ST. ELMO FFA HONORED AT STATE CONVENTION
Members of the St. Elmo FFA chapter attended the 96th annual Illinois State FFA Convention June 11-13 along with more than 5,000 other FFA members, advisors, and guests. With a 2024 theme of “United As One,” the three-day event annually recognizes achievements of Illinois FFA members, elects the major state officer team, and celebrates agriculture.
During the convention, the following awards were presented to the St. Elmo FFA chapter:
Illinois State FFA Degree: Kinley Carson, Anna Stine, Lane Stine, and Lowell Wilhour were conferred with State FFA Degrees by the Illinois Association for meeting all requirements including productive financial investments and earnings in a supervised agricultural experience and FFA participation, leadership, and academic excellence. The State FFA Degree is the highest achievement an FFA member can achieve in Illinois; less than 2% of members statewide earn this prestigious recognition.
American FFA Degree: Dylan Dial, Sydney Stine, and Wyatt Stine were recognized for earning the highest degree achievable in the National FFA Organization. The 2024 American FFA Degrees will be officially conferred at the National FFA Convention in Indianapolis in October and recognizes the most dedicated members in the country who demonstrated excellence with their supervised agricultural experience, provided outstanding leadership and community service, and earned scholastic achievement throughout their FFA career.
Harvest For All Section Winner: The chapter was recognized for excellence in efforts to fight food insecurity in Illinois through dollars raised, pounds of food donated, and hours volunteered. Illinois Farm Bureau Young Leaders sponsors the Harvest For All awards.
State Winner Land Use Career Development Event: The chapter was recognized for winning the state Land Use CDE, which requires team members to evaluate soil characteristics and composition while also calculating slope and soil erosion.
Students at the convention were greeted with activities including a career fair featuring colleges and agribusinesses and an opportunity to engage in the history of Illinois’ capital city. The sessions featured addresses by National FFA Western Region Vice President Emily Gossett of New Mexico and from each of the retiring major state officers.
Congratulations to Trenten Monnet on earning 6th place in the Discus at the State Track & Field meet on May 25 at EIU.
Trenton Monnet is the Sectional Champion in both Shot and Disc!
He has advanced to the IHSA State Track & Field Meet held at EIU on Thursday 5/23.
Congratulations to the following for medaling at the Jr. High State Track meet!
Ella Morrison placed 5th in hurdles with a time of 17.55 seconds;
Kinley Kimberlin placed 5th in shot put with a throw of 8.37 meters
Congratulations to our Illinois State Scholars!
Congratulations to the H.S. girls that qualified for the IHSA State Track Meet!
Katie Berner - 100m Hurdles, 4x200m Relay;
Cordelia Lytle - 4x200m Relay;
Addie Sasse - 4x200m Relay;
Presley Williams - 4x200m Relay;
Chloe Austin - 4x200m Relay;
Leslie Felmlee - 4x200m Relay
Congratulations to Ella Morrison (Track & Field) for being named the April Jr. High Athlete of the Month!
Congrats to Dayana Haslett & Jayna Ireland. Both earned N.T.C. All-Conference Honorable Mention for Softball. Jayna was also Honorable Mention E.I.C.
Congratulations to Dayana Haslett for being selected to the Egyptian Illini All-Conference Softball Team!
Final Plant Sale - Tuesday, May 7th - 9:00 am - 4:00 pm - ALL Plants 4 for $1.00. Plants available include Tomato, Radish, Lettuce, Cucumber, Greenbeans, Pumpkin, Watermelon, Coleus, Marigolds, Vinca, Dusty Miller, Moss Rose, Golidlocks Rocks, and Petunias.
Congratulations to Jayna Ireland (Softball) for being named as the April H.S. Athlete of the Month!
Congratulations to the JH Tracksters that qualified for State at Saturday's Sectional Track Meet! They will compete in the IESA State Track Meet at the Eastside Centre in Peoria on May 10 & 11.
The following will compete at the State Meet:
Ariana Kistler- 100m Hurdles and 4x100;
Ella Morrison- 100m Hurdles (SECTIONAL CHAMP!) and 4x100;
Izzy Orr- High Jump and 4x100;
Aniston Mahon- 4x100;
Kinley Kimberlin- Shot put (SECTIONAL CHAMP!);
Keiara Speagle- 4x100 (alternate)
The following athletes placed 1st at the JHNTC Track Meet on May 1st.
100m Dash - Cory Stufflebeam;
4x400m relay - Easton Wehrle, Cory Stufflebeam, Kanden Tompkins, Jaxon Moore;
Shot Put - Auni Wollin
St Elmo FFA just finished Day 2 at the National Land Judging Contest which was filled with practice soil pits, study sessions and a team social with the other teams from across the United States. The team will begin competition day tomorrow at 7:30 am! They are so excited to represent the St Elmo community!
Congratulations to the following individual NTC Track Champions!
Presley Williams - 100m Dash;
400m Relay - Cordelia Lytle, Addie Sasse, Chloe Counts, Presley Williams;
800m Relay - Katie Berner, Addie Sasse, Cordelia Lytle, Presley Williams;
Discus - Trenten Monnet
Sale! Sale! Sale! To celebrate the St Elmo FFA heading to Oklahoma this week to compete in the National Land Judging Contest all plants are 1/2 off! Greenhouse will be open 9:30 - 3:30 on Monday and closed Tuesday - Friday.
Lane Stine, junior member of the St Elmo FFA was honored at the Section 19 FFA Banquet on Wednesday, April 24th at Morrisonville High School for his year of service as the 2023-2024 Section 19 FFA Treasurer.
St Elmo FFA members Peyton Garrard and Wade Stine were recently elected to serve on the 2024-2025 Section 19 FFA Officer Team as an extension of the Illinois State FFA Officer Team.
St. Elmo FFA members received numerous awards and recognitions at the Section 19 FFA Banquet held at Morrisonville High School on Wednesday, April 24th. Members were honored for their achievements in career development events, supervised agricultural experience projects and earning the coveted Illinois State FFA Degree.
Baseball Seniors & their parents were honored before the April 19 game vs. Mulberry Grove.
The final score BSE 4, M.G. 2
