Last week our ten local Eureka High School FFA officers had an incredible opportunity to gather together with thousands of other FFA students from across the United States in Indianapolis, Indiana for this year’s National FFA Convention. This year’s theme was infinite potential; it showed us how every single person has the potential to do great things, an unlimited amount of potential. They heard from speakers such as comedian Josh Shipp about how we will face adversity in life, but how to overcome that adversity and use it to our advantage. They also heard from people such as The US Dept. of Education’s Arne Duncan and one of our National FFA officers Bethanay Bohnenbust.
The officers had a great time in Indianapolis going to workshops such as How to Use Conflict Creatively, visiting the cities art and rhythm museums, going to a Lady Antebellum Concert, and a rodeo that the city puts on for the National FFA. They also participated in the career show, learning about growing businesses in the agriculture industry and colleges around the states who have a major focus on agriculture. The officers that went grew not only as a person but as a team collectively and will now bring home what they learned at convention and apply it to our local Eureka FFA chapter.
