South Barber FFA members receive highest honor

 

September 23, 2020



Seven South Barber FFA members are set to receive their American FFA Degrees at the 93rd National FFA Convention. Slater Blick, Cole Coggins, ReAnna Dunlap, Neal Gugelmeyer, Cody Jahay and Nick Malone have all been selected to receive the highest honor the National FFA can bestow upon a member. To be eligible to receive the American FFA Degree from the National FFA Organization, members must be an active member and must meet the following minimum qualifications:

1. Have received the State FFA Degree, have been an active member for the past three years (36 months) and have a record of satisfactory participation in the activities on the chapter and state level.

2. Have satisfactorily completed the equivalent of at least three years (540 hours) of systematic secondary school instruction in an agricultural education program, or have completed at least the equivalent of 360 hours of systematic secondary school instruction in agricultural education and one full year of enrollment in a postsecondary agricultural program, or have completed the program of agricultural education offered in the secondary school last attended.

3. Have graduated from high school at least 12 months prior to the national convention at which the degree is to be granted.

4. Have in operation and have maintained records to substantiate an outstanding supervised agricultural experience program, through which the member has exhibited comprehensive planning and managerial and financial expertise.

5. A student after entering agricultural education must have:

a.) Earned at least $10,000 and productively invested $7,500 or

b.) Earned and productively invested $2,000 and worked 2,250 hours in excess of scheduled class time. Any combination of hours, times a factor of 3.56, plus actual dollars earned and productively invested must be equal to or greater than the number 10,000. Hours used for the purpose of producing earnings reported as productively invested income shall not be duplicated as hours of credit to meet the minimum requirements for the degree.

6. Have a record of outstanding leadership abilities and community involvement and have achieved a high school scholastic record of “C” or better as certified by the principal or superintendent.

7. Have participated in at least 50 hours of community service within at least three different community service activities. These hours are in addition to and cannot be duplicated as paid or unpaid supervised agricultural experience hours.

As the highest degree achievable in the National FFA Organization, the American FFA Degree shows an FFA member’s dedication to his or her chapter and state FFA association. It demonstrates the effort FFA members apply toward their supervised agricultural experience and the outstanding leadership abilities and community involvement they exhibited through their FFA career.

American FFA Degree recipients show promise for the future and have gone above and beyond to achieve excellence.

Recipients receive a certificate and the American FFA Degree key in honor of their accomplishments and dedication to FFA.

Kyle Jacobs, SB FFA advisor from 2013-2019, said, "As I had these seven students in class for three plus years, it was a great honor to watch these young people grow. I knew that they were going to be a special group and they continue to prove that as they pursue their future careers and endeavors. I couldn’t be prouder of them. I was truly blessed in my time at South Barber to have a chapter full of outstanding young people. To have nine total American Degrees in my short time just proves that. It was because of students like these that the chapter was and is so successful."

 

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