1. Sachse FFA 2015-2016 Chapter Overview

2. Welcome ! The Sachse FFA chapter is a student led organization for all students enrolled in agricultural science courses at Sachse High School! We are able to participate in a variety of activities such as LDEs, CDEs, show animal projects, Relay for Life and various other community activities. Having a background or any previous knowledge of agriculture is not required! Through involvement in the FFA students gain skills and friendships that will last a lifetime.

3. 2015-2016 Sachse FFA

4. SHS FFA 2015-2016 Goals This year, the Sachse FFA Chapter had a few goals we wanted to accomplish: We wanted to complete a working draft of our Program of Activities that includes activities we did this year and ideas for future years. We pursued student, administration and community support. We strived to create meaningful connections in the community and district.

5. Membership

6. Membership for 2015-2016 25 out of 208 students in agricultural classes or 12% are active dues paying members of SHS FFA. 5 of the 40 AFNR students or 12.5% are members. There were many other students who were interested in joining but either were not in an agriculture class this year or decided to wait for next year so they would have the whole year to be a member and would not already be involved in other things. (These numbers do not include 4 Fall semester Small Animal Mgmt. classes as they were not able to be set up in AET. These numbers would be many repeated students that we have in the other courses.)

7. Chapter Demographics SHS FFA Program: 88 % White/Caucasian 8 % Hispanic 0 % African-American 4 % Asian 0 % Other.04 % Special Education Campus: 36.3 % White/Caucasian 35.9 % Hispanic 15.7 % African-American 9.5 % Asian 2.5 % Other 7.7 % Special Education

8. Strategy for 100% With only 12% participation in our first year, Sachse FFA is looking to improve that percentage by: reaching out earlier in the year before students get involved in other organizations recruiting at the middle school level promoting all the great things we do and keeping recruitment a priority all thru the year. We are also looking at ways to get the students in the Small Animal Mgmt. classes to join by showing them that FFA has things to offer them even if they are not in another agriculture class or interested in large animals, speaking contests or showing.

9. Supervised Agricultural Experience

10. While not all students in agricultural classes are required to join FFA, they have been asked to participate in an SAE. SAE’s are very important to the success of our organization so SHS FFA looks to continue supporting all agriculture students to explore different fields and learn more about agriculture, agribusiness, and animal sciences.

11. Supervised Agricultural Experience All students have been introduced to the concept of SAE. Our SAEs include chicken projects, exploring agriculture related topics, growing plants, caring for pets and working in and out of the agriculture industry.

12. SAEs We are learning the key benefits of record keeping through theAET.com Active Students: 136 - 67% SAEs: 140 Jrn Entries: 2,364 Jrn Hours: 5,510 Fin Entries: 53 We plan on working from the start of the school year next year to ensure more students consider their record book a vital part of their agriculture education.

13. SAE Strategies The goal is to have 100% of students complete and work on an SAE from the beginning through the end of the school year. SHS plans on offering more Principles of AFNR classes to help introduce students to the ideas of SAE, agriculture, and FFA in the coming years. We also plan to continue to include this information in other agriculture classes until a majority of students in the program have had time to get the information.

14. Chapter Essentials

15. Officers The officer team for the 2015-2016 school year includes: President- Chase Hartin V.P.- Parker Youngman Secretary- Riley Megee Treasurer- Hayden Montoya Reporter- Shyla Scott Sentinel- Sierra Baker Chaplain- Blake Simmons Parliamentarian- Makenzie Doronzo Historian- Alexis Julian Student Advisor- Michael Wood

16. FFA Meetings Once we got going chapter meetings were held once a month on the third Thursday after school & covered topics such as: Early Oct: Interest in FFA Oct: Constitution & Bylaws, Officers Dec: Holiday Celebration, Constitution & Bylaws Jan: POA, Chickens Feb: CDEs, Fundraising March: Upcoming Events, Officer Elections April: Officer Elections, Speeches May: Next Year POA and Summer Schedule

17. Officer Meetings We scheduled our meetings on the first Thursday of each month. We also met on a necessary basis which usually ended up being once a week. Next years officer meeting goal: Extend an invitation to officer meetings to potential officer candidates later in the year.

