you again for your support of our chapter! We could not be successful without your help!
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13 Girls Attend Women Changing the Face of Ag Conference
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The FFA Chapter attended the Women Changing the Face of Agriculture Conference on March 10th at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. The girls listened to keynote speakers, did some career exploration and got some hands-on experience within the field of agriculture. This event is to focus on women in agriculture and the career opportunities available to them. The ladies had a wonderful time and learned some new skills in the process.
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Lauren Neuleib Places 1st at District Proficiency
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Joliet, Illinois-Lauren Neuleib was selected as the District FFA Proficiency Winner in Equine Science Placement. Lauren Neuleib is a member of the Heyworth FFA Chapter of the Illinois Association FFA. Illinois FFA recognizes students in fifty different areas based on their work-based learning, also known as Supervised Agriculture Experiences or SAE. FFA members who demonstrate outstanding agricultural skills and competencies through record keeping, leadership, and scholastic achievement may be considered for this award. SAEs allow students to learn by doing by either owning and operating an agricultural business, working or serving an internship at an agriculture-based business or conducting an agriculture-based scientific experiment and reporting results.
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Students Participate in Job Interview and Public Speaking CDE
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Results from February 28th, 2017
Prepared Public Speaking CDE: Erin Brown- 3rd Place Creed Speaking CDE: Skye Schumaker- 3rd Place Gabe Schneider- 6th Place Varsity Job Interview CDE: Erin Brown- 5th Place Hance Clymer-10th Place |
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Heyworth Celebrates National FFA Week
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Heyworth FFA celebrated National FFA week by having a series of events throughout the week of February 20-24th. There were dress up days, blue and gold decorations all over the school and the annual FFA petting zoo for the elementary school kids. Overall, the week was a successful tribute agricultural education!
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6 FFA Members Advancing to District Proficiency
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On March 15th, 9 members of the Heyworth FFA chapter competed in the Section 9 Proficiency Interview competition in Pontiac, Illinois. Each member had to go through an interview process and speak about their agricultural project. Six members placed 1st in their respective project area. Those students who placed 1st are Katie Kerr, Eric Wills, Erin Brown, Clayton Schmid, Braydon Spaulding, and Lauren Neuleib. McKenna Gibson placed 2nd in her project area and Logan King and Sara Ingels both placed 3rd in their areas.The six who placed first will advance to the District competition on March 8th in Joliet, Illinois
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FFA Volunteers at "Festival of Trees"
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The Festival of Trees is an event put on by the Baby Fold to raise money for underprivileged children. Heyworth volunteered their time by setting up Christmas trees and displays, as well as other miscellaneous jobs.
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HHS FFA Celebrate Veteran's Day
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Heyworth FFA celebrated Veteran's day on November 11th to honor all who have served and sacrificed. A program was held in the High school gym with presentations from Tim Bobell, former US Navy, and Nate Spaulding, United State Army. The FFA also sponsored a catered luncheon for all local vets in the Heyworth Area.
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National FFA Convention
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The Heyworth FFA chapter took 11 students to Indianapolis, Indiana for the National FFA Convention and Expo for three days. There they attended leadership sessions, did some career development, and also got to see Chris Young in concert! Our own Hannah Miner was also in attendance as a member of the National FFA Chorus!
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Heyworth FFA takes 18 to LeRoy Alumni Trapshoot
Heyworth FFA competed October 1st in the LeRoy FFA Alumni Trapshoot. Several schools were in attendance to compete. Austin Ingels, a senior, placed 4th overall.
Members Compete at Section 9 Land-Use CDE
The Heyworth FFA Chapter sent 10 members to compete in the Land-Use CDE. This competition focuses on skills in surveying as well as reading and understanding soil profiles. They deciphered texture, structure and overall usage of the soil within 4 different soil pits. The team brought home 6th place overall with Logan Moore scoring the highest for the Heyworth team.
FFA Members Attend ELITE Conference
Four FFA members attended the Elite Conference in Bloomington, Illinois on September 22nd. The Elite conference focuses on workshops relating to careers in Agricultural Education and potentially becoming an agriculture teacher in the future.
Heyworth FFA Members Attend Leadership Conference at UIUC
Members of the Heyworth FFA Chapter, attended a youth leadership conference at the University of Illinois on Wednesday, September 21, 2016. The leadership conference focused on first year FFA members from 45 chapters around the state. First year FFA members, also known as Greenhands, participated in a series of three, hands-on workshops that centered on the Road to Success: Heart, Brain, and Courage theme. Students were encouraged to consider their passions and to discover how FFA involvement and academic achievement can equip them to achieve their dreams. The workshop was hosted by the University of Illinois Agricultural Education Program, Collegiate FFA Chapter, and Ag Ed Club
1st Farm Credit Services Sponsors Heyworth FFA
The Heyworth FFA chapter was a recipient of the Future of Illinois Agriculture and Rural America program sponsored by 1st Farm Credit Services. Heyworth was one of 118 groups selected within Illinois to receive a monetary donation in celebration of 1st Farm Credit Services' 100th anniversary. The chapter was chosen by local 1st Farm Credit Services team members because of their dedication to making a difference in agriculture and rural communities.
District 2 STAR Conference August 24, 2016
Heyworth FFA President and Section 9 FFA Reporter, Abi Sinn, attended the District 2 Section Team Activities and Responsibilities (STAR) Conference on August 24th, 2016. She along with her fellow Section 9 officers worked together to further develop individual leadership skills, strengthen their team structure, and develop positive attitudes. The conference allowed for many hands on activities that helped the officer team prepare for their year of service to Section 9 FFA.
Officer Leadership Training July 15, 2016
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The Heyworth officer team came together to plan the year as well as work on team building. They attended Escape Bloomington where they worked together to try to "escape" a locked room by solving a series of puzzles. The officers are excited to get the school year underway!
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Historic Farm Days July 7-10, 2016
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The Heyworth FFA members attended the Historic Farm Days Tractor show in Penfield, Illinois. Here the students sold raffle tickets for the EZGo FFA Golf Cart. The students also learned a little bit about agricultural history!
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