Charger Round-UP - Clear Springs FFA

CLEAR SPRINGS FFA
December Issue
Charger Round-UP
Please see our website www.clearspringsffa.ffanow.org or the
calendars in the classroom for up to date information and
on judging practices.
Put together by
Julia Tomkies
Officer Bio
What you need to know for December:
By: Beka Carnell
3
FFA & Booster Club Holiday Social (7:00 pm in cafeteria)
*CCISD Commitment forms DUE!!
3
Galveston County Chicken orders due to Ag Department
(Go to, www.galvestoncountyfair.com->Events->Livestock Rules and Forms, print
the Broiler order form at the bottom of the page, fill out and return with cash)
4
Greenhand Camp (4-6 pm in Ag Rooms)
7
League City Christmas Parade (Students must help work on the float at least
1 day between 2:30 and 4 pm the week of 12/2-12/6 to ride)
10
Floral Team 1st Practice (2:30 pm in 1805)
10
Vet Team 1st Practice (3:15 pm in 1809)
12
MANDATORY Barn Clean Up-for EVERYONE at the West Barn
(3-6 pm) *If you cannot attend, you MUST have someone there in your place-no
excuses.
14
17-20
West Barn Showmanship Show (8 am, West Barn, $10 to enter the day
of the show-prizes will be given for all species)
Final Exams (all students MUST pass the 2nd nine weeks to be eligible
to show and compete on teams)
Recommended Rabbit Breeding date for Galveston County Fair
Jan 8
Galveston County Fair Scramble Meeting at 7 pm at GC Fairgrounds in
Hitchcock. A parent and student must attend if you want to scramble.
Jan 14 FFA/Booster Club Meeting (7 pm in cafeteria) *Mandatory for parents
and student showing CCISD, we will be reviewing rules.
By Ashley Gripon
Hey y’all,
I’m Maggie
Barry the
Chapter
Treasurer
and I’m
raising two
lambs, a county pig, and
county rabbits! And I
want our chapter to do it's
very best at everything! I
became an officer to get
more involved. I'm on the
chapter conducting and
dairy cattle judging teams.
I joined FFA because I've
always wanted to raise
animals. I’d tell new and
old members to do as
much as they can or want
to because the more involved you are the more
fun you'll have!
Member of the Month- By Emma Parton
Samantha Sweetin is a ninth grader this year, and this is her first time in FFA.
Samantha joined FFA, because her dad did it during his high school years.
She thought it was interesting and joined this year. Samantha is raising a
show pig named Bullet and will be raising chickens for Galveston County Fair.
This year, she is the president of the Greenhand officers. She participated in
Ag Advocacy this fall and wants to do Dairy Judging in the spring. Samantha
hopes that she can do more to help encourage greenhand membership for the
chapter this year.
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Charger Round-UP
Other Important Information:
A word from our President
Merry Christmas FFA members!
Hope y'all had a great month last
month! Exciting things are happening this month. We have the Christmas Parade and Christmas Break!
Make sure to come out and help
decorate the float! I hope everyone
has a great very fun month!
-Emilee Edge
The FFA Chapter is trying to continue to improve our communication. In
an effort to do this, we need your help.
For general members, please text @csffa13 to 571-384-4544 to get text
message updates and reminders.
For students showing an animal please text @csffaccisd to
571-384-4544 for barn updates, CCISD show updates and reminders,
and general show reminders.
What happened last month…. BY Maggie Barry
In November, we had a chili cook off at our monthly meeting which Julia
Tomkies won. She will go on to compete against the other CCISD FFA
chapters at the CCISD Livestock Show in January. On the 12th our LDE
teams had their district competition, their placings were:
1st
Jr. Skills (Jarod Alexander, Madison Barber, Mary Jones,
Austin Kingcaid)
4th
Sr. Skills (Michaela Barringer, Hailey Burke,
Keegan McElroy)
5th
Sr. Chapter Conducting (Kaela Talplacido, Emilee Edge,
Peter Bowling, Ashley Gripon, Randi Benefield,
Clarissa Escamilla)
6th
Kayla Baty works with her dad,
Byron, to get him ready to show
her lamb for old timer showmanship (as Ms. Kirchner looks on).
Ag Advocacy (Hailey Giuliani, Madison Lane,
Samantha Sweetin)
7th
Job Interview (McKenna Zinke)
8th
Jr. Quiz (Nicole Childress, Ryan Henderson, Michael Koza,
Chris Martinez)
9th
Radio (Rebekah Carnell, Shelby Magyar, Shelby Morris)
11th
Sr. Quiz (Staci Gabrich, Taylor Howard, Julia Tomkies,
McKenna Zinke)
Jr. Creed (Randi Benefield) and Sr. Creed (Julia Tomkies)
The junior skills team advanced to area where they placed 10th.
The members showing cattle traveled to SFA where they attended the
Lumberjack Invitational on 9th. Everyone showed well!
Our monthly trash pick up was on the 14th, and we had a lot of members come volunteer to help and had a blast keeping the highway clean!
Thanks to everyone that showed up!!
On the 16th we had a showmanship clinic, pardner show, and old timer
show (where the parents and teacher got to show off their show skills) at
the barn. We hoped it was a good earning experience for everyone!
When: December 3, 7:00 pm
Where: Cafeteria
Tacky Christmas
Potluck Dinner:
Sweater Contest:
Please bring the food item
assigned to your grade:
9th- Sides
10th- Meats
11th- Drinks
12th- Desserts
Pick out your favorite tacky
Christmas sweater & wear
it to the meeting! The person with the tackiest
sweater will win a prize!
Bring a Christmas gift to this meeting! The gift can be no
more than $10. Everyone who brings a gift will be able to
participate in the gift exchange!
Springs Santa
Clear Springs FFA is sponsoring 4 children through the Springs Santa this year.
We ask that you please donate to this wonderful cause! Gifts need to be delivered to Mr. Edenfield, Ms. Kirchner, or Mrs. Paige, unwrapped, no later than
Monday, December 10. Please put a note on each gift with the students name
and number. If you do not have time to shop, please feel free to donate money
and we will get the gift for you!
#9 Ervin
Male
Age: 4
Pant Size: 5
Shirt Size: 5
#10
Jaymie
Female
Age: 5
Pant Size: 5
Shirt Size: 5
Wish List: Doll
Wish List: Ball
Crayons
Crayons
Coloring books
Markers
Cars/Trucks
#14
Male
Noah
Age: 6
Pant Size: 7
Shirt Size: 7
Wish List: Sports Items
Bike
#15 Ricardo
Male
Age: 5
Pant Size: 5
Shirt Size: 5
Wish List: Soccer Items
Cars
Crafts
Mickey Mouse
Board Games
Dinosaurs