18. Officer Selection Officer selection was held at our April meeting. Those interested in running for officer completed applications, gathered teacher recommendations, filled out grade sheets, prepared and gave speeches and took a FFA knowledge test.

19. Constitution & Bylaws The constitution and bylaws was our first order of business as an officer team. As soon as the officer team was elected we worked on the constitution and bylaws. We had them available for review by all students in their class by the end of the 1 st week in November. We voted them in at the December 10 th meeting.

20. Local Chapter Policies Our officer selection process includes 4 parts that count 25% each. Our quorum is 25% or 6.25 members. Additional when necessary officer positions.

21. Program of Activities Community Arbor Day Jubilee Relay for Life Show poster disbursement Parent University Student LDEs FWSSR Volunteering Jump Start Officer Meetings CDEs TCR Convention Chapter Speaking to SAM classes Mustang Report Christmas Parade Banquet Fresh Country Fundraiser

22. POA Our program of activities has been a challenge for our chapter. We have been continually working on improving it throughout the year. We were not happy with it until April and that is when we brought it before the chapter to adopt. We plan on adopting our POA in October in the coming years as it will not need near as much work.

23. Functioning Committees We currently have all officers holding positions to help lead all committees. All officers are co-chairs of their prospective committee. The committees include: Chapter, community and student committees are in place to handle any and all events in their respective area. All 5 committees under each section consist of the same members. This is to help with planning because we are new to POA. For future years, we plan on having more members on each committee and working on committee meeting productivity.

24. Leadership Development, Training and Opportunities

25. Leadership Development All students are taught basic parliamentary procedure, communication skills through presentations and speeches in class, resume tips, employability and successful employee traits. Students are taught about leadership development events and what they include.

26. Leadership Training FWSSR Volunteering-Leading Tours Committee Chairs Officer Duties Delegate Duty Jumpstart We had 9 in attendance at JumpStart! We had a great time and learned many things about what it means to hold an office and how we can contribute to our community and society.

27. Leadership Training - the Future! Summer Leadership Conference Greenhand Camp State Officer visits Chapter Officer summer planning conference

28. Leadership Opportunities The above chapter level activities we include in our POA are: LDEs CDEs District Meetings/Banquets Area Convention State Convention

29. Opportunities for SHS FFA Members Animal Projects LDEs CDEs District Meetings/Banquets Area Meetings FWSSR Volunteering Texas Cattle Raisers Convention Texas FFA Convention FFA Week

30. 2016 FFA Week Spirit Wear Days: ‘Merica Monday School Spirit Tuesday Western Wednesday College Day Thursday Camo Friday We had daily agriculture fact announcements and placed posters around the school with pictures of our activities, agriculture facts and statistics.

31. Animal Projects: Chickens We purchased chickens through Garland High School. We picked them up at Garland High School on the 4 th of February. They lived in our houses for the first two weeks then we moved to the barn down the street from school that we share with South Garland and Rowlett High Schools. Competitions: GISD Livestock Show and Plant Sale April 1 st and 2 nd

32. Chickens!

33. Competitions Leadership Development Events (LDEs) Senior Quiz Career Development Events (CDEs) Livestock, Dairy Cattle and Horse Evaluation Leadership & Career Development Events allow students to visit Texas College and University campuses. LDE and CDE information is presented to all classes.

34. LDEs We competed in the Senior Quiz at the District LDEs. We did not win but learned a lot and had lots of fun meeting other FFA members and getting a feel for leadership events. Team members: Chase Hartin, Michael Wood and Blake Simmons.

35. LDEs

36. CDEs We competed in the Livestock, Dairy Cattle and Horse Evaluation contests. Teams members include: Chase Hartin, Hayden Montoya, Raychel Lane, Shyla Scott, Riley Megee, Sierra Baker, Kylie Stanley, Michael Wood, Caitlyn Ballard and Blake Simmons.

