National FFA Week
Theme: National Days of Service
FFA has a heart for service, so what better way to celebrate FFA than by doing a service project during National FFA Week National Days of Service? Learn more about FFA National Days of Service at https://www.ffa.org/national-days-of-service/
VIDEO SUMMARY: What is your chapter doing to serve your community? National FFA President Andrew Seibel shares ideas on how to serve and advocate!➢ https://www.ffa.org/national-ffa-week/?vimeography_gallery=48&vimeography_video=788402979
Boy's basketball. Please be at MCS by 3:50 for a ride to Stapleton to catch the basketball bus.
Students get a little break this week with no school for K-12 Monday, and elementary, K-6, out Tuesday also. Enjoy it kids!
National FFA Week!
Theme: SAE Sunday
Through a supervised agricultural experience (SAE), members are able to pursue their passions in agriculture through hands-on learning, real-life experiences and develop skills that will prepare them for a career in agriculture. These quick-turn projects by FFA members can have a lifelong impact. Learn more about SAEs at SAEForAll.org. Check out some members' impactful SAEs to genereta inspiration at https://www.ffa.org/ffa-video-center/sae-video-library/
SAE Sunday Video: https://www.ffa.org/national-ffa-week/?vimeography_gallery=48&vimeography_video=788403038
McPherson County FFA Chapter is celebrating National FFA Week, and you should too! Each year, FFA chapters around the country celebrate National FFA Week. It's a time to share what FFA is and the impact it has on members every day.
Check out the "We are FFA" video: https://vimeo.com/195694689
A couple FFA members kicked off National FFA Week attending NCC-The Classic Livestock Judging Contest on Saturday, Feb. 18.
Congratulations to our contestants and winners of today's Spelling Bee. Tobias Sward was the champion and Ashlynn Waddell was runner up. Tobias will represent McPherson County in Omaha this spring.
The Juniors built a model of a double helix DNA molecule and recognized the relationship between base pairs of molecules and chromosomes with the use of marshmallows and licorice. We called it “Build your model and eat it”
The top two finalists in each grade of the written portion for the McPherson County Spelling Bee are as follows:
3rd Grade- Bryson Phelps and Scarlet Waddell
4th Grade-Archie Fisher and Ashlyn McNutt
5th Grade-Journey Brannan and Ashlynn Waddell
6th Grade-Alexander Anderson
7th Grade-Zoey Gardner and Carsyn Gragg
8th Grade-Ashton Lambert and Tobias Sward
The oral portion of the Spelling Bee begins at 1:30 pm today. Come and support these students and Good Luck!
Each year, FFA chapters around the country celebrate National FFA Week. It’s a time to share what FFA is and the impact it has on members every day.
What better way to show your support of FFA than to get involved in FFA Week? Whether it’s in person, on the phone or via social media, be sure to share your FFA stories during #FFAweek! Feb. 18-25, 2023. Check out what the McPherson County FFA Officer Team planned.
Good luck state wrestlers and coaches in Omaha! 100 pound weight class Aubree Stutzman, 120 weight class Saije Phelps, and 155 weight class Mariah Duran. We will cheer loudly!
The MCS Juniors uses flame tests and the colors produced by alkali, alkaline earth, and other metal atoms by using bunsen burner.
Don't forget to come support our students at the local Spelling Bee! We will also have a Title I informational meeting for parent's with kiddos in grades K-6 following the contest.
Support our local ✨McPherson FFA Chapter ✨with their fundraiser (Butter braids, Pastry Puffins, Cake Rolls 🍰and Cookie Dough🍪). If you haven't tried these, you are definitely missing out! The Butter Braids and Pastry Puffins are one of a kind and cannot be found in stores! Contact any FFA member to place an order! Order forms are due, Friday, Feb 24! Orders are scheduled to be delivered March 27!
Help send off our State Wrestler and coaches! See you McPherson County High School at 12:50 on Wednesday.
The speech team competed at North Platte on Saturday. The Blue and Gold Competition was a huge meet hosting over 30 teams and almost 500 entries. Our OID team Rachael Kemp, Levi Goosey, Katherine Anderson, and Saije Phelps, made it to the final round; they ended up taking 5th place. All of the speech kids worked very hard and have had immense growth since our last competition. I'm excited to see how they do at Elm Creek this Saturday.
Another week of wrapping some winter activities up. Come out and support these students. Also, we will do a state wrestling send-off on Wednesday, February 15th @ 12:50 p.m.
FFA members competed in Career Development Events! The competition was tough but students did well and have lots of room for growth. Kaden Blake was 9th individual and received a blue ribbon in poultry evaluation.
Saturday, the speech team competed at Gothenburg. It was the team's first contest, and they worked hard. We did not bring home any hardware this time, but we did bring home the drive and excitement for our next meet. Our next competition is this Saturday at North Platte High School at 8:15 a.m.
Our mighty Longhorns and Mavericks are in full swing again this week. Come out and support these amazing students and coaches.
Reminder we will have Parent Teacher Conferences, Monday, February 6 from 9-4. We hope to see all of our parents there!
