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FOOD FOR AMERICA PROGRAM

May 15 and 17 

(SEE IMPORTANT UPDATES BELOW)

See schedule under "The Hoot"

Race's Food Stand sign-up

Frist come first serve. An electronic copy of the schedule is located on the FFA page. Click the "FFA ICON" in the left column, scroll down until you see the big table. We need at least on of the new officers on each night. Please help us fill each of the nights. Since mother nature can be unpredictable, on this main page, will be a monitor for if they are canceled due to rain. It can be short notice, please stay tuned and be calling Spencer or Mr. Taylor to find out if they are still running.  

Saturday, May 19th RACES are still on

UPCOMING EVENTS

May 17....Food For America Program, Agricultural Education stations and farm tour! PERMISSION FORM

May 19...Meat Animal Sale Weigh-In 9-noon at the Fair Park

May 20...State Fair Performance Lamb/Hog Weigh-In at Sheboygan Cty Fair, 9-noon

May 29....Alumni Board Meeting at 7:00 p.m. in the Ag Room

May 30...FFA Officer Mtg, 8pm, Ag Room

June 2....Sectional Tractor Driving and Safety Inspection @ Plymouth 9:00 a.m. to noon

June 10....Chapter BonFire, TBA

June 11-14....State FFA Convention

June 16....Sheboygan County Breakfast on the Farm

June 18-24...Washington Leadership Conference (Mr. Taylor chaperoning)

June 25-28...Mr. Taylor Gone to WAAE Convention

July 8.... FFA Officer Mtg, 7-10pm POA work night, Ag Room

July 18...FFA Officer Mtg, 8pm, Ag Room

July 19....Poultry Meeting, Sheb Co Fair Park, 6:30pm 

July 23....Alumni Board Meeting at 7:00 p.m. in the Ag Room

Aug 15....4-H & FFA Livestock Challenge @ Fair Grounds @ 7:30pm

Aug 16....Third Grade Cabbage Weigh-In (4-6 p.m.) in the Ag Shop INFO SHEET

Aug 19....FFA Alumni Night at the Brewers Regina Oldendorf (608) 989-2187

Aug TBA probably towards the end for a FFA and Alumni general meeting and brat fry to kick off the school year

Food For America Program

May 15 and 17

FFA Student Permission Form Download 

Sign-Up for Chester Special's food during the Farm Tours. Workers Only. Pay Mr. Taylor $5 cash or check or take it out of your account. You must check to see if you have money in your account. All permission slips need to be turned into Mr. Taylor before you leave for the events. If you do not turn in a form, even if you are 18, you will not be excused from school.

Schedule of Events

Presentation Resources:

• Lesson Plan 
• Bingo Power Point   Game 1 and Game 2
• Coloring Contest Template

School Visits 3rd Grade ONLY (confirmed thus far)

Farm Visits  (4K and 3rd Grade)

Bus pick-up and drop off times. Bus will arrive 10-15 minutes before your scheduled time.

Huibregtse Farms, W5133 Sumac Road, Plymouth, WI 53073

(confirmed thus far) 

STATE FFA CAREER DEVELOPMENT EVENTS

@ UW - MADISON

Results are being posted today.

• TEAMS and MEMBERS going:
• Agronomy 9th overall out of 41: Andy Helmer- 19th, Nathan Mueller- 22nd, Devlen Kraemer- 35th
• Ag Sales: Sarah Schalk, Megan Klumpyan, Briana Beseler, Tiara Liebe (Yet to be posted)
• Dairy Foods 3rd overall out of 66 teams: Jackson Wimmler 17th, Lucienne VandePas 9th, Anna Kleinhans - 25th, Liz Schultz - 12th
• Dairy Cattle13th overall out of 54: Alex Huibregtse-5th, Jake Ulezelski- 75th, Michelle Meinnert- 67th, Holli Harms- 195th
• Dairy Cattle Handler: Emily Meinnert   (Yet to be posted)
• Environmental Science 6th overall out of: Tom Malone 17th, Tyler Chisholm- 8th, Laura Henschel- 1st, Taylor Liebe- 20th 
• Farm Business Management, 13th overall out of 17 teams: Rachael Thompson - 28th, Vicki Payne - 36th, Stephanie Thiel - 33rd, Kassi Strodyk - 62nd
• Floriculture, 1st overall out of 10 teams: Andrew Levsen - 3rd, Emma Addy - 1st, Rebekah Schalk 5th, Sarah DeGroff - 2nd
• Forestry 11th overall out of 16 teams: Emily Schicker - 53rd, Myles Malone - 38th, Nathan Krueger - 52nd, Brooke Schultz 48th
• Horse 13th overall out of 36 schools: Victoria Loose - 33rd, Emily Geiger - 79th, Maggie Albert 38th, Makayla Klumpyan - 38th
• Livestock 11th overall out of 45 teams: Chris Reichert - 29th, Joseph Wimmler - 31st, Kim Beck - 26th, Addy Miller - 67th
• Meats 8th out of 31 teams: Amber Musidelak - 13th, Jake - 15th and Izack Ohman - 76th, John Boeckmann - 71st
• Nursery & Landscape 2nd overall out of 13 teams: Leah Hankins - 10th, Risako Kuroda - 8th, Deanna Schultz - 6th, Anton Pohl - 3rd
• Poultry 4th overall out of 39 teams: Spencer Schultz - 4th, Hannah Larson - 17th, Julianna Georg - 38th, Sierra Beseler - 41th

