Future Farmers of America (FFA) – Page 2 – USD 247 Southeast Lancers

Southeast FFA Vet Science Team Places 2nd at District Contest

After placing 3rd a year ago at the Southeast District FFA Vet Science Career Development Event, the Freshman/Sophomore level team had their sights set on improving their ranking at this year’s contest... ... [Read More]

March 29, 2016

February 21-27 is National FFA Week

The Southeast FFA Chapter will be celebrating throughout the week... ... [Read More]

February 18, 2016

Southeast FFA teams take 3rd in District Job Interview contests

The Southeast FFA team traveled to Erie on Thursday to compete in the Southeast District Job Interview contest. Both the Freshman/Sophomore team (B) and the Junior/Senior team (A) finished 3rd in their respective divisions falling short of Labette County and Girard in the A division and Labette County and Coffeyville in the B division. ... [Read More]

February 12, 2016

Southeast FFA results from Speech Contest

The Southeast FFA chapter took 4th place out of 27 teams from across the state in Saturday's Speech Contest hosted by the Kansas State University Ag Education Club. Daria Stricklin took 1st place overall in the Freshman Speech Division. ... [Read More]

February 8, 2016

Scheduling conflict means two competitions in one day for Southeast student

Mother Nature forced the Southeast District FFA to postpone a competition they were hosting last week due to icy conditions. The FFA District Welding competition in Coffeyville was rescheduled for Wednesday January 27, the same day as the FBLA District Competition in Fredonia. That meant it was a busy day for Southeast sophomore Eric Underwood, who planned to participate in both competitions. ... [Read More]

January 29, 2016

FFA Fall Recap

It was a successful Fall for the Southeast FFA chapter and the team hopes to continue their success on January 20 at the Dairy Foods, Welding and Agronomy Contest... ... [Read More]

January 12, 2016

Another Highly Successful Greenhand Conference for Southeast FFA

Southeast FFA chapter's Information Team places 4th, and for the 2nd year in a row, a Southeast FFA member is the District Creed Speaking Champion. ... [Read More]

September 28, 2015

Southeast FFA chapter kicks off its competition season

The Southeast FFA chapter took part in the Southeast District FFA Entomology, Nursery Landscape and Land Competition at Fort Scott on September 16, 2015. Here are their results... ... [Read More]

September 17, 2015

Southeast Ag instructor learning more about welding

“My goal for attending the workshop is to further develop my classroom teaching ability, along with improving my own welding abilities allowing me to provide better welding and cutting demonstrations to my students.” ... [Read More]

July 8, 2015

Southeast Ag Education a finalist for Monsanto grant

The Southeast Ag Education program is a finalist for a $25,000 grant offered by Monsanto. If awarded, we would build a livestock facility on the campus of Southeast High School. Results will be announced August 3rd. ... [Read More]

June 26, 2015

Southeast FFA chapter competes at State FFA Convention

It was a big week for the Southeast FFA Chapter at the State FFA Convention in Manhattan, Kansas. In the FFA Talent Show, Southeast's Jake Wyckoff and Zoey Ball finished 1st in fan vote and 2nd in judges vote... ... [Read More]

June 2, 2015

FFA introduced to incoming freshmen

The Southeast FFA chapter spoke with this year’s 8th grade class about their student organization. The 8th graders are being introduced to the clubs at the high school ... [Read More]

May 8, 2015

Watson places 5th, Gall 7th at Kansas State FFA Contest

Megan Gall placed 7th individually to lead the Southeast FFA Chapter Food Science team to a 5th place finish at the 2015 Kansas FFA State Career Development Event held in ... [Read More]

May 6, 2015

Southeast FFA chapter holds annual banquet

Two Southeast FFA members were honored at the banquet with $1,500 Monsanto Scholarship Awards – seniors Phillip Underwood and Jarod Watson. Southeast FFA chapter sponsor Scott Sutton said Underwood and Watson have been very successful with FFA for several reasons... ... [Read More]

April 28, 2015

Southeast FFA Floriculture team takes 2nd at Southeast Kansas District FFA Career Development

The Junior/Senior Southeast FFA Floriculture team placed 2nd at Saturday’s Southeast Kansas District FFA Career Development Event. Leading the way for Southeast was ... [Read More]

April 12, 2015

More 1st place finishes for Southeast FFA; Underwood wins scholarship

The Southeast FFA Farm Business Management team wins first place in consecutive days, first at Allen Community College Aggie Days then Northeast Oklahoma College Aggie Day competitions; and, senior Phillip Underwood bring home a $250 scholarship... ... [Read More]

April 4, 2015

Southeast FFA Excels at Fort Scott Aggie Days

Southeast FFA had a great day Friday at the FSCC Aggie Days. 1st in Ag Management, 2nd in Food Science, 1st in Creed Speaking, 2nd in Freshman Speech and tied for 3rd in the overall Sweepstakes division. ... [Read More]

March 28, 2015

Southeast FFA Places 3rd at District Vet Science Contest

The Freshman FFA class at Southeast High School brought home another plaque to hangon the wall Wednesday as the team finished 3rd at the Southeast District FFA Vet Science competition held in Independence. The team competed in the "B" division, which consist not only of freshman, but sophomores as well. ... [Read More]

March 25, 2015

Southeast FFA Brings Home 2nd Place Hardware from District Ag Sales Contest

The Southeast FFA Chapter traveled to Iola, Ks on Tuesday, March 10th to compete in the Southeast District Ag Sales Career Development Event and brought home plaques in two ... [Read More]

March 14, 2015

Farmers: You can help Southeast FFA receive $25,000

To continue to give our students the best education we are asking for your help to tell local farmers about how they can nominate USD 247 for the opportunity to compete for a grant of up to $25,000 through America’s Farmers Grow Rural Education. ... [Read More]

February 25, 2015