The East Bernard FFA competed at the District 3 FFA Leadership Development Events on November 8th at Wharton County Junior College. They had 4 teams compete with the Sr. Quiz team qualifying for the area contest. The Sr. Quiz team, made up of Grant Aschenbeck, Kourtney Kelso, Kate Rimer and Kyle Hlavinka placed 1st, giving East Bernard their first Area Qualifying leadership team since 1976. The team will compete at the Area 3 FFA Leadership Contest on November 17th.
EB FFA also fared well with its other teams. Sr. Creed Speaker Kourtney Kelso placed 5th out of 21, bringing home another banner for EB FFA. Jayci Potts competed in the Job Interview contest and came out 10th, while Katie Reyna, Mary Failla and Brady Babin competed in the Radio Broadcasting contest and also placed 10th.
Leadership Development Events focus on creating situations for members to demonstrate their abilities in public speaking, decision making, communication and their knowledge of agriculture and the FFA organization. Congratulations to EB FFA LDE team members and Good Luck to the Quiz Team at Area!
