Olympia FFA Excels at Section 9
Public Speaking Event
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[January 30, 2023]
The Olympia High School FFA Chapter was well
represented at both the Section 9 FFA Public Speaking and Job
Interview Career Development Events (CDE). Logan Demling won the
Varsity Extemporaneous speech with his topic on maximizing crop
yields. Reed Naughton, Kylie Britt and Keagan Meserole also
represented Olympia FFA in the JV extemporaneous division with
Naughton taking first place. The extemporaneous division requires
students to draw a topic and then prepare a speech in 30 minutes.
The speech should be four to six minutes long. All students answer
five minutes of questions following their speech.
In Varsity Prepared Speaking, Anna Kindred placed second with her
speech about Avian Flu and Brooke Rogers placed fourth with her
speech about media in agriculture. In the JV division, Rylee Robb
placed first with her speech about showing livestock. These students
wrote and delivered an original speech that was six to eight minutes
long and answered questions from the judges.
Tyler Carroll was second in the FFA Creed speaking event and Kailey
Johnson placed fifth. These freshmen FFA students recited the five
paragraph Creed that is so important to our organization. They also
answered five minutes of questions from the judges. Logan, Reed,
Anna, Rylee and Tyler have all qualified for the District 2 public
speaking event in May.
In the Job Interview competition students completed a cover letter
and resume for judging prior to the event. At the contest students
completed an application, phone interview, personal interview, and
follow up letter.
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Front L-R: Kylie Britt, Sarah
Larkin, Brooke Rogers, Rylee Robb, Anna Kindred, Back Row L-R: Isabelle Tanner,
Kailey Johnson, Keagan Meserole, Reed Naughton, Tyler Carroll, Logan Demling,
Libby Shaffer, Mallory Miller, and Aime Witham
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FFA members were judged at both
the Varsity and JV levels. Reed Naughton (varsity) did very well
in representing Olympia FFA and placed fifth. Sarah Larkin
placed fourth in the JV competition.
FFA Advisor, Bryce Hoffman stated, “I’m very proud of each of
these students for working hard to compete. Most students are
very intimidated by public speaking, but not this group. The
skills learned from these events will help them so much in their
future careers. I look forward to working with them as they
advance to the next level.”
[Text from Bryce Hoffman]
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