Ten members of the Chillicothe FFA have received their Area FFA Degree, in Chillicothe.
Before receiving this degree, members had to meet a number of qualifications as well as fill out an application that followed their SAE and leadership skills.
The Area FFA Degree is the highest degree that the Area II FFA Association can give to its members. The FFA membership that have met the following qualifications are eligible for the honor:
1. Have received the Chapter FFA Degree.
2. Have been an active FFA member for at least two years (24 months) at the time of receiving the State FFA Degree.
3. While in school, have completed the equivalent of at least two years (360 hours) of systematic school instruction in agricultural education at or above the ninth grade level, which includes a supervised agricultural experience program.
4. A student after entering agricultural education must have A: Earned and productively invested at least $1000 or B: worked at least 300 hours in excess of class time or C: A combination thereof, in a supervised agricultural experience program.
5. Demonstrate leadership ability by:
a. Performing ten procedures of parliamentary law.
b. Giving a six-minute speech on a topic relating to agriculture or the FFA.
c. Serving as an officer, committee chairperson, or participating member of a chapter committee
6. Have a satisfactory scholastic record as certified by the local agricultural education instructor and the principal or superintendent.
7. Have participated in the planning and completion of the chapter Program of Activities.
8. Have participated in at least five different FFA activities above the chapter level.
9. Have participated in at least 25 hours of community service, within at least 2 different community service activities. These hours are in addition to and cannot be duplicated as paid or unpaid SAE hours.
Those from our chapter who received the Area FFA Degree include:
- Abbey Daly the daughter of Jason and Tonia Daly
- Mason Daniel the son of David and Amy Daniel
- Nick Duncan the son of Terry Duncan and Tara Kelly
- Audrey Edmission the daughter of William Edmisson and Jackie Edmisson
- Tanner Lent the son of Butch & Stacey Bonderer and Matt Lent
- Kyler Manning the son of Harold and Lisa Manning
- Julia Minnis the daughter of Jason and Tracy Minnis
- Jalynn Reeter the daughter of Jamie and Julia Reeter
- Logan Sampsel the son of Jason and Kristi Sampsel
- Hannah Stotts the daughter of Eric Anderson & Sara Carr and Jared & Tracy Stotts.
