Otselic Valley Central School District

CONGRATULATIONS to Joe Roodenburg and Austin Sherman from the Otselic Valley Class of 2020 who both earned American degrees awarded at the 94th National FFA Convention & Expo. They've now earned the top award in FFA! "As the highest degree achievable in the National FFA Organization, the American FFA Degree shows an FFA member’s dedication to his or her chapter and state FFA association. It demonstrates the effort FFA members apply toward their supervised agricultural experience and the outstanding leadership abilities and community involvement they exhibited through their FFA career. American FFA Degree recipients show promise for the future and have gone above and beyond to achieve excellence. The requirements to earn the American FFA Degree are set forth in the National FFA Constitution. To be eligible to receive the American FFA Degree, members must meet qualifications such as a receiving a State FFA Degree, holding active membership for the past three years, completing secondary instruction in an agricultural education program and operating an outstanding supervised agricultural experience program. Community service, leadership abilities and outstanding scholastic achievement are also required. All applications are submitted to the National FFA Organization after approval of a member's state association. After review by national staff, the National FFA Board of Directors approve qualified candidates to receive the American FFA Degree at the National FFA Convention & Expo" (from the FFA website: https://www.ffa.org/participate/awards/american-ffa-degree/). Although Joe and Austin couldn't travel to this year's National Convention in Indiana for this award, please join us in extending our deep appreciation to Joe and Austin. Their work, focus, commitment, and exemplary achievements are memorable and appreciated.