This week's A+ award is going to the students in Waterford High School's Future Farmers of America (FFA) program for winning top honors in Advanced Parliamentary Procedure!
Students participating in Parliamentary Procedure competitions are evaluated on their ability to conduct an orderly and efficient meeting using parliamentary procedure. The team from Waterford earned a gold rating and advanced to the state championship for the 18th time in the last 22 years! That鈥檚 a remarkable run of excellence!
But these students do more than just run meetings. Lanee, who is a senior, told us that she gets to show livestock through FFA. Her specialty is pigs. She told us that she gets assessed on how she handles the animals and how they respond to her. She could not be more grateful for the skills and opportunities FFA has given her. Taylor, who is a junior, told us that she focuses a lot of her work on studying soil. She told us that not all soil is equal and just because a type of soil is good for planting crops, it may not be good for building on. Kaylie also does a lot of work with soil types, and she told us that her experiences with FFA have helped her become a strong public speaker.
Great job learning new skills!
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