El Diamante FFA

Happy Monday EDHS FFA! Here’s a chance to earn another FFA activity! Remember 3 are required per semester. Take advantage of this opportunity! Let your Ag teacher know if you would love to participate!

Please join us in Congratulating the El Diamante FFA Chapter Officer Team! . . . .... . . President- Shelbie Blakenship Vice President- Thomas Rosa Secretary- Mary Fumasi Treasurer- Cohen Hunter Reporter- Will Mason Sentinel- Kyle Reed We’re so excited to see what the year has in store for EDHS FFA #CaliforniaFFA #EDHSAg #FFA #ChapterOfficerTeam

Need to order your FFA jacket? Now is the time.....amazing sale!!

The TCF Junior Livestock Auction day looks a million times different, but Bryson and Destiny are ready to sell! Wish we could be there to cheer them on.

Please keep our FFA members from Sierra, Minarets, and Yosemite in your thoughts and prayers.

Have a great first day everyone!! If you need anything or have any questions, please reach out to one of the advisors!! See you all on Zoom!!Have a great first day everyone!! If you need anything or have any questions, please reach out to one of the advisors!! See you all on Zoom!!

Your FFA Advisors are excited to get the 2020-2021 school year started!! We can’t wait to see everyone, virtually, on Thursday! We would like to take a minute to introduce you all to our newest FFA Advisor, Miss Sears!!! Miss Sears will be teaching our AgriTech Pathway and is ready to go! She has been working hard all summer developing outstanding curriculum for each class, as well as reaching out into industry and connecting with some amazing partners to bring the students the most up to date information. We are so excited to have Miss Sears join our team and to watch the AgriTech pathway take off!! AgriTech students...get ready for this amazing opportunity!!

A new twist for Tulare County Fair 2020 The Tulare County Fair will look very different in 2020, but fairgoers will still be able to enjoy Fair food and display...s created by Tulare County residents. The twist, in response to COVID-19 regulations, will allow for residents to show off their art, baked goods, photography and more, explained Dena Rizzardo, CEO of the Tulare County Fair. Entries are now being accepted online. Exhibitors will need to take a photo of their entry, post it to www.tcfair.org (instructions will be provided on the web site) and drop off the entry itself at the Fairgrounds office. Judges will make their determinations based upon the provided photo and the winners will be announced online. All entries are free and cash prizes will be offered in some categories. The deadline to enter is Aug. 21. Exhibits will be displayed either online in the Virtual Slide Show or throughout the grounds under large tents as part of the drive-thru fair experience. Items displayed will be monitored by 24-hour security provided by the fair. Quilts, floriculture and baked goods will be on digital display only. Local businesses are encouraged to participate in a competition to decorate a 10 by 10 Community Feature Booth, to be placed along the drive-through route. The fee to compete is $50. Cash prizes will be available to the top winners. For details, visit the web site or call the Fair office at 686-4707. Sept. 18-20, attendees can drive through for fair treats, including cotton candy, caramel and candy apples, corn dogs and fresh lemonade. The drive-through fee is $5 per person. Livestock competitions are a very important part of the Tulare County Fair, Rizzardo noted, but it is unknown whether the Fair can have grading shows and auctions. That decision will be made by the county and state much closer to Fair dates. Livestock entries still need to be provided by the Aug. 21 deadline. The Tulare County Fair has always been about celebrating community, and that’s what we intend to do just in a very different way, Rizzardo noted. This alternative approach gives youth, seniors and businesses a chance to participate and will help support the local economy. For details, visit www.tcfair.org or call 559-686-4707.

Students and parents...just a heads up. This was sent via Remind. Please let us know if you have any questions.

Parents and students, please watch. A bunch of questions being answered. Live now but can watch later too. If you have specific questions please feel free to email one of us and we will try and get your questions answered. https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=lb3RMwmsT4c

Congratulations Hunter Seymore and Lauren Davis (EDHS AG graduate from a few years ago)!!!

Junior Fair Board accepting applications. The Tulare County Fair is seeking high school students interested in applying for the Junior Fair Board. The year-roun...d Fair Board program is open to sophomores through seniors (ages 14 to 19 as of Jan. 1, 2020). Participants will learn about what the fair does, have public speaking opportunities, learn how to run a meeting following Robert’s Rules of Order and serve as a youth ambassador for the fair. The purpose is to train and develop young people in leadership, community organization, fundraising, fair operations and more, noted the fair’s chief executive officer Dena Rizzardo. The experience is focused on being an ambassador for the fair, and within that broad scope they will learn valuable life lessons. The Junior Fair Board will meet monthly at the Tulare County Fair Office, located at 620 South K St. in Tulare. Volunteer advisors will provide support and expertise to ensure a quality experience for the youth, Rizzardo noted. Students may apply by completing the Junior Fair Board Application at www.tcfair.org. For further information and updates, call the Tulare County Fairgrounds at 686-4707 or visit www.tcfair.org.

Happy Father’s Day!!