BELLEVILLE INVITATIONAL CAREER DEVELOPMENT EVENTS

Results are below: Document from Belleville High School (EXCEL format)

• Agronomy: 4th overall out of 9 teams
• Andy Helmer - 8th, Nick Pfiefer - 19th, Nathan Mueller - 11th and Devlen Kraemer -  21; out of 27 students
• Dairy Foods Team placed 3rd out of 24 teams
• Anna Kleinhans - 5th, Liz Schultz - 13th, Stephanie Thiel - 27th; out of 80 students
• Farm Business Management: Team 1 placed 2nd, Team 2 placed 6th; out of 6 teams
• Team 1:  Sarah Schalk - 5th, Rachael Thompson - 7th, Leah Hankins - 9th, Briana Beseler - 13th; out of 17 students
• Team 2:  Megan Klumpyan  6th; out of 17 students
• Meats Team placed 7th out of 9 teams
• Amber Musiedlak - 7th and Emma Addy - 5th; out of 28 students
• Livestock Eval Team placed 3rd out of 27 teams
• Kim Beck - 34th, Chris Reichert - 14th, Joseph Wimmler - 74th, Addy Miller - 10th; out of 88 students
• Dairy Cattle Eval Team 1 placed 5th and Team 2 placed 30th out 35 teams:
• Team 1: Jake Ulzelski - 11th, Michelle Meinnert - 22nd, Holli Harms - 35th, Brook Reichert - 79th; out of 106 students
• Team 2: Erica Helmer - 59th and Alex Huibregtse - 78th; out of 106 students
• Poultry: 3rd overall out of 12 teams
• Spencer Schultz - 1st, Hannah Larson - 5th, Sierra Beseler - 14th, Julianna Georg - 15th ; out of 36 students
• Horse Eval: Team 1 placed 2nd out of 20 teams, team 2 placed 18th out of 20 teams
• Team 1: Makayla Klumpyan - 3rd, Victoria Loose - 5th, Emily Gieger - 21st, Maggie Albert - 22nd; out of 60 students
• Team 2: Vicki Payne - 6th; out of 60 students
• Wildlife Eval Team placed 2nd out of 21 teams
• Tom Malone - 4th, Laura Henschel - 8th, Tyler Chisholm - 19th, Taylor Liebe - 45th; out of 67 students 

2012-13 PLYMOUTH FFA OFFICERS ANNOUNCED

Congratulations to the following FFA members for being elected to their respective office positionn for the 2012-13 school year.

• President: Alex Huibregtse
• Vice President: Briana Beseler, Joseph Wimmler, Andy Helmer
• Secretary: Kim Beck
• Treasurer: Jake Ohman
• Reporter: Maggie Albert
• Historian: Leah Hankins
• Parliamentarian: Tom Malone
• Chaplin: Rebekah Schalk
• Sentinel: Jake Ulezelski
• Junior Advisor: Trevor Miske

FOX VALLEY TECHNICAL COLLEGE CAREER DEVELOPMENT EVENTS

LINK TO FVTC SITE

Forty-two Plymouth FFA students compete in the Fox Valley Technical College Career Development Events on March 31, 2012. Congratulations to the students' for their successes!

