Why join the covington ffa? 2017-2018 Mr. Johnson Covington Ag Department

2017-2018 Covington FFA Officers President= Averi Cole Vice-President= Steven Sartain Vice-President= Nick Kellum Vice-President= Madison Johnson Secretary= Quentin Morris Treasurer= John Travis Turner Reporter= Elisha Spitler Sentinel= Tommy Flanagan Parliamentarian= Joseph Hellman

2017-2018 Covington FFA Officers and Members from camp

COVINGTON ffa aDVISORS Mr. Johnson= Advance Food Science, Advanced Agriculture, Wildlife Management, and Agriculture Mechanics Mr. Cole= Agriscience, Large Animal Science, Agriculture Business (Personal Finance) and Agriculture Power and Equipment Mrs. Flanagan=Greenhouse, Small Animal Care, and Landscaping

Mrs. Liz Flanagan

Mr. Bryan Cole

Mr. jerry Johnson

Career Development events EACH YEAR THE COVINGTON FFA PARTICIPATES IN NUMEROUS CAREER DEVELOPMENT EVENTS (CDE’S) OR CONTEST MR. JOHNSON HAS BEEN KNOWN TO HELP THOSE WHO HELP THEMSELVES BY PARTICIPATING IN THESE CONTEST (HINT, HINT, WINK, WINK)

CDE’s Here are a list of the Competitions that we are competing in for the 2017-2018 School Year.

faLL cde’S FOR COVINGTON FFA DAIRY JUDGING-(Aug 22rd @ Paris, STATE IS SEP 11th DAIRY FOODS (SEP 11TH @ NASHVILLE) SOIL JUDGING- (LEXINGTON SEP 26TH, UTM OCT 3rd STATE IS OCT 30th @ JACKSON) AG SALES-Dyer County HS (SEPTEMBER 30TH) LIVESTOCK JUDGING- (STATE SEP 11th, REGIONAL NOV 2nd, PARSONS NOV 9th) PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE/OPENING AND CLOSING- (MUNFORD Nov 28th, South Gibson DEC 5th and 7th)

Fall cde’S AG SALES: 3rd in West Tennessee DAIRY JUDGING: 6th in West TN

FALL CDE’s Livestock Judging: West TN 3rd in West Tennessee, 4H Regional Champions, State Finals in Sept Soil Judging: Lexington Invitational Champions, 3rd in West TN Finals, 7th in State, 4H Regional Champions

FALL CDE’s Parliamentary Procedure:4th in West TN, CCM 9th in West TN Dairy Foods: West TN and State Champions, National Bronze Medalist, 33rd in Nation

Winter CDE’s HORSE JUDGING-UTM (Jan 11th and 23rd) Prepared, Job Interview, FFA CREED and Extemporaneous Public Speaking-TRENTON (Feb 1st CROCKETT COUNTY FEB 6th AND 8th) AGRICULTURE MECHANICS-HAYWOOD COUNTY (MARCH 6th) STATE AG MECHANICS IS APRIL 27TH AT TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY

Winter cde’s Extemp Speaking: 3rd in West TN, Job Interview: West TN Regional Champions, 3rd in State, Prepared Public Speaking: 8th in West Tennessee, FFA Creed: 6th in West Tennessee

Winter CDE’s Lower Agriculture Mechanics: West TN Regional Champions, Upper Agriculture Mechanics: 6th in West TN

SPRING CDE’s FLORICULTURE AND NURSERY-JACKSON STATE (APRIL 14TH) STATE @ TENNESSEE TECH (APRIL 28TH) FORESTRY-PARSONS (APRIL 26TH) STATE AT CAMP CLEMENTS (JUNE 8-9) POULTRY-UNION CITY (APRIL 12TH) STATE AT UTM (APRIL 21st) FOOD SCIENCE, DAIRY FOODS, AND MEATS (APRIL 7TH AT UT-KNOXVILLE) ENVIRONMENTAL AND NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT AND AGRONOMY-JUNE 9th AT CAMP CLEMENTS

SPRING CDE’S Poultry: West TN Regional Runner-Up, State Runner-Ups Food Science: West TN Regional Champions and State Runner-Up

Spring cde’s Nursery: West TN Regional Champions and State Champions, will compete this fall at Nationals Forestry: 5th in State Finals

Spring CDE’s Environmental and NRM: West TN Regional Champions and State Runner-Up Agronomy: West TN Regional Runner-Up

