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Sectional Information - Section Five
Katie Dreier - Vice President
Wisconsin Heights FFA Chapter - Section 5
kdreier@wisconsinffa.org
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Membership Flyer
Feb. 02, 2012
I made a pretty cool membership flyer to catch attention in the halls of your schools. Look for a link to the flyer on the right side of my blog page under the section "What's New?"
I encourage you to print off some copies and post them around to remind people that they can still join FFA!
Remember, our final membership roster deadline is March 1st this year! We have a membership goal of 18,800! Help us make this happen!
Let me know if there is anything that you may need to help with membership in your chapter!
Thank you!
Katie
Marketing and Membership Committee Co-Chair
Upcoming Speaking Contests
Jan. 21, 2012
Hey Section 5-ers!
District 13 speaking contest will be taking place at Juda on February 1st. Abbie Baker will be the state officer present as I am scheduled to be at the District 14 speaking contest at Janesville Craig on the same day. District 15 speaking contest will take place at DeForest on February 8th.
Shortly after the contest dates, look at our blogs for the results!
Katie
Post-Half-Time
Jan. 09, 2012
This past weekend, we held the 2012 Half-time Conference for over 350 students at the Holiday Inn and Convention Center in Stevens Point. The state officers showed up on Thursday to set up and prepare for this incredible conference themed as “Destination: Unknown.” We had a great time performing our skit and presenting the 8 different workshops that we had been preparing for the past month. The dance and movie night was a blast for all of the members and gave them a chance to meet up with old friends and make some new ones. Half-time Conference is named as such because it represents the halfway point of the year for students. With this conference we hope to re-ignite the excitement of FFA in students and give them ideas to bring back to their chapter. There are some really important events coming up in the second half of the year that we want everyone to be ready for and excited about. State FFA degrees, speaking contests, CDEs, and FFA Week are just a few of the many things to look forward to in the coming months. Make sure to ask the members of your chapter who attended Half-time what they have learned that could benefit your chapter. Make sure to let your Sectional State Officer know if there is anything that you need help with or events that you would like them to attend!
Later,
Katie
Cambridge FFA Holiday Party
Jan. 09, 2012
On December 11th, I headed over to Cambridge for their FFA holiday party. I had a fantastic time with the members eating snacks, pizza, and playing apples-to-apples. The Packer game was on, so we were able to watch that too. We had a white elephant gift exchange which was quite funny, and towards the end of the party, there was a Just Dance marathon. It was a great time and it was really fun for me to be a part of it. Thanks, Cambridge FFA!
Beef Processing at Edgerton
Jan. 01, 2012
After chicken and pig processing, I went back to Edgerton for one more processing lab. This time, it was beef processing. The cutting of the meat was already done, but we had a lot of packaging of ground chuck to do. It has become kind of routine for me to come in on processing days to work with the students in the lab. I also enjoy cleaning up the rooms and equipment when we are done with the packaging. It reminds me of my work at the University of Minnesota Equine Center and Large Animal Hospital. Thanks for this learning opportunity for me!
Pre-Half-Time
Jan. 01, 2012
It's almost time for Half-Time! The state officers have spent many hours working on workshops, decorations, a skit, and reflections, in order to make the 2012 Half-Time Conference the best it can be! Prepare for some great adventures as we head to an unknown destination, but many different vacation spots. If you are attending this spectacular conference, be prepared to take in a lot of information to distribute back at your home chapter! If you are not attending this year, make sure to ask those who attended what they learned.
I hope everyone had a great New Years Day. GO PACK GO!
State Officer Meeting
Dec. 20, 2011
From Wisconsin Dells, we drove up to Marshfield for 4 days of speech development, Half-Time Conference planning, and preparation for the second half of our year. We had a conference room all to ourselves, and pool area of the hotel was divine. Ryan Foor, our Blast-Off trainer, came up from Arizona to work with us on speech development using the Magic Formula. He also worked with us some more on team evaluation and team building. When we weren't with him, we worked on outlining and detailing our workshops for Half-time Conference. Those of you who are going, you are in for a real treat! This conference is going to be a blast! Lastly, we went through the rest of our term on a month-by-month basis. I found out that I am going to be much busier than I thought, but with lots of fun things going on! On our fourth day, we even started talking about State Convention! At each of our monthly meetings after this, we will be working on more and more stuff for State Convention, and striving to make it the best it can be!
Farm Bureau Annual Meeting
Dec. 20, 2011
At the Kalahari Convention Center, the state officers had the opportunity to attend the Wisconsin Farm Bureau Annual Meeting. Here, our main duties included timing the quarter semi-finals and semi-finals of the discussion meet and working at our booth. Besides these, we also meeted and greeted many members of the Wisconsin Farm Bureau, and put in bids at the incredibly large silent auction. I had my eye on some Lia Sophia rings, but someone beat me out with a final bid. At the banquet dinner, we had some good speakers, great food, and a hilarious Las Vegas comedian/juggler. This guy was funny, had personality, and really added to the fun night that everyone was having.
