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Recent Events -Fruit & Cheese Fundraiser -Holiday Sales -Holiday Bazaar -Open House -Morehouse Pasta Dinner -Square Dance The Ag Wing DEC 2018/JAN 2019 ISSUE 4 Lebanon Regional FFA Chapter Holiday Sales are a Huge Success With the help of Mrs. Ferguson, the Ag Department entered December in full swing, armed with pruners, ribbon and tree greens. The students worked the first two weeks on filling orders on items such as wreaths, cemetery boxes and kissing balls and then transitioning into beautiful centerpieces that decorated many homes for the holidays. This fundraiser is the biggest of the year and we not only appreciate everyone that bought items but additionally, we thank Mrs. Ferguson for all of her hard work when taking on this fundraiser as a part of her subbing duties. We are very pleased to announce that the chapter sold 82 wreaths, 38 kissing balls, 28 cemetery boxes and 29 centerpieces! We would also like recognize the students that stayed after school for the Holiday Party that participated in not only cookie decorating and a gift swap but also in making fruit baskets that were in turn donated to both the Lebanon Senior Center and the Covenant Soup Kitchen in Willimantic. Additionally, the Lebanon Regional FFA Officer Team participated in the “10 Gallon Challenge” where they purchased 10 gallons of milk that was donated to the Lebanon Food Pantry. We hope that everyone had a great holiday season!
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Recent Events
-Fruit & Cheese Fundraiser
-Holiday Sales
-Holiday Bazaar
-Open House
-Morehouse Pasta Dinner
-Square Dance
The Ag
Wing
DEC 2018/JAN 2019
ISSUE 4
Lebanon Regional FFA Chapter
Holiday Sales are a
Huge Success
With the help of Mrs. Ferguson, the Ag Department entered December in full swing, armed with pruners, ribbon and tree greens. The students worked the first two weeks on filling orders on items such as wreaths, cemetery boxes and kissing balls and then transitioning into beautiful centerpieces that decorated many homes for the holidays. This fundraiser is the biggest of the year and we not only appreciate everyone that bought items but additionally, we thank Mrs. Ferguson for all of her hard work when taking on this fundraiser as a part of her subbing duties. We are very pleased to announce that the chapter sold 82 wreaths, 38 kissing balls, 28 cemetery boxes and 29 centerpieces!
We would also like recognize the students that stayed after school for the Holiday Party that participated in not only cookie decorating and a gift swap but also in making fruit baskets that were in turn donated to both the Lebanon Senior Center and the Covenant Soup Kitchen in Willimantic. Additionally, the Lebanon Regional FFA Officer Team participated in the “10 Gallon Challenge” where they purchased 10 gallons of milk that was donated to the Lebanon Food Pantry. We hope that everyone had a great holiday season!
Graduate Spotlight
Name: Alyna Stober
Lyman Graduation Year: 2015
College Attended: University of Maine
Degrees: Bachelor in Wildlife Ecology
After visiting Lyman Memorial High School this past winter during winter break I realized how much the school and the Lebanon Regional FFA Chapter shaped me to become the person I am today. When I was a high school freshman, I was the shyest thing. But through the friendships, comradery and my SAE (raising Fidelco guide dogs), I can comfortably speak in front of any crowd. I’ve looked back in the yearbooks and remembered all the jokes we played on each other as classmates but also as friends. I’ve met many people who were a part of different FFA chapters and they all say the same thing; FFA changed their life.
While at The University of Maine, I have found that skills I obtained while banding geese with Mr. Picard applied directly to my Wildlife Ecology degree. Even being on the Milk Quality CDE team helped me to join a discussion during my Animal Diseases class about mastitis in milk. My love for the outdoors increased during my four years in FFA and showed me what I truly wanted to do with my life.
FFA also taught me that one set path is not always the best; it’s ok to dabble in a little bit of everything. Now that I’m on the verge of graduating with a B. S. in Wildlife Ecology and a concentration in Wildlife Science and Management, I’ve realized that having one trade is good but having many skills is better. My dream job is work at Disney World as an Animal Behavior Analyst at their Animal Kingdom theme park. I chose this field because it’s what I’m most passionate about; promoting conservation education through the use of animals held in captivity. FFA showed me that everything you study is connected and will build upon each other; someone just has to put the pieces together.
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SAE Spotlight:
Ryan Harlow
1. Fill up at least 10 inches of column with actual article text, then print the page and use a ruler to measure how many inches of column your text takes up.
2. Count the number of words in the text.
3. Divide the number of words in the article by the number of inches the text takes up. For example, let’s say you have 456 words in 12 inches of column: 456 ÷ 12 = 38. That’s your magic number for how many words fit in an inch of column in your newsletter. But you’re not finished yet.
