Chapter Activity

Written By Kamryn Keester. Everyone knows college is expensive, but it doesn’t have to be. Many scholarships are available to seniors. If you attended Skylar’s scholarship workshop, she gave you a spreadsheet with some information. There are many more not on this list as well. Iowa FFA, National FFA, and our Boosters all give out scholarships for various amounts. If you are involved in other things, there are many outside of FFA! Be on the lookout for deadlines, they are fast

Written By Avery Mommsen. The FFA American Degree is the highest degree achievable in the FFA organization. It embodies leadership, community service and accomplishments in your SAE. Earning this degree reflects your commitment and hard work put into FFA. The American Degree requires students to earn and invest at least $10,500 into their SAE. Additionally, you must show strong leadership, participate in community service, maintain complete agricultural records, and be an FFA

Written By Emily Sutton. On Monday, December 15th, Dewitt FFA held its second annual Roots to Riches event at the Clinton County Fairgrounds with over 90 FFA members and guests present. This event doubled as the December meeting and an opportunity for FFA members and their parents to learn more about FFA contests, as well as the benefits they provide to members throughout not just their FFA careers but also their future professional careers. At Roots to Riches three Hall of F

Written By Coy Krukow. Central DeWitt FFA members with market beef brought in their cattle to weigh-ins on Saturday, December 20, 2025, at the DeWitt Vet Clinic. The event gave FFA members the opportunity to officially record weights for their market projects. Members worked alongside advisors and local veterinarians to ensure accurate and efficient weights, DNA samples, and date of birth. These things help track animal growth and prepare for upcoming shows and record books.

Written By Taylor Houser An informal gathering of the Central Dewitt FFA Boosters was held on December 15th, 2025 in the Clinton County Fairgrounds auditorium. In collaboration with the Roots to Riches event, parents of FFA students attended a breakout session with the boosters. Approximately 57 guests were present at the meeting. Parents were invited to attend boosters meetings, which are held on the third Monday of each month in the high school ag room. The boosters informe

Written By Macy Poll. This month's member of the month is IzabellaMayer. Izabella is a Freshman, and this is her second year in FFA. Izabella’s favorite part about FFA is the experience and the people. She has already taken on a few leadership roles this year, including helping with concessions for the boosters and assisting with the Welton fire breakfast. Last year she participated in the give back kick back. Her SAE is asparagus plot. We would also like to recognize that sh

Written By Claire McGarry. The December SAE update on AET is due December 31. You will need to complete 10 entries that are mainly related to your SAE project. If you don’t have enough SAE activities to reach 10, you may include classroom activities to meet the requirement. Be sure to upload a picture of yourself working on your SAE or participating in an agriculture-related classroom activity if your SAE isn’t active right now. Also, make sure to update any new community ser

Written By Carlee Garrity. With competition season coming up, we ask all members to fill out the sign-ups our FFA coach Skylar Bator sent out in an email a while ago. I also created a document with the title of each event, a small description, and a link to the rules and regulations of each specific event. Mrs.Grantz and Skylar will look over the survey and assign students to each specific event. If you have an opinion on what contest you want to compete in, please fill out t

Written By Lucas Burken. On Monday, December 1st, from 8:30-12:15 several FFA members and NHS members helped decorate at Dewitt Fieldstone. Our group worked together to decorate trees, windows, and different areas around the facility, we also went around and caroled for the residents eating lunch and sitting in there rooms. There were about 40 people helping in total, including three FFA memb ers, which made the work go much faster. As one of the workers said “without all thi

Written By Carlee Garrity. At the Clinton County fair this year, the FFA had 21 members compete in livestock, the dog show, crops, and photography. Senior Ty Henningsen won The Best of The Best title for Market Lamb and Market Hog. Graduated member Hannah Grantz and senior Lucas Burken competed in crops; Hannah won champion and reserve champion , and Lucas received third overall! Members also competed in competitions such as livestock judging in which Senior Kyle Deppe and so