FFA Finds Success at District LDEs
After many weeks of preparation, Leigh FFA traveled to Howells to compete in District LDEs on Monday, December, 4th.
LDEs stand for Leadership Development and is a competition consisting of many different public speaking events.
Leadership Development Events are a great opportunity for students to learn more about agriculture and develop speaking skills that are helpful for their future careers.
This year, Leigh FFA members worked very hard on their LDE projects and showed them off at districts with 13 members qualifying for state and more being named alternates.
“It was exciting to get out with the FFA chapter and be with other schools,” junior Kammy Held said, “We were proud to show our hard work, and we were even more proud when we heard a lot of us went State Bound. Overall, it was a great day to be in Leigh FFA.”
FFA Advisor Alyssa Went said, “We had a great District Leadership Development Events! I am extremely happy with how our members did! There were 17 schools in our district and the competition was the deepest it has ever been in every contest! We qualified 13 kids for the State Convention in April, and we are ready to keep working hard!”
LDE Results:
State Qualifiers and Alternates:
Champion Ag Demo team–Delanie Erwin, Brianne Kuhr, Kammy Held, Carter Brabec, and Jared Olson
Runner-Up Conduct of Chapter Meetings–Carmen Malena, Blake Loseke, Reann Bruhn, Reese Bruhn, Reese Wietfeld, Hannah Martensen, and Kaylee Brabec
Runner-Up Cooperative Speaker–Delanie Erwin
Runner-Up Junior Public Speaker–Sydney Messerlie
3rd Place Junior Public Speaker–Hannah Martensen
Creed Speaking Alternate–Blake Loseke
Natural Resources Speaking Alternate –Brianne Kuhr
Extemporaneous Speaking Alternate–Luke Eisenmann
More Results:
Ag Demo–(Purple) Senior and Sophomore Teams
Senior Team–Jordan Noonan, Macy Clausen, James Grotelueschen, Dylan Higby, and Nathan Bahns
Sophomore Team–Karly Wendt, Ava Kasik, Nevaeh Zulkoski, Luke Eisenmann, and Kyle McMullin
Natural Resources–(Blue) Cody Jedlicka and (Red) Jacob Martensen
Cooperative–(Purple) Grace Hansen and (Blue) Rebecca Hastrieter
Senior Public–(Purple) Kammy Held and (Blue) Paige Kurpgewiet
Junior Public–(Red) Daphne Jedlicka
Extemporaneous–(Red) James Moore
Employment Skills–(Purple) Macy Clausen, (Blue) Jack Brabec, and Gracie Eisenmann
Creed Speaking–(Purple) Carmen Malena and Reese Wietfeld
Ag Literacy–(Blue) Tyce Larson
Discovery–(Blue) Sadie Brabec
Quiz Bowl did an excellent job (Non-Qualifying Event)