PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE TEAM
Millcreek-West Unity FFA chapter members came home from a successful National Convention week at the end of October and jumped right into Job Interview and Parliamentary Procedure Career Development Events along with volunteer opportunities.
At the beginning of the month, four members competed in the Sub-District Job Interview contest at Fairview on November 2nd. These members were required to prepare a cover letter and resume prior to the competition.
Upon arrival, participants filled out a job application, interviewed for a job, then wrote a follow-up letter to the interviewer, simulating a real-life job interview situation.
Lana Baker placed 3rd in the Senior Division, Ian Hoffman placed 1st in the Senior Division, Brooke Moreland placed 1st in the Freshman Division, and Alora Siegel placed 1st in the Sophomore Division.
All 1st and 2nd place kids moved on to district completion on November 9th at Oak Harbor. Ian Hoffman placed 1st in the Senior Division, Brooke Moreland placed 4th in the Freshman 1, and Alora Siegel was 8th in the Sophomore Division.
Winning the Senior Division at District competition advanced Ian Hoffman to the State Job Interview Career Development Event held at the Agriculture Engineering Building on the Ohio State Agriculture Campus on December 4th. Ian competed against the winning seniors from the other 9 districts in the state and placed 7th.
During the month of November, the Agribusiness class visited several different local businesses to learn more about the different types of management structures.
On November 11th the class visited Dan Kramer with at Edon Farmers Co-Op, and on November 19th, they spoke with Paul and Andrew Heisey and Myra St. John at Handyman Hardware.
November 13th, nine of our members and Miss Frey volunteered at the West Unity Lion’s Club Feather Party Bingo. At the Feather Party Bingo, members helped the Lion’s Club members collect Bingo tickets and hand out prizes to participants.
FFA members included: Abby Austin, Lana Baker, Bryce Buehrer, Sam Cox, Carson Crossgrove, Aiden Funkhouser, Hunter Leupp, Alora Siegel, and Lakota Siegel.
The Parliamentary Procedure team of Bryce Buehrer, Ian Hoffman, Joscelyn Layman, Hunter Leupp, Julia Schuurman, and Alora Siegel competed in the County Parliamentary Procedure Career Development Event on November 18th and placed 1st in county competition.
The Parliamentary Procedure event requires participants to complete a 25 question test on their knowledge of parliamentary procedure and then perform 12-minute or less mock meeting applying the rules of parliamentary law.
