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  • CDE Judging Season Has Begun: Watford City FFA Competes in Bismarck Jan. 4-5

    Laney Hartel|Feb 12, 2020

    Winter Leadership is a fun event that students can attend to learn more about what being a leader means and how they can make an impact in our very own community. As members of the Watford City FFA chapter return home from this conference held in Bismarck, Jan. 4-5, they are motivated to look for new ways they can get more involved in our chapter. Livestock judging, Agronomy, and Ag Sales are all CDEs that members of the FFA are able to participate in and a great way to get more involved. A CDE, Career Development Event, is something that...

  • Watford City FFA Chapter Attends Nationals

    Laney Hartel|Dec 4, 2019

    Each year, in Indianapolis, Indiana, thousands of FFA members attend the national convention and expo. We left October 27 and got back home late on November 2. The Watford chapter has been fortunate enough to make the trip to Indiana every other year and the last one was in 2017, meaning this year eight of our students along with two advisors were able to travel to Indiana together. All of us learned and experienced so many new and interesting things. We attended sessions along with 65,000...

  • Watford City Competes at FFA District Leadership In Stanley

    Laney Hartel|Oct 16, 2019

    Each year in October, Watford City FFA members along with contestants from nine other chapters compete in Stanley during the District Leadership Conference. We were represented well with 23 of our students who attended, along with chapter advisors Mr. Wisness and Miss Gunderson. We took 5th place as a chapter with all of our points added up, behind Ray, Berthold, Powers Lake and Stanley. The most competitive event at districts is always Parliamentary Procedure, where students exhibit their...

  • FFA Is Active Within Watford City Community

    Laney Hartel|Sep 25, 2019

    The Watford City FFA chapter has been very involved in our community throughout the many years we have existed and is working to keep that tradition going. We have had an exciting summer as we got to welcome our new advisor, Miss Gunderson! Several FFA students entered projects into our county fair this summer, many of which went on to Minot to be exhibited at the North Dakota State Fair. August was a very busy time for us. We also had three students represent us at the land judging contest;...