2009 Archives
Governor's Mansion Landscaping Project
The Georgia Green Industry Association (GGIA) and the FFA partnered with Governor Sonny Perdue and mansion staff to landscape the front portion of the Georgia Governor's Mansion on May 29. Members of the North Forsyth, North Oconee, Pope, and Sonoraville FFA chapters participated in the landscaping project. Click here to see pictures from the event!
Stars Over
Georgia
State Star in Agriscience:
Matthew Earnest, Ola
State Star in Ag Placement: Jacob Atkinson, ECI
State Star in Agribusiness: Cody Cambell, Lowndes County
State Star Farmer: Brooke Widner, Miller County
Congratulations to these students and their advisors!
State Proficiency
Winners
The 2009 State Proficiency
Winners were announced at the 81st Georgia
FFA Convention. Click
here to see the results!
Record Breaking
Membership
Georgia FFA is proud to announce a new
record in membership
with over 29,000 FFA members!
100% Membership
Chapters
Find out who are Georgia
FFA's 100% Membership Chapters!
2009 FFA
Foundation Blue & Gold GALA
The Blue & Gold
Gala was held March 6, 2009. Click here
for pictures!
Georgia
Proficiency Award Finalists
Find out who has outstanding
SAE programs in Georgia!
The 2009
Proficiency Finalists have been announced!
National
Chapter Awards
Georgia FFA is proud
to recognize twenty-six FFA chapters who have earned a
Gold Emblem state ranking. Find out more here!
CTSO Day
at the Capitol
Twenty-seven area officers from across
the state attended CTSO Day
at the Capitol held February 12 in Atlanta. See pictures here!
FFA Day at
the Capitol
The 23rd Annual FFA
Day at the Capitol was held February 17 in Atlanta.
See more information!
Greenhand
Jamboree/Sucess Conference
The 2009 Greenhand Jamboree
and Success Conference were held at the
Georgia FFA/FCCLA Center February 27-28. Over 450 people from 42 chapters
across the state attended the conferences to develop their leadership
skills.
Conference pictures!
Junior GGIA
Certification
Click here
to see who earned their Georgia
Green Industry Association Certification!
2008 Archives
FFA Members
Honored at State BOE Meeting
On December 10, 2008, FFA members were
recognized at the Georgia
Department of Education Excellence Recognition Program. State
Superintendent Kathy Cox and the entire State Board of Education were
there to honor the achievements of FFA members at the 81st National
FFA Convention.
Members who attended the program were Nicholas Worley, Ryan Highsmith,
Bryce Kirkpatrick, Jason Segers, Brantley Bell, Ryan McLeod, Seth Peavy,
Josh Poole,
Chris Cooper, Danny Hobbs, Travis Walden, Edward Moore, and Clayton
Thornton.
Click here for pictures.
Discovery
Conference
The 2008 Discovery Conference
was held December 5-6 at the FFA/FCCLA Center near Covington. Over 300
middle school FFA members gathered together to learn about FFA opportunities
and agriculture.
Click here to see pictures from the conference.
100% Membership
Chapters
Click
here to see Georgia's Fall 100% membership chapters for the 2008-2009
school year.
81st National
FFA Convention
The Georgia FFA Association had 9 naitonal
winners, was recognized for the largest membership growth in the nation,
and witnessed one of their own elected to serve as a national FFA officer
at the 81st National FFA Convention. Click
here to learn more.
FFA Night
at the Thrashers
On Friday, November 14, the Atlanta
Thrashers are hosting an FFA Night for their match with the Carolina
Hurricanes at Phillips Arena in Atlanta. The activity will start at
3:00 p.m. with a speaker series that will allow FFA members to hear
from a variety of educational speakers, including an inside look at
how professional sports franchises are run. Following the speaker series,
students will be encouraged to visit the food court at the CNN Center
that attaches to Phillips Arena for supper.
