Garden County Schools Science & Agriculture

On November 16, the GC FFA Chapter traveled to Chadron State College to compete in the District 12 Leadership Development Events.  Jenason Spady qualified to compete at the Nebraska FFA State Competition in Senior Public Speaking with a second-place purple ribbon.  The state competition is the last week in March in Lincoln.   Jenason’s speech is about how plastic affects our environment.  The ag demonstration team consisting of Morgan Ross, Carter, Dormann, Kade Collins, and Chris Loyd demonstrated how to treat a calf sick with scours and received a blue ribbon.  The team used our Reality Works Calf Simulator that was purchased with a Perkins fund grant.  The Parliamentary Procedures team received a blue ribbon for their demonstration on how to use parliamentary procedures during a formal meeting.  The team consisted of Emily Levick, Kyle Rote, Zeke Christiansen, Jenason Spady, Taylor Fornander, and Wyland Lobner.  The Conduct of Chapter Meeting team consisting of Kyan Kramer, Logan Le

On November 2, Oakley Larsen, Kyle Rote, Zeke Christiansen, and Gunner Roberson attended the Careers in Ag Day hosted by the Scottsbluff/Gering Chamber of Commerce at the Panhandle Research and Extension Center in Scottsbluff. They heard from Jaclyn Wilson about the importance of advocating for agriculture, and then attended sessions hosted by local business owners and leaders about how to pursue careers in their fields. Then on November 11th and 12th, Zeke Christiansen and Gunner Roberson attend the P2C conference hosted by Nebraska FFA in Kearney. The P2C conference is a chance for students to explore the agriculture pathways and the careers in those pathways. On Friday evening, the guys attend a session about the pathways taught by the Nebraska FFA State Officers and attended a dance and game night. On Saturday, they attend breakout sessions about the careers in their interested pathways. Central Valley Ag discussed the different careers that are a possible in their industry

  On November 9, the Garden County Junior High Students attended a field trip at Ash Hollow Historical State Park.  Tamara Cooper, superintendent at Ash Hollow, gave the students a tour of the museum and taught them about the Battle of Blue water.  Megan Mannary, Southwest Regional Education Specialist and Tamara also educated the students about the geology, history, and wildlife of the excavation site in the cave that was once a processing site.  The students also explored Windlass Hill.  In the afternoon, they attended three sessions.  A fishing station hosted by Darrol Eichner, Dist 4 Fisheries Biologist Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, a bird survey station taught by Laura, and education specialists from the Bird Conservancy of the Rockies, and Meghan Mannary taught the students about the mammals of Western Nebraska.