FFA Accomplishments
Below are the FFA Accomplishments for the FFA Members at Clinton Junior High School
2023-2024
Activities will be updated as they are accomplished
2022-2023
Section 16 Horse Judging CDE
Pictured Above (Left to Right): Preston Howell, Paisley Schick, Lexi Merriman and Maddox Taylo
Junior High FFA members participated in the Section 16 Horse Judging CDE hosted in Sullivan, IL on September 7th, 2022.
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Our team placed first in the Junior High Division! Which qualified us to attend the State Horse Judging CDE. As individuals, Preston placed 2nd, Paisley placed 3rd, Maddox Placed 4th and Lexi placed 6th.
State Horse Judging CDE
Pictured Above (Left to Right): Olivia Hawkins, Lexi Merriman, Preston Howell and Brenna Hitchings
Junior High FFA members participated in the Illinois State Horse Judging Contest, hosted by Black Hawk East in Galva, IL.
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Our team earned the title of (#1) Top Illinois State Horse Judging - Middle School Superior Team!
Olivia Hawkins was the top middle school individual closely followed by Lexi Merriman (8th), Preston Howell (9th) and Brenna Hitchings (18th).
Section 16 Dairy Foods CDE
Pictured Above (Top Row Left to Right): Wyatt Burton, Brianna Gundy, Lexi Merriman and Preston Howell. (Bottom Row Left to Right): Olivia Hawkins, Audrey Holland, Sophie Rider and Cooper Fletcher.
Junior High FFA members participated in the Section 16 Dairy Foods CDE, hosted by Sangamon Valley FFA, in Niantic, IL.
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Our team placed 1st, which qualified us to attend the State Dairy Foods CDE. Individual placements of JH participants: Sophie Rider (1st), Preston Howell (2nd), Leci Merriman (3rd) Audrey Holland (4th), Brianna Gundy (5th), Olivia Hawkins (5th), Wyatt Burton (8th), and Cooper Fletcher (9th).
Illinois State Dairy Foods CDE
Pictured Above (Left to Right): Levi Maierhofer (IL FFA State Reporter) Cooper Fletcher, Sophie Rider, Lexi Merriman, Wyatt Burton and Preston Howell.
Junior High FFA members participated in the Illinois State Dairy Foods CDE, hosted by the University of Illinois, in Champaign, IL.
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Our middle school team placed 3rd out of seven middle school teams. Individually the members placed 5th (Preston Howell), 11th (Lexi Merriman), 16th (Cooper Fletcher), 18th (Sophie Rider), and 24th (Wyatt Burton) out of 26 participants.
FFA Week Pop Tab Collection
Pictured Above (Left to Right): Maci Brooks, Sophie Thrasher, Lola Apple, Audrey Holland, Jacey Black, Wyatt Turney, Brody Simons, and Brianna Gundy.
During FFA Week the Leadership Team held a pop tab collection drive for The Ronald McDonald House. The pop tabs collected were donated to the Section 16 pop tab collection drive. Then Section 16 weighed the pop tabs collected and named a section winner for bringing in the most tabs. After they donated the pop tabs to The Ronald McDonald House at the Illinois State FFA Convention. Clinton Junior High Students collected a whopping 34lbs of tabs. Mrs. Voegel's 8th Hour class brought in the most tabs by weight (12lbs 13oz) and earned ice cream as a reward.
95th Annual Illinois FFA State Convention
Pictured Above (Left to Right): Olivia Hawkins, Preston Howell, Lexi Merriman, Brenna Hitchings and Haley Bode (IL FFA State Secretary).
Junior High FFA members were recognized at the 95th annual Illinois FFA State Convention as the State winning Horse Judging CDE Team. Olivia Hawkins was also recognized as being the top in the state as an individual participant. They had the honor of walking across the stage and shaking the hand of State Secretary Haley Bode's hand at the 1st general session of the Convention.