Issabelle SanchezMaroon Echoes Reporter On October 18th, thirty eight members of the new Mt. Pleasant FFA group attended district conference in Clear Creek called Greenhand Fire Up. FFA members from all over the state converged on the district conference to meet with other representatives like themselves.
While at Clear Creek, district and state officers led four interactive workshops for first-year high schools offering this class. These workshops are also known as Green Hands. These Green Hands included a wide variety of life skills they were trying to promote to first-year FFA students, such as communication, balancing priorities and authenticity. They focused more on these “soft skills” because they feel that they are very important tools to allow them to be successful in anything they are a part of within high school and beyond. Iowa FFA President, Chandler Jahner, stated that the, “Greenhand Fire Up provides a chance for first-year high school members to get a sneak peek of the opportunities that FFA holds, and is a conference for members to meet and interact with state and district officers.” This local conference comes a few weeks before three MPCHS FFA members are set to go to the FFA National Convention on October 29th. They will return on Saturday, November 2nd and are expected to make a presentation to the school board about the trip during the next board meeting. The goal of FFA is to make a positive difference in students' lives by developing their life skills such as leadership, personal growth, and career success. This program is offered throughout the nation with more than 15,000 students enrolled in the program.
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