Ag Mechanics placed 7th overall out of 12 teams and ??? students, (no individual ranks)

Spencer Thiel

Stuart Thiel

Ben Holzmann

Nathan Krueger

Agronomy placed 4th overall out of 12 teams and 41 students

Andy Helmer - 7th

Nick Pfeifer - 19th

Nathan Mueller - 12th

Devlen Kraemer - 17th

Dairy Cattle Eval placed 30th out of 32 team and 107 students (not a full team)

Brooke Reichert - 57th

Holli Harms - 37th

Dairy Products Eval placed 1st overall out of 30 teams and 96 students

Jackson Wimmler - 7th

Lucienne VandePas - 3rd

Stephanie Thiel- 11th

Anna Kleinhans - 2nd

Farm Business Management placed 2nd out of 2 teams and 6 students (not a full team)

Rachel Thompson - 1st

Briana Beseler - 2nd

Floriculture placed 1st overall out of 11 teams and 35 students

Andrew Levsen - 1st

Rebekah Schalk - 4th

Sarah DeGroff - 2nd

Emma Addy - 3rd

Horse Eval placed 2nd overall out of 28 teams and 79 students

Emily Gieger - 32nd

Maggie Albert - 14th

Victoria Loose - 20th

Makayla Klumpyan - 10th

Forestry placed 8 out of 8 teams and 18 students

Emily Schicker - 17th

Vicki Payne - 12th

Livestock placed 21 out of 26 teams and 79 students. (not a full team)

Kim Beck - 5th

Addy Miller - 8th

Meats placed 1st out 8 teams and 26 students

Amber Musiedlak - 2nd

Jake Ohman - 8th

Izack Ohman - 1st

Nursery Landscape placed 1st out of 2 teams (not a full team)

Risako Kuroda - 3rd

Deanna Schultz - 1st

Poultry placed 15 out of 18 teams and 39 students

Spencer Schultz - 2nd

Sierra Beseler - 31

Wildlife placed 14out of 22 teams and 31 students

Tom Malone - 10th

Tyler Chisholm - 12th

Brooke Schultz - 23rd tie

Taylor Liebe - 23rd tie

UW-PLATTEVILLE CAREER DEVELOPMENT EVENTS

Thirty-two Plymouth FFA Students compete in the UW Platteville Career Development Events on March 29, 2012.

On March 29, 2011, thirty-two Plymouth FFA students competed in various FFA Career Development Events at the University of-Wisconsin - Platteville. "Students had a steller day demonstrating their knowledge of the agriculture industry sectors. From evaluating an egg, desinging a centerpiece for a table to selling a horse saddle, students have succeeded yet again," said Taylor. Most of the teams have been practicing since winter break and horse evaluation since the first day of school this year. The chapter it self, amongst the other schools, placed 2nd overall in this regional contest area.

"We are very proud of the students' accomplishments," said Hahn. The Floriculture Evaluation team won their contest which had 33 teams and 119 students; with Emma Addy taking 1st place, Rebakah Schalk in 2nd, Andrew Levsen in 4th and Sarah Degroff in 5th. The Poultry Evaluation team also won their contest which had 31 teams and 107 students; with Spencer Schults taking 1st place, Hannah Larson in 6th, Jlulianna Georg in 10th and Sierra Beseler in 38th. The other array of team also competed very well, Farm Business Management team placed 6th overall, Livestock Evaluation team came in 4th overall, Dairy Food Evaluation team took 2nd, Dairy Cattle Evaluation team took 3rd overall, Agronomy team placed 6th, and Ag Sales team placed 3rd overall.

Individually, students also received high honors in their contests. Placing in the top five of their contests: Floriculture: Addy-1st, Schalk-2nd, Levsen-4th, DeGroff-5th; Poultry: Schultz-1st, Livestock: Kim Beck-2nd; Dairy Cattle: Alex Huibregtse-1st; Dairy Foods: Lucienne VandePas-4th;

Team scores are based on a full team with the top 3 scores. Individual student scores are next to your name. Students in "not full" teams, you all did very well too based on your individual scores!

