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.
About the FFA
The 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.
Emblem: The emblem represents the history, goals, and future of the organization. The five symbols of the emblem are: the cross ssection of the ear of corn, the rising sun, the plow, the eagle, and the owl.
Degrees: The Greenhand and Chapter FFA Degress are awarded to students on the local level. The State FFA Degree is awarded to the top members of the state association at the annual state convention. The American FFA Degree is conferred on the top members of national association during the National Convention.
The Agricultural Education Mission: Agricultural education prepares students for successful careers and a lifetime of informed choices in global agriculture, food, fiber, and natural resources systems.
The agricultural education program is built on the three core areas of classroom/laboratory instruction, supervised agricultural experience (SAE) programs and FFA student organization activities/opportunities. The program is designed for delivery through these three components as follows:
Classroom/Laboratory Instruction - quality instruction in and about agriculture that utilizes a "learning by doing" philosophy.
Supervised Agriculture Experience Programs - all students are expected to have an agriculturally related work-based learning experience while enrolled in agricultural education courses.
FFA Student Organization Activities/Opportunities - FFA activities are an integral part of the agricultural education program that all agricultural education students should participate in if they are to fully benefit from their enrollment in the program. 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.
Elk Grove High School Agriculture Department/FFA 9800 Elk Grove-Florin Road Elk Grove, CA 95624 916-686-7741