FFA Night at the
Thrashers flier
FFA Day at
the Fair
The 2008 FFA Day at
the Fair was held October 7 at the Georgia National Fair in Perry. Click
here to learn more information.
National
Recognition for Georgia FFA
Georgia will be well-represented
at the National FFA Convention in Indianapolis this October. Georgia
has 15 National Proficiency Finalists, 22 National Chapter Award Winners,
2 Models of Inovation Finalists, 8 Honoarary American Degree Recipients,
and 53 American Degree Recipients. Nicholas Worley will also represent
Georgia as an Agriscience Student of the Year Finalist.
Click on the links below to find out more information.
National
Proficiency Awards
National
Chapter Awards
Honorary
American Degree Recipients
American
Degree Recipients
Chapter Officer
Leadership Training
Over 500 students
attended this year's COLT Conferences to find the "Recipe for Success."
The state-wide COLT was held July 22-24 at the FFA/FCCLA Center. This
year, we did one-day COLT Conferences at each of the three regions.
The North Region COLT was held August 21 at Gordon Central High School.
The Central Region COLT Conference was held August 26 at Camp John Hope.
The South Region COLT was held August 28 at the UGA at Tifton Campus
Conference Center.
Click here to view pictures and download press releases.
80th Georgia
FFA Convention
Click here
to get your State Convention Press Release!
Georgia Proficiency
Award Finalists
Who has outstanding
SAE programs in 2008?
Find out the finalists in each proficiency area here!
National
Chapter Awards
See how your chapter's
Form II ranked among Georgia
FFA Association's National
Chapter Awards!
Georgia FFA
Foundation Gala
View highlights
and pictures of the
Georgia FFA Foundation's first gala!
FFA Day at
the Capitol
The 22nd Annual FFA
Day at the Capitol was celebrated
on February 19 in Atlanta...click here to find
out more!
CTSO Day
at the Capitol
Check out pictures from the CTSO Day at the Capitol February 11!
GGIA Jr.
Certification Results
Click here to find out who received their
Georgia Green Industry Association Certification!
2007 Archives
Fall 100
% Membership
Check out what chapters
from across the state of
Georgia achieved 100%
membership this Fall!
80th National
FFA Convention
FFA members from across
the nation met at the 80th National FFA
Convention in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Click here to view the
highlights of convention for Georgia FFA!
Need a press
release for National FFA Convention? Download
it here.
To see pictures
from National convention follow this link
to the AgEd website!
FFA Day at
the Georgia National Fair
Over 1800 sixth to
ninth grade FFA members from across the
state came together to learn more about the FFA and enjoy
the Georgia National Fair.
Click here to find out more!
August Chapter
Officer Leadership Training
Chapter officers from
across the state met at the FFA-FCCLA Camp in Covington for second round
of Chapter Officer Leadership Training. The officers received training,
worked on planning for the upcoming year, and had fun!
Click
here to find out more!
July Chapter
Officer Leadership Training
Chapter officers from
across the state met at the FFA-FCCLA Camp in Covington for training,
planning, and fun.
Click
here to find out more!
National
Recognition for Georgia FFA
Find out the
national accomplishments
that will be recognized in Indianapolis in October. Included in the
list are the Proficiency and National Chapter Award results along with
American and Honorary American Degree recipients.
Check out the latest results
here!
National
Scholarship Recipients Announced
The Georgia FFA is
proud to have 45 members that were selected to receive National FFA
Scholarships. Click here
to view the list of National Scholarship recipients from Georgia.
Congratulations
to State CDE Winners
Results
Here
Congratulations
to State Proficiency Winners
Results
Here
Madison
County FFA Student Wins Trip to
Washington, D.C.
Shelly Patton, a junior
from Madison County, was one of ten finalists in the USDA's 2007 Risk
Management Contest. In May, she and the other finalist spent 5 all-expense
paid days in Washington. Click Here
to find out what Patton did in Washington and how you
could have this same opportunity.
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