In conversations afterwards, several different members of the agriculture community said how pleased they were that Howard County had been willing to re-establish agriculture education. Watts, from the Maryland FFA Foundation, made a presentation of a $250 check to the chapter.Īfter the meeting was adjourned, Kathy Wojcik, the agriculture educator for the new academy and the new chapter’s advisor, thanked everyone once more for coming out to support the chapter and its 14 new members. Mayo also expressed thanks that “Howard County has stepped up to invest in its students.” Heavner was followed by George Mayo, executive director of MAEF, who thanked both Terrie Shank, executive director for Maryland FFA Association, and Dymek for their efforts in establishing and supporting the new Chapter. Lee Heavner, president of the Maryland State FFA Alumni, presented Ellie Feaga with a brand-new gavel to conduct the chapter’s business. Other individuals who spoke included Sharon Kramer, the coordinator of career and technology for Howard County Public Schools, and Howie Feaga, president of the Howard County Farm Bureau, both of whom welcomed the new chapter members to the county agricultural community. Joe Dymek, Maryland Agricultural Education Foundation president who led the advisory committee for the formation of the program extended thanks to the agricultural community for their support in re-establishing the program in Howard County and particularly extended his “thanks to Ellie Feaga for taking the bull by the horns” to lobby at both the state and the county levels to re-establish the program. Newly installed chapter president Ellie Feaga then opened the meeting to those present.
FFA INSTALLATION OF NEW OFFICERS CEREMONY INSTALL
He also noted “the shifting technologies that have changed farming over the years” and that the new FFA chapter and the new agricultural science high school academy would “provide opportunities to students to walk those pathways.”Īfter a brief intermission for photographs, Maryland State President Sydnie Grossnickle asked for a motion and a second “to omit all the usual business and proceed with the special ceremony … to charter a new chapter for high school students” and install its officers.Īt the conclusion of the installation of the new chapter’s officers, Grossnickle “turned their duties over to the newly installed officers of the Howard County Chapter.” Martin Martirano spoke briefly to highlight that the Chapter’s renewed presence “acknowledges the significance that agriculture plays in County” and “helps us understand what provide in terms of sustainability of us as humans.”
5, members of Howard County’s agriculture community gathered at the county school system’s Application Research Lab for the Charter Ceremony of the Howard County FFA Chapter and the installation of its first slate of officers.Īlthough originally slated for the week before Thanksgiving, the ceremony’s rescheduling in the midst of the holiday season quickly became apt as it celebrated the return of agriculture education to Howard County’s high schools.Īfter the Maryland State FFA officers opened the gathering, Howard County Public School Superintendent, Dr.
Maryland FFA officers are seated in front. Michael Martirano, far right, superintendent of Howard County public schools, stands with the students and staff of the new Howard County FFA chapter at its charter ceremony last week.
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