Lynden FFA Team Successfully Navigates Nationals

Bringing home gold, silver and bronze medals from the National FFA Convention highlighted a successful showing for Lynden FFA students. 

Following a first-place finish in Washington state in the spring, the Lynden FFA’s Agricultural Communications team earned a trip to this fall’s National FFA Convention in Indianapolis. The group of Audrey Ward, Sammy Escobar, Bella Duffey and Priya Dhaliwal earned 12^th nationally and landed individual accolades along the way. 

The contest included writing a 15-page communications portfolio and presenting on the portfolio for 15 minutes. The students then took a 50-question test on editing and communications. From there, the students listened to a 20-minute mock press conference and wrote a press release and letter to the editor about the content. They had to build a web page and edit a short video. 

Along with the top-12 national placement as a team, Dhaliwal earned the top test score in the contest, awarding her a gold medal placing. Ward and Duffey both earned silver medals and Escobar a bronze. The team was coached by Julie Milstead and John Grubbs.