Unadilla Valley FFA hosted 17 school districts from across the southern tier for the NYS FFA District 4 Leadership Development Events on Saturday, January 31. Over 60 judges from local business and industry, educational institutions, community members, and alumni evaluated students in the following competitions: Jr. & Sr. FFA Creed Speaking, Agricultural Issues Forum, Employment Skills, Jr. & Sr. Extemporaneous and Prepared Public Speaking, and Jr. & Sr. People in Agriculture.
Unadilla FFA members competed in:
Jr. People in Agriculture
Madeline Harrington
Christine Anderson
Kali Sleezer
Jr. Creed
Sherri Conklin
Sr. Creed
Nicholas Crandall - Moving on to Substates Competition
Employment Skills
Ashley Brooker
Zayne Dibbell
Liam Hoag
Gabriella Ilaraza
Jr. Extemporaneous Speaking
Ayna Sarpriacone
Sr. Extemporaneous Speaking
Sarina Bell
Elizabeth Crawford
Sr. Prepared Speaking
Elizabeth Crawford - moving on to Substate competition
Congratulations to All! Good Luck to Nick and Elizabeth as they move on to Eastern Substate competition at Windsor Central School on Saturday, March 14!
Between competitions students from all chapters worked on a service project to create over 30 fleece lap blankets for our local nursing home residents!
Huge thank you to all who supported and donated to help UVFFA in hosting District 4 competition, especially UVCSD administrators, staff (especially maintenance, custodians, and cafeteria), teachers, and students, Tuller’s catering, Chobani, 4 Aces Spring Water, LLC, Evan & Heather Davis, and all who served as judges!