4. Measure how many column inches you have available for the article. For example, we’ll say it’s 7 inches.
5. Multiply your magic number by the number of column inches available for the article, which in this case would be: 38 x 7 = 266. This is the maximum length that the article can be.
6. Get the article to a writer, once you get it back and edit it, you can add or remove words here and there to get the article to the right length.
Upcoming
Events
-FFA Week; February
25th-March 1st, 2019
-Chapter Public
Speaking; February
27th, 2019
-Staff Luncheon;
February 27th, 2019
-Junior Leadership
Conference; March
12th, 2019
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The Ag Wing
From the Teacher’s Nest:
Mrs. Ferguson Bids Farewell:
As the semester comes to a close and a new one begins, we welcome Mrs. Grogan back. I have thoroughly enjoyed my time here at Lyman covering her classes in her absence and I know that Mrs. Grogan is very happy to be back.
Welcome Back Mrs. Grogan: Hi all, I have just returned from my sabbatical leave of teaching at UConn. It was a wonderful experience and gave me insight to my own teaching philosophy, as well as a fresh look at the next step ahead for many of our students. While there, I was able to connect and network with fellow professors, farm and barn managers, as well as industry professionals. This semester all students, except AG1 grade 9, will start out with Ag speeches and proficiency award applications. Vet tech II's first unit will be the circulatory system, they will learn the parts, functions and preform some simulated and real blood labs. Ag 1 grade 9 will finish up the reaming animal science units of poultry and sheep. I am hoping to get a class field trip in. Advanced floral students will be begin a wedding portfolio for one of our teachers getting married this coming spring. They will be working with her similar to how a florist would starting with an interview to find out her likes, wants, and needs as well as her dislikes. They will design and prepare their own portfolio's based on the interview to meet with her and make final plan and then create the actual pieces. AG 2's first unit will be animal nutrition. Students will be learning the basic nutritional needs, learning to balance rations for protein, using the Pearson square and judging hay samples just to name a few. Basic floral will begin with selecting seeds to plant and grow in the greenhouse that will be for sale in the spring. We will be discussing seed selection, growing, care and maintenance of gardens. We will also be working with a local community garden for spring vegetables as well as the American Legion with planting red geraniums at grave sites of Veterans for Memorial Day. It is great to be back and looking forward to a warm and sunny spring semester.
Mr. Picard, Hunting for an Answer: What is your opinion on hunting on Sundays or opening up a bear hunting season in CT? Those are two of the ideas that students have to work with as they begin to write their speeches. Speeches and proficiency applications are in progress right now. Sophomores, juniors, and seniors have to present for 6-8 minutes. That's about a 2-3 page written speech. Sources must be included. The new semester brings new classes including Forestry and Large Equipment. Forestry students will soon be tapping the trees. We are just waiting for consistent temperatures.
Mrs. Wildes is Counting Sheep: We are pleased to announce that the school’s two Southdown ewes are pregnant and will be lambing within the next two months. The Animal Systems class was there when they were ultra-sounded and we got good news that there should be 3-4 babies born. We are hoping to live stream the births on the school website so contact me for more details. As we start a new year and a new semester Juniors and Seniors are all collectively working on their proficiency awards and their speeches. Freshman are finishing up their animal science units and then will also be moving in to public speaking. We are all looking forward to warmer weather and getting outside!
From the Teacher’s Desk
Reporter’s Corner
Hey FFA members! Some news for the chapter is that FFA Week is February 25th- March 1st, 2019. If you participate in FFA
Week for 3 days you can earn 2 FFA bucks! The days of the week are as follows; Monday, February 25th- Merica’ Monday,
Tuesday, February 26th- Boot Day, Wednesday, February 27th- Official dress day, Thursday, February 28th is Animal Day and
Friday, March 1st is FFA Friday. Friday will be the pancake breakfast! The Chapter public speaking contest on
February 27th and we need people to stay after and help out. If you would like to order a chapter sweatshirt, the order forms
are due Friday, February 8th. They are $45 each without name embroidery, $50 each with embroidery. Please get your order
forms and money in by February 8th, you can use 10 FFA bucks for $30 off of your sweatshirt. If you have any questions about
how many FFA bucks you have please see one of your advisors!
Sincerely, Rachel Breault FFA Reporter 2018-2019
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Lebanon Regional FFA Chapter
ADDRESS
917 Exeter Rd Lebanon, CT 06249
PHONE:
860-642-7759
E-MAIL:
Brenda Wildes (Department Head)
Megan Grogan (Plant Science)
Geoffrey Picard (Ag Mech & Natural Resources)
Brittany Guinan (Secretary)
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