The Future Farmers of America (FFA) from Springville Junior High School went to Richfield on Friday December 2nd to attend the Utah Youth Leadership Conference. At the conference they learned about how to be a good leader and how to speak in front of crowds. They learned that someone is always looking up to them. They went to the state fairground, split up into groups, and went to different people to learn about how to be good FFA students. Students in agriculture classes and can sign up to be in the FFA group. The group drove to Richfield and stayed overnight because the conference took two days, and they wouldn’t be able to make it back in time if they drove back to Springville.
When the group got to the conference, they played a social game because everyone was kind of unfamiliar to each other. After that, the kids had a dance. Alex Venzuela, ninth grade student in the FFA group, said, “I’m pretty much the best dancer ever, and I danced my heart out with all the girls.” The whole FFA group didn’t have to come to school on that day because the conference was going to last the whole day. The FFA is doing a sub for Santa right now, and in April, they’re going back down to Richfield for another convention.
The FFA group is a very helpful group to everyone, but you have to be in ninth grade to be in it. Andalyn Hall, ninth grade student and FFA member, said, “We got to learn about how to be a good leader and we heard lots of motivational speeches. I learned a lot of new things and met lots of new people too. I had so much fun!”