Photo by Delayne Fierro
FFA
Club/Sport
FFA (Future Farmers of America)
Why We Do It
“I’ve always had a love for animals and when I started ag classes I got to work with the school animals. I just knew that I wanted to show.” Madison Hartnett, 11
Time/Days/Where We Meet
Go to the barn and take care of animals every day before and after school, on the weekends, meetings once a month in the Ben Barber commons.
What Other Students Think We Do
“They all think we just show animals.” Kelsie Goins, 10
What Our Parents Think We Do
“They think I just try my best to show goats and keep them healthy.” Brooke Miller, 10
What We Really Do
“We don’t abuse our animals or hurt them intentionally in any way. People don’t understand all the time and money that we have put into our animals.” Elizabeth Barta, 11