Olympia FFA Chapter announces Proficiency Award Winners

 

[March 14, 2022] 

Congratulations to the following Olympia FFA members who competed in the Section 9 Proficiencies on Wednesday, February 16, 2022: Section winners included Isabelle Forrest in Ag Processing, Blake Buatte in Small Animal Care & Production and Reid Glaser in Landscape Management. Isabelle placed third, Blake fourth and Reid second. The three also competed at District 2 Proficiencies at Joliet Junior College on Wednesday, March 9, 2022.

Other competitors included:

Kailey Little - Food Service,

Adam Swartzendruber - Ag Mech Design & Fabrication,

Tarah Hilt - Equine,

Brooke Rogers - Goat production,

Reid Glaser - also in Ag Mech Repair & Maintenance

and Reed Naughton - Ag Services and Beef Production.

Each student kept detailed records through their individual experiences and had an interview with two to three judges to determine the accuracy and individuality of their books.

The National FFA Organization describes the Proficiency Career Development Event as an “Agricultural Proficiency Award that honors FFA members who, through their supervised agricultural experiences (SAE’s), have developed specialized skills that they can apply toward their future careers. Students can compete for awards in almost 50 areas covering everything from agricultural communications to wildlife management. There are three main types of proficiency awards, those include Placement (employment, apprenticeships, or internships at an agriculture-related organization), Entrepreneurship (ownership of an agriculture related enterprise), and Research (planning and conducting an agriculturally based scientific experiment)

[Bryce A. Hoffman
Ag Teacher/FFA Advisor
Olympia High School]