NEW CDE’s MEAT JUDGING and AGRICULTURE COMMUNICATIONS (Mr. Johnson) AGRICULTURE ISSUES (Mr. Cole)

Leadership Activities MR. JOHNSON “THAT WAS WAY COOL DUDE…………………BUT, I AM NOT THE BIGGEST FFA COTNEST DOER.COM PERSON” WHAT ELSE DOES FFA HAVE FOR ONE? LETS LOOK AT LEADERSHIP ACTIVITES

Leadership activities NATIONAL FFA CONVENTION- INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA OCT 24TH-28TH) STATE FFA CONVENTION-GATLINBURG, TENNESSEE (MARCH 24TH-MARCH 28TH) CAMP CLEMENTS-(JULY 2018) WASHINGTON LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE (WLC)- WASHINGTON D.C. CHAPTER OFFICER RETREAT-(PARIS, TENNESSEE MOUNTAIN VIEW, ARKANASAS, REELFOOT LAKE, AND SHELBY FOREST) 212 AND 360 CONFERENCE AT CAMP CLEMENTS (NOV 17TH AND 18TH)

NATIONAL FFA CONVENTION

State ffa convention

CAMP CLEMENTS 2017

212 and 360 conference

Livestock showing “Mr. J, that was amazing……..truly amazing, you must be the most interesting man in the world with all those cool leadership stuff things you were saying. I want to do something where I get dirty and have a lot of fun!! Livestock Showing is your calling then. Our chapter has one of the stronger market lambs programs in West Tennessee as well as a breeding gilt and goat program Also have students exhibit cattle with Turner Angus Farms CHECK IT OUT!!!!!!!!!

Livestock showing

Livestock showing

Fun activities “TOTALLY GNARLY…………BUT I PUT ON FOR MY CITY MR. J………NOT FOR THESE OTHER CATS….TELL ME SOME FUN ACTIVITES WHERE I CAN GET MY GROOVE ON.” LETS TAKE A LOOK

FUN Activities BACK TO SCHOOL PUTT-PUTT NIGHT-AUGUST 29th MOVIE NIGHT-OCTOBER AND FEBRUARY HAYRIDE-NOVEMBER CARL PERKINS CHRISTMAS PARTY-DECEMBER BREAD OF LIFE FOOD PANTRY-EVERY OTHER THURSDAY AT 1ST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR!!! FFA OLYMPICS

FUN ACTIVITIES

Ffa Week Activities FFA WEEK OCCURS IN FEBURARY HERE ARE SOME OF THE ACTIVITES THAT THE OFFICERS ARE PLANNING TUESDAY-TOUGH GUY TUESDAY, FACULTY BREAKFAST WEDNESDAY-WONDERFUL CAMO WEDNEDAY, BOWLING NIGHT THURSDAY-GOODWILL TOUR, FFA COOKOUT FRIDAY-MUDDY SOMETHING DAY SATURDAY-MID SOUTH FARM AND GIN SHOW

FFA WEEK

Fun Activities MR. JOHNSON IS ALSO PLANNING FOR HIS CLASSES (MUST BE IN FFA, hint, hint, wink, wink) ADVANCED AG/AG MECHANICS— NATIONAL FARM AND MACHINERY SHOW, FEB 10TH, 2018) WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT—REELFOOT LAKE STATE PARK (TIPTONVILLE, DECEMBER 8TH) FOOD SCIENCE-VARSITY VISIT AT UT- KNOXVILLE (Oct 13th and 14th)

Final thoughts SO, AT THIS POINT, YOU ARE PROBARLY SAYING ONE OF THREE THINGS TO YOURSELF “MR. J, I AM IN LIKE FLIN” “MR. J, LET ME THINK ABOUT IT” or “MR. J, JUST SHUT THE %#$* UP” HERE IS A FINAL THOUGHT

Final Thoughts WHAT YOU MAY NOT HAVE REALIZED THAT AS THE TEACHER I AM GOING TO DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE SUCCESSFUL IN THIS CLASS AND BEYOND THESE WALLS. YOU HAVE A TEACHER THAT WILL GO TO BAT FOR YOU AND DO WHATEVER IS NECESSARY. KEEP THIS IN MIND AS YOU MAKE THE DECISION TO JOIN THE FFA OR NOT

THAT’S ALL FOLKS!!!!!!!!!!