FFA Members Attend State Fair in Salt Lake

On Friday, September 7th, all of the FFA members in Springville Junior High were excused from class at 1:00  to attend the State Fair in Salt Lake. It wasn’t just the kids at SJHS though, all members of the Springville FFA chapter went. FFA stands for Future Farmers of America. It’s a class that students can take in ninth grade, and it teaches them about the agriculture of America. 

FFA members learned a lot about animals and farming at the State Fair. According to Mrs. Giffing, FFA teacher at SJHS, students that go to the State Fair every year learn lots of important lessons, such as showing and selling a market animal, as well as entering shop projects or fresh vegetables and fruit from their gardens.  

They also attended the PRCA (Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association) rodeo while at the fair. Nicole Robbins, a ninth grader at SJHS, said, “We saw these guys jump out of a plane and parachute down into the rodeo arena. It was really cool.”

The FFA members got to eat at a restaurant after being at the fair for a while. Brett Perkins, a ninth grader at SJHS, said, “We got to see a lot of animals. We saw rabbits, cows, sheep, live fish, and even a tarantula.”