Olympia FFA hosts Ag Day event for younger counterparts

 

[May 29, 2019] 

Olympia FFA welcomed over 400 elementary school kids to Olympia High School for their “Ag Day” celebration on Friday, May 10th.

The students learned about the different aspects of agriculture by going to learning stations, doing hands-on activities, exploring the large equipment, and going through a petting zoo. All 11 stations were ran by the FFA students.

Every year, FFA students look forward to ag day and being able to spend the day teaching the elementary school kids about agriculture. Senior, Molly Schempp reflected on her last four years of ag day experiences, saying, “My last four years of ag day have been so influential, for both the visiting students and myself. This is because sharing Agriculture Education with the youth and seeing their excitement to learn, gives me so much joy!”

Students learn about horses at Olympia Ag Day.

While the kids visited the petting zoo group they learned about the animals while petting or feeding them. Sophomore Tyler Miller stated, “The kids really enjoyed petting and feeding the animals. It was cool to see them interact with all the different animals we had.”

Ethan Davis holds a chicken for students to pet.

When at the large equipment station, the kids got to explore in the cab of the machine and learn about what each piece of equipment did. The pieces of equipment provided for this year’s ag day were four wheel drive tractors, a combine, a skid-steer, and more.

At the learning stations, the kids learned about various ag related topics including horticulture and FFA. A group favorite for the kids seemed to be the competition of “who could put on official dress the quickest.”

A special thank you to the following businesses and sponsors: Cross Implement Inc., Mike Deterding, Central IL Ag, Tara Miller, Joe Gaither, One Source Rental, Andrew Walsh and the Olympia Administration.

[Submitted by: Chloe Scroggins, Olympia FFA Media/Marketing Specialist ]