CONGRATULATIONS Students!!!!!!!    LINK TO UW-PLATTEVILLE RESULTS PAGE

Floriculture, 1st place overall out of 33 teams out 33 teams and 119 students

Emma Addy - 1st

Rebekah Schalk - 2nd

Andrew Levsen - 4th

Sarah DeGroff - 5th

Farm Business Management, 6th overall out of 11 teams and 33 students

Rachael Thompson - 12th

Leah Hankins - 22nd

Vicki Payne - 26th

Junior Dairy, 34th overall all out of 40 teams with 113 students

Erica Helmer - 8th

Meat Evaluation, 22nd overall out of 23 teams with 75 students

Amber Musiedlak - 19th

Poultry, 1st overall out of 31 teams with 107 students

Spencer Schultz - 1st

Hannah Larson - 6th

Julianna Georg -10th

Sierra Beseler - 38th

Livestock, 4th overall out of 61 teams and 224 students

Chris Reichert - 43rd

Joseph Wimmler - 86

Kim Beck - 2nd

Addy Miller - 44th

Dairy Products, 2nd overall out of 64 teams and 211 students

Jackson Wimmler - 44th

Lucienne VandePas - 4th

Anna Kleinhans -49

Liz Schultz - 20

Dairy Cattle, 3rd overall out of 68 teams and 243 students

Alex Huibregtse - 1st

Jake Ulezelski - 46th

Michelle Meinnert - 36th

Emily Meinnert - 44th

Ag Sales, 3rd overall out of 15 teams and 47 students

Sarah Schalk - 8th

Megan Klumpyan - 18th

Briana Beseler -19th

Agronomy, 6th overall out of 24 teams and 89 students

Andy Helmer - 12th

Nick Pfiefer - 10th

Devlen Kraemer - 50th

Ben Holzmann - 68th

JANESVILLE FFA ALUMNI INVITATIONAL CAREER DEVELOPMENT EVENTS

Twenty-six FFA members compete at the Janesville FFA Alumni Invitational Career Development Events on March 17

On March 17, 26 Plymouth FFA members competed in a regional FFA Career Development Events hosted by the Janesville FFA Alumni at the Rock County Fair Grounds.

Students were tested on their knowledge with the evaluation of: Dairy Foods, Meats, Livestock, Horses, Dairy Cattle, Agricultural Mechanics, Veterinary Science, Wildlife, and Floriculture.

Competing members included: Jackson Wimmler, Lucienne VandePas, Izack Ohman, Joseph Wimmler, Chris Reichert, Addy Miller, Emily Gieger, Makayla Klumpyan, Vicki Payne, Alex Huibregtse, Erica Helmer, Spencer and Stuart Thiel, Ben Holzmann, Ryan Giese, Andy Helmer, Catharine Schalk, Tom Malone, Emily Marty, Tyler Chisholm, Taylor Liebe, Rebekah Schalk, Andrew Levsen, Sara DeGroff, and Aubrey Newton.

Coaches for the various teams include: Meats and Veterinary Science: Walter Taylor; Wildlife and Floriculture: Marlyn Hahn; Agricultural Mechanics: Mike Fels, Spencer Thiel, and Taylor; Dairy Cattle: Sarah Hanke and Heidi Hanke; Horses Cheryl Unke, and Julie Kummer; Dairy Foods: Wayne Wedepohl; Livestock: Ed Beck and Taylor.

"What a beautiful spring day for contests! Students have been working really hard to master their respective content area through classroom instruction and with their various coaches after and before school. Today was a great practice event for veteran team members and the new students in the agricultural program," said Taylor. Students will also be competing at UW-Platteville, Fox Valley Technical College, Belleville Invitational, and at the state competitions at UW-Madison in the coming days.

Results: we are waiting for official results to be posted. (Check back on Tuesday, March 20). All results posted here are preliminary. STUDENTS NOTE: Reminder that team scores are based on the top 3 individuals on a team, if there are less than three, the numbers will not add up to complete with full teams from other schools.

ALL TEAMS WERE PRACTICING ONLY, NOT QUALIFYING FOR STATE AT THIS EVENT

Ag Mech Scores Form   Dairy Cattle/Horse/Meats/Dairy Foods/Floriculture/Livestock   Vet Sci   Wildlife

*Team Placing is listed first and then the student's individual placing.

Floriculture Team Placing 1st overall (13 teams with 44 students competing)

1st Andrew Levsen

3rd Sara Degroff

4th Aubrey Newton

6th Rebekah Schalk

Ag Mech Team Placing 6th overall (13 teams with 42 students)

12th Spencer Thiel

31st Ryan Giese

32nd Stuart Thiel

40th Ben Holzmann

Wildlife Team Placing 4th overall (21 teams with 59 students competing)

7th Tyler Chisholm

13th Tom Malone

38th Emily Marty

44th Taylor Liebe

Veterinary Science Team Placing 12th (14 teams with 41 students competing)

15th Andy Helmer

39th Catharine Schalk

Livestock Evaluation Team Placing 7th (26 teams with 86 students competing)

