National FFA Week
FFA makes a positive difference in the lives of students by developing their potential for premier leadership, personal growth and career success through agricultural education. FFA membership today is comprised of 649,355 student members in grades seven through 12 who belong to one of 7,859 local FFA chapters throughout the United States, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Nicholas County FFA is home to over 110 members, which gained state recognition for a 77 percent increase from years past.
The official name of the organization is the National FFA Organization.
The letters “FFA” stand for Future Farmers of America. These letters are a part of our history and our heritage that will never change. But FFA is not just for students who want to be production farmers; FFA also welcomes members who aspire to careers as teachers, doctors, scientists, business owners and more. For this reason, the name of the organization was updated in 1988 after a vote of national convention delegates to reflect the growing diversity and new opportunities in the industry of agriculture.
Today, the National FFA Organization remains committed to the individual student, providing a path to achievement in premier leadership, personal growth and career success through agricultural education.
FFA continues to help the next generation rise up to meet those challenges by helping its members to develop their own unique talents and explore their interests in a broad range of agricultural career pathways. So today, we are still the Future Farmers of America. But, we are the Future Biologists, Future Chemists, Future Veterinarians, Future Engineers and Future Entrepreneurs of America, too.
FFA Motto
The FFA motto gives members 12 short words to live by as they experience the opportunities in the organization.
Learning to Do, Doing to Learn, Earning to Live, Living to Serve.
Bath County High School 2016-17 FFA officers are Lexie Craig, president; Allen Thomas, sentinel; Tessia Welch, reporter; Jacob Conyers, treasurer; Jordan Blevins, secretary; and Leanna Butcher, vice president.
Fleming County High School 2016-17 FFA officers, pictured top to bottom, from left are: Lauren Applegate, Kelsey Jolly, Cayla McFarland, Ethan McCord, Cristy Logan, Katie Hickerson, Massie Hendrix, Bradley Edmond, Sam Johnson, Cameron Mineer, Jera Applegate, Carson Prater, Elizabeth Hunt, Brandon Williams, Katie Burke, Isaac Mattox, AK Phillips and Jordan Fidler.
Mason County High School 2016-17 FFA officer’s are, from left: Brett Scott, president; Abbey Payne, secretary; Sage Kinney, vice president; Shayna Daulton, chapter development chair; Rachel Rister, community development chair; Jaclyn Poe, chaplin; Haley McCarty, reporter; Clint Lowe, leadership development chair; Will Caudill, treasurer and Terra Lennex, sentinel.
Nicholas County FFA 2016-17 officers are James Campbell, president; Hannah Brooke Warner, vice president; Logan Bennett Bechanan, secretary; Hunter Oakley Hopkins, treasurer; Dustin Liver, reporter; Keeli Hughes, sentinel; Sam Hamilton, chaplin; Shelby Anna Kathleen Farrow, historian; Bodie Taggett, parliamentarian; and Morgan Ashli Waymire, committee chair.
