Olympia FFA was well represented at the Section 9 FFA Leadership Training School.
 

Olympia FFA attends Section 9 FFA Leadership Training School

 

[September 29, 2017]   OLYMPIA HIGH SCHOOL - Monday, September 21st, the Olympia FFA Introduction to Agriculture students and chapter officer team went to Leadership Training School held at Normal Community High School.

LTS is a workshop lead by Section 9 officers including our own Molly Schempp who serves as the Treasurer.

Students from all over the section were split into five groups rotating through stations representing five core characteristics. The Section 9 officers believed these traits were the most important in building leadership skills: Collaboration, Trust, Knowledge, Communication, and Relationships.

Each station had a game that focused on that specific characteristic.

Olympia FFA members: Molly Schempp, Dawson Banister, Josh Kindred, Karmen Glueck and others work on a group project during LTS.

During the trust station, one student from the group was asked to lay on a mat while the rest of the group had to pick them up each using only 2 fingers.

This game helped the student laying down to trust that the rest of the group would pick him/her up safely and set her down safely.

Olympia Chapter President, Karmen Glueck reflected on the event saying, “I believe it was a great experience for our FFA members to attend LTS because we learned about multiple communication activities that we can take back to our chapter meetings. This will help a great deal since group communication is key!”

Leadership Training School was an awesome chance to grow as a leader while getting to know students from other schools.

[Submitted by Chapter Reporter – Anna Davis]