As the excitement of the beginning of the school year winds down, students of St. Louis High School have heard over the announcements and from signs around the school that the St. Louis chapter of the National FFA Association has begun to sell snacks out of Agricultural Science teacher Megan DeGroft’s room.
The National FFA Association or FFA is an intracurricular student organization for those interested in agriculture and leadership. Originally called just FFA, the organization has developed to include more students than those who want to become more than just farmers. Within FFA, students do things from competing in various competitions to growing plants and raising animals. FFA helps participants learn skills involving leadership, work ethic, communication, and agriculture knowledge.
FFA remains largely important to St. Louis High School, bringing community as well as the previously mentioned qualities of leadership, work ethic, and communication. Junior Alexis Hitsman, who has been participating in FFA for three years and counting, shared, “FFA to me is like a big family and we all get along.”
Taking place in the Agricultural Science room/room 015 during health break, FFA is selling everything from candy and pop to multiple types of chips. Senior and FFA member Rebekah Ross states, “The money that we make from the sales helps us to pay for things like national convention and smaller projects; it also helps get people into the AG room and introduce them to FFA.” Hitsman also commented on the snacks, “Buying the snacks supports FFA by helping us raise more money for things like trips.”
Snacks are planned to be continued to be sold during health break throughout the rest of the school year.
