Cabot FFA Students Bring Home Several Wins

Nov. 11th, 2014

Congratulations go out to several Cabot High School FFA members. Recently, students competed in the 2014 Red White Subarea Contest.  

They competed in six events against six area schools and several teams will now advance to the District Leadership Contest on December 2nd, 2014.

Creed Speaking:

1st Place- Dylan Johnston

3rd Place- Logan Burnette

Opening/Closing Ceremonies:

2nd Place- Jesse Jeffers, Karly Sanders, Marissa Burnett, Ashton McArthur, Hallie Hankins, Karsyn Haubein, Shelby Cornwell, Tyler Jackson, Zac Williams

Parliamentary Procedure:

1st Place- Nicole Williams, Konner Holland, Briana Rowlett, Lauren Griffin, Tatum Tompkins, Grant Tarvin

Extemporaneous Public Speaking:

1st Place- Leighton Coy

Discussion Meet:

4th Place- Konner Holland

6th Place- Josh Horton

Prepared Public Speaking:

5th Place Kaytlyn Crowde

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Cabot FFA students competed in Leadership Development Events. These events are designed to improve the public speaking skills of the participants.  Each contest drives the students to build confidence in their speaking abilities, increase their knowledge of agriculture issues, and demonstrate how to defend their point of view while respecting the views of others. 

The 1st and 2nd place students will now move forward to compete in the District LDE Competition to be held at ASU-Jonesboro on December 2nd, 2014.  If they place 1st or 2nd at the district competition they will further advance to the state competition to be held in June at the Arkansas FFA State Convention.  If they are able to win 1st place at the state competition they will advance and compete at the National FFA Convention in October.

Background:

Cabot FFA is the second largest chapter in the Arkansas FFA Association with 374 members. Students are competitive in livestock exhibition, leadership development events, and career development events.  

It's also the largest PALS (Partners in Active Learning Support) program in the country with high school students serving as mentors to elementary students at all 9 elementary schools in the district. They are involved in several community service projects both student lead and community lead.  With 4 agriculture advisors, Cabot FFA is able to offer courses in Introductory Agriculture, Plant Sciences, Animal Sciences, Aquaculture, Wildlife and Natural Resources, and Shop Course in Welding and Mechanics.