Woodbury FFA Members Dominate State Competition

The Woodbury FFA chapter located at Nonnewaug High School recently submitted several outstanding student FFA Proficiency Award applications to state competition.

These applications reflect the goals, progress and accomplishments of various students’ Supervised Agricultural Experience projects.  Each student in the Ellis Clark Regional Agriscience and Technology Center is required to accumulate over 200 hours of work experience outside of school at an agricultural business or job in order to be in the agriscience program.

Students keep accurate records of their work experience and teachers document their progress and achievements through a picture-based portfolio of each student.  Once they are juniors or seniors, students are encouraged to fill out the 16 page FFA Proficiency Award applications to be sent on to state competition against FFA members from the other 19 Regional Agriscience programs in Connecticut.

The Woodbury FFA is proud to announce that 12 Nonnewaug applicants were selected as state winners at the recent state competition.  Each state winner will receive a cash award for $250.00 each at the upcoming State FFA Conference at Killingly High School. Also, each of the 12 winning applications will be forwarded on to National Competition this summer.  The Woodbury FFA state winners are:

Name of Student              Town                       Agricultural Proficiency Area

Megan Williams                  Woodbury                        Landscape Management

Jessica Goggins                   Ansonia                        Outdoor Recreation

Ashley Eng                           New Milford                        Ag Education

Nate Sklanka                      Watertown                        Fruit Production

Melissa Batista                 Naugatuck                        Diversified Crop Production

Erin Salese                       Southbury                        Veterinary Medicine

Morgan Thornsberry          New Milford                        Ag Mechanics

Dana Dessereaux              Southbury                        Nursery Operations

Christa Roth                      Danbury                           Ag Sales

Jessica DiFabbio                New Milford                      Food Science

Zachary Ready                  Southbury                        Beef Production

Samantha Blick                 Bethlehem                        Ag Processing

For more information, please contact Bill Davenport at (203)266-4038.