Selection of New Officers

While the rest of the Moore’s student body was counting down the final days to summer vacation, the FFA program was reloading and preparing for the 2023-2024 school year. The highly-successful program has elected new officers:

President: Collin Adamo

Vice-President: Avery Beecher

Sentinel: Kennedy Lane

Reporter: JJ Pack

Treasurer: Maddison Wynd

Secretary: Brody Helm

Jessica Dunlap, FFA advisor and agriculture instructor, says the new leadership team will waste very little time preparing for next school year.

“This is their year of service,” said Dunlap. “They're the ones they will start this summer and plan our entire year out. We usually have like what we call an officer retreat where we go for like a weekend and we have fun and we eat good food, but then we spend a lot of time doing some leadership, some team-building, and literally we plan out an entire school year.”

That organization and planning is something Beecher is excited about.

“We’ll be putting on a lot of events like a back-to-school burger bash and a watermelon social,” said Beecher. “It’s all super-exciting and I can’t wait to get started.

With FFA President Collin Adamo serving as a Junior Escort for graduation (and unable to attend our interview) Beecher and the rest of the leadership team said they’re more than prepared to step up and take on responsibility. That includes Lane’s role as “sentinel.”

“I assist the President in maintaining order,” said Lane. “I also welcome guests and keep the the meeting room in proper condition. It’s exciting to welcome new members and introduce them to others.”

Those introductions are just the beginning of friendships that will deepen over the coming years. It’s one of the things Pack is looking forward to documenting as he assumes the role of reporter.

Pack said, “I get to take a lot of photos and keep the other FFA chapters up-to-date on what’s going on with our chapter. There are so many great people in FFA and I’m looking forward to keeping everyone informed about what we’re doing as a chapter.”

With so many events and activities going on, Wynd’s role as treasure is especially important.

“This is my second year as treasurer and I’m excited to use that experience to help make the chapter better,” said Wynd. “This is a great group of officers and we have a great chapter, so it should be a fantastic year.”

Keeping track of the details of all the meetings falls on the shoulders of Brody Helm, who says his sister pushed him to become involved in FFA. That “push” is something he’s grateful for.

”This is my second year in FFA and I can say that I love the people I’ve met,” said Helm. “Everybody is welcoming and ready to help you with anything you’re doing.”

Dunlap is excited about this new leadership team.

“These kids are the cream of the crop,” said Dunlap. “I’m super-excited because they’re an energetic and hard-working team and I’m sure we’ll have a great year next year.”