O'Neals - Minarets FFA
Premier Leadership ~ Personal Growth ~ Career Success
"Learning to Do, Doing to Learn" Is the first half of the FFA Motto and that is exactly what students at Minarets High School go through each and everyday. Minarets High School's first year of operation began in August 2008 with twenty-seven 9th graders in the Pilot Program. The school moved onto the new campus in September 2009. The school encompasses two major career pathways, one of which is Agriculture and Natural Resources.
In the Agriculture department students are exposed to a wide variety of courses and leadership activities to enhance themselves as an individual as well as work on their team building skills. Even with a chapter consisting of over 450 members, the students have plenty of opportunities to get involved!
FFA Mission
FFA makes a positive difference in the lives of students by developing their potential for premier leadership, personal growth and career success through agricultural education.
To accomplish its mission, FFA:
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Develops competent and assertive agricultural leadership.
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Increases awareness of the global and technological importance of agriculture and its contribution to our well-being.
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Strengthens the confidence of agriculture students in themselves and their work.
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Promotes the intelligent choice and establishment of an agricultural career.
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Encourages achievement in supervised agricultural experience programs.
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Encourages wise management of economic, environmental and human resources of the community.
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Develops interpersonal skills in teamwork, communications, human relations and social interaction.
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Builds character and promotes citizenship, volunteerism and patriotism.
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Promotes cooperation and cooperative attitudes among all people.
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Promotes healthy lifestyles.
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Encourages excellence in scholarship
About FFA!
The FFA Organization is an organization of, by, and for students studying agriculture in public secondary schools under the provision of the Vocational Education Acts.
As an integral part of the program of agriculture education in the public school system of America, the FFA has become well known in recent years. No other national student organization enjoys greater freedom of self-government under adult council and guidance than the FFA. Organized in November 1928, it has served to motivate and vitalize the effective instruction offered to students of vocational agriculture and to provide further training in farmer citizenship and agricultural business.
The FFA is a non-profit, non-political agriculture youth organization, designed to take its place with other agents striving for the development of leadership, the advancement of agriculture technology, and improvement of agricultural life. The foundation upon which the FFA organization is molded includes leadership, service, thrift, scholarship, improved agriculture, organized recreation, citizenship, and patriotism.
National headquarters for the FFA are located in the Agricultural Education Branch Office of Health, Education, and Welfare in Washington D.C. The National Convention is held annually in Indianapolis, Indiana and the California Association holds its annual Conference in Sacramento, California.