Ivan Morales Chapter President
Meet this years FFA chapter president Ivan Morales. His favorite hobbies to do during his free time is to paint, garden and crochet. His SAE projects are greenhouse management and having a market lamb for Merced Fair. While he had his lamb he practiced showmanship, took care of it giving any medicine it may need, feeding it and making sure it always had water while keeping the Le Grand school farm clean. At the end of the school year he and other students went to Merced Fairgrounds where he sold his lamb participating in advance showmanship and market. His favorite FFA memory is going to the last state conference as a delegate and getting to meet new and different members in California FFA. His favorite FFA activity is being a part of the floral CDE team where him and the other members drove across California competing in different floral CDE competitions.
Andrea Tellez Chapter Vice President
Meet this years chapter Vice President Andrea Tellez. Some of Andrea's favorite hobbies are to read, listen to music and gaming. Her SAES from last year were being the greenhouse manager, As greenhouse manager she assists her advisor at all times when needed and also oversees the other students in case they need help. She looks over the greenhouse if her advisors unable to and also take great care of the plants to ensure they grow and thrive properly. Her other SAE project is raising and selling her market goat at Merced fair, Andrea had her goat for a few months before fair while working with her goat,feeding and keeping the school farm clean.Andrea and many other students went to Merced fair for a week feeding and maintaining the goat until showmanship and market day.Her favorite FFA memory was state conference 2024, her favorite FFA activity is also FFA state conference.
Winnie Fraser Chapter Co-Vice President
This year's FFA chapter Co-Vice President Winnie Fraser. Her hobbies are horseback riding, being with her friends and family .Her SAE project for last year was working for a stables, where she mucked out stalls, made sure all horses had food and water at all times, she also led classes to teach people how to ride, and trained horses all summer. Her other SAE'S are being a Clover bud leader where she was one of two leaders, they helped each other make lesson plans and work for her clover buds. WInnie's last SAE is raising and selling her market pig. She raised her pig for a few months getting it fair ready, she showed in advanced showmanship and sold in market. Her favorite FFA memory is all the mechanics trips she went on with the boys competing and having fun with her friends. But the truck ride home beats that she loved how fun the conversations were. Her favorite FFA activity was state conference meeting all the new people and experiencing all the new leadership skills she learned about.
Nathan Zarate Chapter Secretary
Meet this year's FFA chapter secretary Nathan's Zarate. Nathan's favorite hobbies are to play baseball, football, basketball which he plays for Le Grand high school and he enjoys fishing he also loves to be on the computer. His SAE project for last year was working at his family's almond orchard with his dad and he also raising a pig for Merced Fair. He kept his pig for a few months at the school farm where he worked with it for showmanship and made sure it was growing enough muscle and meeting weight for market.After the few months he and other students took their animals to Merced Fair where he participated in novice showmanship and sold his pig in market. Nathan's favorite FFA memory is when he fell asleep with a burrito in his mouth after dancing at the block party that night at the California State FFA conference. His favorite FFA activity is State Conference because he gets to meet new people!
Elisa Angel Chapter Treasurer
Meet this year's chapter FFA treasurer Elisa Angel. Her favorite hobbies include playing softball, she's on the Le Grand High School team and also plays for a travel softball team, Elisa is also on the high schools volleyball varsity team where she plays as the libero. Other favorite hobbies she loves are binge watching rom-coms, being surrounded by animals and doing FFA related activities. Her SAE for last year was raising a market lamb, she worked with her market lamb walking and practicing showmanship to get ready for fair. Her favorite FFA memory was last years State Conference in particular the block party. The block party was her favorite because she got to meet new people and got to let loose for the night. Her favorite FFA activity is all the FFA meetings, getting the foods that they serve after,and playing new games with her other chapter members. Elisa also is taking a liking in participating in CDE teams and wants to continue to participate in different CDE teams such as vet science or floral design. She really enjoys being in FFA and wants to continue to be able to travel with her FFA members, eat lots of food and have fun over all.
Kaylee McClosky Chapter Reporter
Meet this year's chapter FFA reporter Kaylee McClosky. Some of her hobbies are dirt bike riding, tanning/swimming , binge watching rom-coms , doing her makeup and anything FFA related. Her SAE for the last school year was being a 4-H Cloverbud leader where she and the other Cloverbud leader made plans for 3- 7 year olds to do while they are at monthly meetings, another SAE project is having a market lamb where she practiced showmanship and participating in novice showmanship and market where she placed 5th overall in both .Along with her meat pen of rabbits, she worked with them for 30 days and showed them in advanced showmanship and sold them in market. Her favorite FFA memory is State Conference getting on the escalator and doing high five train where she and other FFA members got kicked off by the security because they kept going up and down. Her favorite FFA activity was the Mariposa sectional murder mystery meeting she liked meeting new people, playing games.
Wyatt Cunha Chapter Sentinel
Meet this year's chapter FFA Sentinel Wyatt Cunha. Some of his many hobbies are going fishing with his family, going on dirt bike rides, swimming, and going to the lake. Another hobbies he has is participating in mechanics in the classroom and for his CDE team. He also enjoys doing his SAE project which includes plasma art in the mechanic shop with Mr Mesa, he uses the plasma cutter to cut out metals in different shapes and designs. He practices using an online website to create a template for the plasma cutter where it cuts out exactly what is on the website. His favorite FFA memory is the FFA meeting with racket baseball. He says it was fun playing with the other FFA members. His favorite FFA activity is going to FFA meetings because he gets to be involved in the chapter.
Levi Huie Chapter Historian
Meet this year's chapter FFA historian Levi Huie. Some of the Levi's hobbies are fishing and hunting. Just at the beginning of this school year Levi went on a hunting trip for a week. His SAE for last year was horse care where he cleans stalls, provided water and fed all the horses. Levi's favorite FFA memory is coming home from all the Ag mechanics competitions because it was always crazy. Every ride home you never knew what was going to be said or did in that truck, the mechanics boys and girl aka Winnie are always so crazy. His favorite FFA activity was being a member of the Ag mechanics CDE team competing across the state in mechanics competitions with his other FFA members,meeting new people and learning new things on the way.
Alejandro Ibarra Chapter Parliamentarian
Meet this years FFA chapter Parliamentarian some of his many hobbies he enjoys doing in his free time are weight lifting, listening to music and playing video games.His last SAE project of the school year was his market rabbit for Merced fair. He raised his single fryer rabbit for about 30 days working with it for showmanship, while keeping track of its weight and health. He spent 1 day at Merced fair where he participated in showmanship for novice showmen and market where he sold the rabbit. 2 of his favorite FFA memories are while him and many Le grand FFA students and advisors were staying in Sacramento for California State Conference they had to run down the fire escape from straight out of bed because a fire alarm on one of the floors went off. Another Favorite FFA memory is meeting the famous Dale Brisby at that same FFA State Conference. His Favorite FFA activity within his first year was at State Conference social night the silent disco in particular.