February Newsletter

February 2023 F F A 4 1 1LOVING Learning to do, Doing to learn, Earning to live, Living to serve FFA Week Rubber Chicken Dodge Ball Contest “\"Life is like a camera. Focus WELL WISHES FROM on what’s important. OUR COMMUNITY Capture the good times. Develop from the negatives. And if things don’t work out, take another shot.” Every contest is different. If you do poorly in one contest, it doesn’t mean you will do poorly on the next. Continue to work hard, push harder, and persevere! Also, make the time to socialize with other schools at contests! You never know….some of those may be your dorm mates, friends, or colleagues in college. Fun fact: I met my husband through FFA. -Tessa Ogden Take the time to learn Confidence isn’t thinking you’re better then anyone else, it’s something from every new experience. Every contest is realizing that you have no reason to compare yourself to new and different. Learn from both your successes anyone. Having confidence in who you are and what you believe and failures. Hold your head high and be proud of will carry you through life’s up’s and down’s. yourself. You've got this. -Crystal Alt -Janet Mayes Good Luck Loving FFA! Enjoy the experience! You will find that you will learn things that Remember to always do your best and represent proudly will help you later in life. I wasn’t in FFA (I feel I should have your school, village, family, and yourself! been) but my daughters were and it helped them immensely. -Raquel Chacon Best of luck representing your school, your town, and most importantly, yourself! -Denise Vaught Good luck Loving FFA! Y’all have come so far and have made your community and school proud! Keep up the hard work! Make as many memories as you can and have fun while learning as you go! -Misti Price

State Officer Visit Secretary Elida Miller February 6th New Mexico FFA Secretary makes a visit to Loving HighSchool to teach students the importance of Teamwork and Leadership skills. You see Miss Miller here helping a Loving FFA member with his activity she provided to help recognize individual talents and leadership skills. She also helped members set goals for the future.

FEBRUARY MEETING FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24TH Rubber Chicken Dodgeball HERE YOU CAN SEE THE LOVING FFA TEAM BONDING, BY PLAYING RUBBER CHICKEN DODGEBALL. IT WAS AN EXCITING GAME AND EVERYONE HAD A GREAT TIME. LUPITO'S TEAM WON AND ENJOYED THE VICTORY Ag Picnic AFTER THE FRIENDLY GAME, THE BOOSTERCLUB SPONSORED A HAMBURGER COOKOUT WITH FFA MEMEBERS, FRIENDS, PARENTS, AND SIBLINGS TO CELEBRATE THE CONCLUSION OF A GREAT FFA WEEK Best wishes for a successful judging season! Study hard, focus, have fun and know that many of us are cheering you on every step of the way. Keep taking opportunities living by the motto! FFA was life-changing for me, and I hope it’s the same for you, too. --Crystal Montoya

FFA WEEK Tuesday February 20-223 Each year, FFA chapters around the country celebrate National FFA Week. It’s a time to share what FFA is and the impact it has on members every day. Monday On Tuesday, we had a cow milking contest! The Juniors won the contest again with a landslide of a win! On Monday, we played Human Tic Tac Toe! The Juniors took the victory with a fierce battle against the Sophomores. Jace Carrasco milking the \"cow\"

FFA WEEK DANCE BATTLE WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY OBSTACLE COURSE Loving High School students participated in four events throughout the week to show our FFA Spirit! The focus of National FFA Week is to tell America about the great opportunities available for youth in agriculture. SOPHOMORE'S WON

Teacher Breakfast To show our teachers appreciation and how thankful we are for them FFA members catered breakfast from our local restaurant Nani's. Thank you teachers for caring for the students

THANK YOU FFA Week is over and we have so many people to thank!! Clay and Jenna For getting all the supplies and food for our cookout on Saturday February 25, 2023. Jimmy and Courtney for cooking the delicious burgers for the kids! Whitney, Parker and Natasha for helping cook and organize. Joseph and Raquel for helping the agronomy team. Crystal, Misti, Lupe and so many more for donating snacks. The Booster Club as a whole for being so awesome! We had a surprise visit from Mrs. Parents for sharing your kids with Massingill's 3 year old class. They us! brought us snacks and beautiful pictures! Special thanks to Nathan and Krista Jurva at J&J Farms for growing and providing our pecans, and Calvani's for the help in shelling and processing.

At 4:00 am on February 26th we traveled to Carrizozo for our first contest. Many of our teams have already qualified for state! Vet Science placed 6th over all, Wildlife placed 5th, Agronomy placed 6th, Food Science placed 15th and FBM placed 6th. Vet Science consist of Kynley, Laci, Kaley, Payton, Kassidy, and Chasity. Our Wildlife team was Stetson, Joslynn, Trey, Colton, and Sammi Jo. Floral was Michael. The Food Science team was Abby, Arianna, Jozette, and Leeaura. Agronomy was Lupito, Donny, Teague, Kaitlyn, and Chelsey. Last but not the least our FBM team were Teague, Michael, and Joslynn. Contest was so much fun and a great way to start off our Career Development Events (CDEs) Like Trace Adkins once sang: “These are some good times So take a good look around You may not know it now But you're gonna miss this” Good luck this season, take it all in, and have fun! - Hayley Florez (Loving FFA Alumni) Have fun at each contest. Have a take away. Take always only make us better. Have an awesome judging season! I’m know you each will do well. -Mrs. Reed You all have hearts of gold and the determination to follow your dreams. I wish you all the best of luck on this new and exciting season. Good luck to everyone! - Jacqueline Gutierrez- Take a deep BREATH and remember YOU'VE GOT THIS -Clay Harrington

Judging Practice Our members are sharpening their skills for their up coming contests with weekly Friday practices Food Science Vet Science learning Agronomy practicing their their practicums for focusing on their test with the help Triangle Test their contests of Rauqel Chacon Here is WIldlife focusing on their skulls and tracks along with their identification skills

Upcoming Events Follow us on Facebook! March 6, School Delay March 9, 8th grade Recruitment/Orientation @6pm March 11, CDE Contest @Texico March 18, CDE Contest @Roswell March 20, CDE Contest (Wildlife, Agronomy, & Floral) @ENMU-Portales March 21, CDE Contest (Food, Vet, & FBM) @ENMU-Portales March 20-24, Spring Break March 29- April 1, State CDE!!! Adults, want to help AG Jokes support our program?? What did one Dorito Scan the QR Code to rancher say to the join Booster Club meetings on Zoom. other Dorito rancher? Hey, Cool Ranch!! 2nd Tuesday of each Month What did the big @ 5:30 pm flower say to the little flower? Hey, bud!