The 2024-2025 school year at Triton started with the Agriscience program welcoming Triton Alumni Katie Fitzgerald to join as the second Agriculture Teacher and Co-FFA Advisor. Katie graduated from South Dakota State during the spring of 2024 and brings with many different experiences of large animal management to the program.
After graduating a large group of seniors we have a very young chapter this year. Members have participated in showing at the MN State Fair along with many invitational contests. We had our first ever team compete in the region Food Science contest. Other regional contests students have competed in include: dairy, horse, livestock, poultry, milk products, food science,fish and wildlife, small animals, best informed greenhand (BIG) and discussion meet contests. Four members completed region proficiency applications and at the time of printing the official results had not been released yet. Those members include Brady Staub completing a Diversified Crop Production Entrepreneurship proficiency, Emma Kruckeberg with a Small Animal Entrepreneurship, Tristan Nelson with an Ag Mech Repair and Maintenance Placement, and John Moenning with a Diversified Agriculture Production Entrepreneurship. Our BIG team of Hunter Hamm, Lily Klejeski, Brinley Dickie, Coy Froyum and Brayden Munnickhuysen placed 10th in the region contest and will be participating at state.
Our annual corn and soybean drive fundraiser brought in over $16,000 from over 80 donors and the chapter revinested $1500 in groceries from Sunshine Foods to donate to the Dodge County Food Shelf in November. We look forward to celebrating with our donors and supporters along with our community members to end National FFA Week with our annual Steak Feed Dinner Saturday February 22 at Faith Community Church in West Concord from 4 to 8 pm. The $15 steak dinner includes an 8 ounce sirloin steak, cheesy potatoes, corn, dinner roll, cookies and beverages.
Looking at next school year, Triton FFA will be turning 25 years old. We will have a jar at the steak feed for people to put ideas on how we should celebrate that milestone. If you are not able to make it to the steak feed and have a suggestion or would like to share a story, feel free to contact one of the advisors: Ms. Katie Fitzgerald at kfitzgerald@triton.k12.mn.us or Mr. Robert Ickler at rickler@triton.k12.mn.us.