10th Addy Miller

22nd Joseph Wimmler

38th Chris Reichert

64th Kim Beck

Dairy Foods Evaluation Team Placing 19th (19 teams with 63 students competing)

49th Lucienne VandePas

60th Jackson Wimmler

Horse Evaluation Team Placing 4th (26 teams with 76 students competing)

7th Vicki Payne

17th Emily Gieger

18th Makayla Klumpyan

Meats Evaluation Team Placing 11th (11 teams with 32 students competing)

12th Izack Ohman

Dairy Cattle Evaluation Team Placing 25th (31 teams with 100 students competing)

10th Alex Huibregtse

18th Erica Helmer

THREE STUDENTS COMPETE AT SECTIONAL FFA SPEAKING CONTESTS

Results will be available after Monday, March 5th. Good luck to: Jackson Wimmler, and Megan and Makayla Klumpyan. We are waiting final results from the state office.  UPDATE: still not available as of April 1st.

MR. TAYLOR JUDGES STATE FFA PROFICENCIES AT THE CHULA VISTA RESORT

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esults will be posted after Monday, March 5th. Good luck to: Kim Beck, Chris Reichert, Megan Klumpyan, Joseph Wimmler, Andy Helmer, Liz Limberg, Jackson Wimmler, and Andrew Levsen. We are waiting for final results from the state office. As of April 1st we are still waiting on official results.

PLYMOUTH FFA ALUMNI MEMBERS ATTEND STATE ALUMNI CONVENTION

FFA Alumni members attend the 2012 Wisconsin FFA Alumni Convention in Janesville, WI. Drew Fritz, President; Nikki Halle, Vice President; Sheila Thiel, Secretary; Bridgett Neu, Treasurer; and Walter Taylor, agriculture instructor/co-FFA advisor attended this year's convention. Alumni members attended workshops to learn about how to increase participation in their organization, changes to the membership system, and participated by purchasing items on the auction. Funds from the auction help Wisconsin FFA students through secondary education scholarships, Supervised Agricultural Experience grants, and leadership conference grants. It was an action packed weekend networking with other alumni chapters around the state and bringing home the enthusiasm that FFA alumni members can utilize to help build their own programs, FFA chapters, and agricultural education departments. On Saturday, agricultural educators toured Kerry, Inc., and McFarlane Pheasants, Inc. "The education gleaned from these agribusiness tours and industry professionals will benefit the Plymouth Agriculture Department classes and FFA students," said Taylor. The next Plymouth FFA Alumni Board meeting is February 27, 2012 at 7pm in the PHS agriculture lecture room C119.

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RESULTS FROM DISTRICT SPEAKING CONTESTS

Three members of the Plymouth FFA Chapter have advanced to sectional competition in speaking contests.

Plymouth had 13 students competing in various events in contests hosted Feb. 6 by the Kiel FFA Chapter and FFA Alumni Chapter.

Advancing to sectionals on March 6 at Kiel High School are:

•      Jackson Wimmler, who placed first in Job Interview, incorporating the skills he has learned in various agribusinesses and using that knowledge to gain a new job at a local dairy operation
•       Megan Klumpyan, who placed second in Prepared Speech, with a speech about the various equine competitions for English and Western riding
•      Makayla Klumpyan, who placed second in Reciting the FFA Creed

Others competing for Plymouth were Briana Beseler in Job Interview; Andy Helmer and Tom Malone in Extemporaneous Speaking; Stephanie Thiel in Reciting of the FFA Creed; Megan Klumpyan, Elizabeth Schultz, Anna Kleinhans, Emma Addy, Stephanie Thiel, Hannah Larson and coach Sarah Hanke in Parlimentary Proceedure; and Joseph Wimmler and Chris Reichert in Discussion Meet.

"Students have been working really hard for the past few months in their respective contest areas and we are very proud of their accomplishments," said advisors Walter Taylor and Marlyn Hahn.

Schools that Plymouth competed against included: Howards Grove, Sheboygan Falls, Elkhart Lake, Kiel, Chilton, New Holstein, and Random Lake.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Mr. Taylor bio 

wtaylor@plymouth.k12.wi.us 

920.893.6911 ext 1552 

fax: 920.892.6366 

web site: agzone.pbworks.com

Office/classroom: C117/119

Mr. Hahn bio

mhahn@plymouth.k12.wi.us

920.893.6911 ext 1553

fax: 920.892.6366

web site: theplantdoctor.pbworks.com

Office/Classroom: C119 and Greenhouse

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