You might be thinking, “Well, you were at the Kalahari. Did you get to go to the waterpark?” The answer is YES! We had a fabulous time going down the toilet bowl, the rollercoaster tube slide, and riding the surf waves. Even though I've been to the Kalahari dozens of times, it was fun to be there with some people that had never been there before!
Middle School Bowling
Dec. 20, 2011
After a day of working on FFA stuff at the high school, I headed to the bowling alley with most of the Wisconsin Heights FFA chapter officers and a handful of middle school students. This event began as an opportunity for middle school students to get to know the chapter officers one-on-one. Also, it gave them a chance to just get out and have some fun, which is what FFA is about. I enjoyed getting to know some of our younger members. Since I graduated in 2009, I don't know many of the members under the junior class. We had a great time eating pizza, drinking soda, and bowling well (or trying). I don't think I am ever going to hear the end of how I threw a bowling ball backwards.
Pig Processing in Edgerton
Dec. 19, 2011
After my final chapter visit, I headed back to Edgerton for an afternoon of pig processing. By now, this class is pretty used to seeing me and weren't surprised when I showed up in the lab. I had the privilege of watching Mr. Reese use a band saw to slice the pig into the different cuts of meat. I helped scrape the cuts clean of excess fat and cut extra fat off the sides of meat cuts. I also had the chance to help make sausage and package all of the different cuts of meat that we processed. This was really fun for me and not really gross because the pig had already been gutted out when it arrived at the school. Thanks for another great processing day, Edgerton!
Albany Chapter Visit
Dec. 07, 2011
I had a fantastic visit to Albany, a K through 12 school. I was quite surprised at the small size of the school, but I had a nice history lesson on how they have added wings to the “E shaped” school. I had a few really small classes with enough students to count on one hand, so we had a lot of discussion about FFA, school, and agriculture careers. I had one large, young class, in which I implemented my leadership activities. The ag department there is strong, despite their small size. Mr. Rupp was incredibly welcoming towards me and showed pride in his department. He even showed me their hydroponics stand where they were growing lettuce! I had never seen this before and was incredibly intrigued by this setup. I look forward to seeing some of the events that this chapter plans, and watching this chapter grow and develop more. Thanks for a great final chapter visit, Albany!
New Glarus Lip Syncing Contest
Dec. 05, 2011
A few days after my chapter visit to New Glarus, I attended (and Judged) a lip-syncing contest at New Glarus high school that was put on by their high school FFA chapter and FCCLA group. This was a fun and exciting event for me to participate in. It was also really different from anything that I am normally asked to do. Acts varied from “Barbie Girl” played by two middle school girls (they did awesome!), to 3 high school boys performing Shakira's “Hips Don't Lie.” I even had the tremendous opportunity to watch Mr. Ziegler perform an.......interesting role in a lip-syncing performance to Justin Beiber's “Baby.” Overall, I was really glad to have been invited to be a part of this unique event. Thanks New Glarus for a fun Friday night!
Waunakee Chapter Visit 2
Dec. 02, 2011
I went to Waunakee for a second chapter visit because at the change of the quarter, Mr. Brattlie had two new classes of students for Intro to Ag. So, I showed up to talk to about a total of 20 students. We focused a lot on leadership qualities and opportunities in FFA. Each class was shortened because of the football state championship. After the fourth period, most of the students loaded onto buses for the trip to Camp Randall Stadium for the state football game of Waunakee vs. Waterford. Waunakee had a shutout game, 45-0! Congrats, Waunakee!
Monticello Chapter Visit
Dec. 02, 2011
I had a full and busy day at Monticello, but it was incredibly fun! Each class had a great time with my activities and really wanted to get to know me. The one-handed tower activity was definitely a hit! For lunch, we had a cookout with over 40 students in the ag room eating brats and burgers. Yum! Everyone at Monticello was friendly towards me and I had a really great day there!
Stoughton Chapter Visit
Dec. 01, 2011
At the Stoughton chapter visit, I met some fantastic and enthusiastic students. In the first class, I acted as the instructor for a 4 school distance learning class. The students from Hurley didn't show up for class, but I ended up talking to students from Stoughton, McFarland, and Eagle River/Northland Pines. This was my first experience with a distance learning class, and although I was nervous, I was able to make my activities work for all of the students. In the second class, I had less than ten students. I spent a lot of time emphasizing proficiency award areas. Different students also brought up things like a calf that nibbles and obese cats. In fourth period, I had a large, but young class. We had a good time talking about FFA opportunities, and then Mr. Wendt initiated a fake snowball fight. In the fifth class period, there was another class of less than ten students, and we talked about horses and proficiencies for quite a while. For lunch, Mr. Wendt odered pizza and members and officers came in to have lunch with me and talk about the Stoughton FFA chapter. In the seventh period class, there was only 4 students and Mr. Wendt suggested that I hold a mock interview with them. So, we came up with 8 good questions that are typically asked in a job interview. We had a pretty good time with some of the answers that came up, but this also gave the students an opportunity to think about how they would answer these questions in future interviews.
To top it all off, they had an awesome orange and black striped milk snake, named Tigger. We bonded over the course of the day, and I had a great time taking him out in free periods.
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