6 • The Beacon February 16 , 2023
FFA provides many opportunities for students
By Marianne Austin
FFA is an organization that changes lives and prepares members for leadership , personal growth and career success through an agricultural education . FFA chapters may be chartered in any public school with an agricultural education program .
The agriculture teacher and advisor for the River View chapter is Alyssa Mullett . She has held this position since 2012 and is a graduate of River View High School as well . Leadership also is provided by student officers who are elected each year by the chapter ’ s members .
“ FFA offers a lot of different projects , entrepreneur-type projects , raising crops and several job-placement units where they work for someone in an ag-related field developing skills in different areas ,” Mullett said . “ Several River View students work at dairy farms in the county . Some students work for landscaping businesses and different beef farms . Some work on their own family farms . Some of the students raise projects on the school farm . This program is for ninth- through 12th-graders .”
River View is not the only school with a farm . Ridgewood School just
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Kyliegh Jacobs and Brandon Karr learn how to administer medication to piglets as part of their experiences in the agriculture education courses . obtained some land and a barn to expand its agricultural program with a farm .
“ Not very many schools have a farm at the production level that River View has ,” Mullett said .
River View has about 265 acres of land that is used for several different enterprises . They have a pig
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FFA members work together to prepare products for the annual FFA Fruit Sale . This project allows students to learn about sales techniques and earn funds for the chapter to participate in different events .
co-op , chicken co-op and cow / calf herds at the school farm managed by Mullett and husband Travis Mullett .
“ The hog co-op is where students together can raise a group of pigs , do all of the management things throughout the summer , and take those pigs and animals to the fair in October ,” Mullett said . “ The chicken co-op is very similar to the hogs . The students pool their money
together and raise a group of chickens — market broilers that they can take to the fair for FFA as well . They keep records for finances such as feed and learn how to budget their project with their school advisor , and a support group from Walhonding Valley Farmers partners with them to lend support with some of the capital .
“ They keep records for their project and can use
their records to apply for a Proficiency Award as well as their State Degree and American Degree , the degrees that are offered through the FFA organization .”
The Mulletts have educational opportunities for the kids throughout the year at school including different management practices with beef herds .
“ With the pigs they have
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