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FFA Finds Success at District LDEs

By: Luke Eisenmann, Leigh FFA Chapter Officer on January 22, 2024

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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)