37. CDEs The livestock evaluation team consisting of Caitlyn Ballard, Michael Wood, Blake Simmons and Riley Megee placed 36 th out of 90 teams to be the top placing GISD team. The dairy cattle evaluation team consisting of Chase Hartin, Raychel Lane, Sierra Baker and Hayden Montoya placed 29 th out of 42 teams and again was the top team from GISD. The horse judging team consisting of Shyla Scott, Riley Megee, Sierra Baker and Kylie Stanley placed 38 th out of 75 teams.

38. CDEs

39. Jumpstart

40. Arbor Day Jubilee

41. District Meeting We got to meet people from our district and were entertained by some great talent contestants. We can’t wait for the next one!

42. District Banquet

43. FWSSR Volunteering and Fieldtrip The students got to see everything the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo has to offer and were able to give tours to some young students.

44. Texas Cattle Raisers Convention

45. State Convention This summer we will have the chance to attend the Texas FFA Convention in Dallas, Texas. We will see the vastness of Texas FFA and how many students choose to be a part of this great organization. We will see state officers work together and hear amazing speakers that will hopefully inspire us to come back to Sachse and do great things.

46. Recognition

47. Website SHS FFA has currently been working on and updating our website on a regular basis. We also have a school activity page on the schools website. http://sachse.ffanow.org/default.aspx?ID=45159 www.garlandisdschools.net/page.cfm?p=4911 These sites includes all events, dates, and achievements of the chapter. These are great resources to inform any potential member or supporter about what the chapter has to offer.

48. Social Media We have many social media accounts so that we can reach people no matter what platform they prefer to use! Facebook Twitter Instagram Remind

49. Local Media Mustang Report We appeared on our schools Friday announcements video program to let everyone know what we are about and how they can join us. School & Local Newspaper We plan to send a first year recap to the school and local newspapers so that people can see all that we have accomplished this year.

50. Awards Banquet We will be participating in our district banquet and we will also be having our own Sachse FFA banquet. We will have awards for students who showed exceptional leadership and growth, honor people who helped us get started and showcase our students. We plan on inviting school administration, district administration and community members. This event will be open to friends, family, and any student interested in joining FFA next year.`

51. School Board Meeting Sachse FFA will be going to the May school board meeting to tell them about all the great things we have done this year. We are going to take our banners and our scrapbook to show them how much fun we have had and how hard we have worked this year.

52. City Council Meeting Sachse FFA will also be going to the May city council meeting to let them know how we have progressed this year and all of the great things we have planned for the upcoming year.

53. Advisory Committee

54. District Advisory Committee Currently, the advisory team in place is at the district level discussing the future of the programs and helping with our district livestock show and plant sale. The advisory team consists of the district CTE director, all district agriculture science teachers and local agriculture business owners; they met once a month at a local business. We plan to add more business owners from the Sachse area to this committee in the coming years.

55. District Advisory Committee Goals Fall Goals: Guest speakers to classes Program enrichment ideas Spring Goals: Local show fundraising Local show set up

56. Adult Support

57. We plan on having an Alumni association as soon as we have Alumni members to start and grow that side of our Chapter. We are in the process of creating a booster club. The goal of our booster club will be to help support our chapter with finances that would allow us to be exposed to agriculturally related topics and experiences. The booster club is currently forming and will hold elections in early May so they may be fully formed before summer.

58. Adult Support Teachers and administrators at SHS have been very supportive of the program. They love the experiences we are getting to have and always want to know what we are doing. They work with us when they are out and support our interests.

59. 2016-2017 Funds for the next school year’s activities will come from fundraising in the Fall by selling Fresh Country and in the Spring. Funds will also be raised in the summer and all year long by our booster club which is in the process of forming.

60. Areas of Improvement Sachse will be focusing on the following areas we want to improve upon moving forward: POA completion earlier in the year Committee efficiency Diversity in membership

61. Thank you!!