During the week of February 20th through the 24th Bear River High School had a spirit week for the FFA. The BRHS FFA chapter does this every year as do most schools across the country As part of the FFA week everyday they would have a dress up and some sort of activity before and after school.
Students were told to wear blue and gold: national FFA colors (national colors for the FFA are corduroy blue and corn gold). After school the chapter had a FFA sweethearts competition for the girls At the competition they were required to throw a hay bale over a bar, hammer a nail into a board, carry water buckets a certain distance, milk a cow, and take a test. After the competition was over points were contributed to the pageant itself., which would take place that Friday. Wednesday the dress up was Western Wednesday. Students wore button up shirts, cowboy hats, vests, and other items classified as western wear. That day was also drive your tractor to school day. Only three students drove their tractors, Carter Wilkinson, Aiden Hansen, Stetson Westmoreland were the students. This year, Not many students did because it was raining that day and not all tractors are closed cabs. “I got soaking wet,” said Carter, who drove a zero turn lawn mower. After school the chapter did a dance. At the dance they had cornhole in the commons, dancing in the mechanic shop, and roping in the welding shop. With the competition on Thursday going on, multiple other FFA chapters were in town and invited to come to the dance. The dress up for Thursday asked students to wear their FFA apparel which could be their hoodies, shirts, and other stuff. During this they also had the NUI, which stands for the Northern Utah Invitational. This is a competition hosted at the Box Elder fairgrounds and USU Tremonton where FFA chapters from around the state come to compete. Bear River had a few teams compete and two teams placed first. One of the teams was milk quality. Leland Ivers, a Junior at Bear River, said, “I was surprised we won. We normally place really well but overall we came in first.” The milk quality team beat second place by 93 points which is a much bigger win gap compared to the 20 points between second and third place. Leland came first on his team and third overall. Friday students wore FFA jackets to school. Before school the advisors made breakfast burritos and fed them to anyone who came. After school they had the sweethearts pageant where the competing girls would have a guy escort them. They’d say something about themselves and then sit down. After all the girls walked, they showed a video of the officers interviewing each competitor asking them questions about the competition. At the end of the competition they had rewards for a lot of girls, but the overall winner was Kori Garn. Oakley Ward, who competed, said, “ I had so much fun during the competition and pageant! I really enjoyed the opportunity to compete against the girls my own age and to watch those girls do their best. They all did so good and looked so good with their escorts.” We want to thank everyone who participated in this year’s FFA Spirit week! Here’s to another amazing year of FFA!
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