(KNZA)--A total of 218 students from around the state were awarded their State FFA Degree May 29 at the 87th Kansas FFA State Convention.
The State Degree is the highest honor the Kansas FFA Association can bestow upon its members. In order to achieve this award, members must meet the following requirements: have received their Chapter FFA Degree, been an FFA member and agricultural education student for at least two years, earned at least $2,000 or worked 600 hours in their Supervised Agricultural Experience program, given a six minute speech about agriculture or FFA, participated in eight different leadership activities, received a “C” average or better in high school and shown a record of outstanding leadership and community involvement.
The members who met these qualifications and their respective FFA Chapters from the local Northeast District are: from Axtell: Lindsay Carpenter; Doniphan West: Tynan Bollinger, Brandon Caudle, Houston A. Cluck, Wade M. Joyce; Hiawatha: Greg Lock; Holton: Nils Bergsten, Emaleigh Clark, Dean Klahr, Tristan Parks, Michaela Uhl, Rilee VanDonge; Jackson Heights: Austin Dean Amon, Jessica Lynn Blum, Joe Kennedy, Will Patterson; Marysville: Jerrod Scott Prebyl; Rock Creek: Cassandra Ebert; Sabetha: Sarah Nicole Plum; Valley Heights: Lane Douglas Jorgenson, Payton Lee Manley.
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