Blountstown High School

Blountstown High School is a high school located in Blountstown, Florida, the county seat of Calhoun County, Florida. It is a small public school with an average of one hundred (100) students per grade.

Blountstown FFA

The Blountstown High School FFA chapter is well known as one of the most consistently competitive FFA chapters in the nation, winning multiple national championships as well as many state titles in a variety of career development events. This chapter is a student-led club and strives to make a positive difference in the lives of others.

Advisor:

The Blountstown FFA's current Advisor is Mrs. Kayla Williams, who began teaching at the school after graduating from Florida State University.

2013-2014 Officer Team

President - April Rich

Vice President - J.P. Leonard

Secretary - Heather Yoder

Treasurer- Cassidy Odom

Reporter - Missy Newsome

Sentinel - Caitlin Holland

Student Advisor - Savannah Stephens

Leadership Conferences

Each year the chapter officers and any other members interested in developing their leadership skills attend a number of conferences in the State of Florida. These conferences are design to broaden FFA Members skills and help them to meet new people across the state that are also active in FFA.

Chapter Presidents Conference (C.P.C.) - Located in Daytona Beach

Area 1 Chapter Officer Leadership Training (C.O.L.T.) - Located in Marianna

212 (360) (For this year the name is changed to go along with the National Theme 'Ignite') - Located in Haines City

State Leadership Summit (S.L.S.)- Located in Haines City

State Convention - Located in Orlando

Career Development Events

Public speaking

Trent Smith was fourth in the state for Creed Speaking in 2009.

Karis Smith was second in the state for Creed Speaking in 2008.

Farm Business Management

Mitchell Darnell, Kristen Jenkins, Heather Yoder and Donavan Ebersole won First Place in June 2013 at State Level with Mitchell Darnell as the Highest Placing Individual in the State of Florida. The team is going to Nationals in Louisville, KY at the end of October to compete.

Harlea Perdue, Travis Pittman, and Stewart Herndon claimed the 2010 State Championship, and later that year became National Champions. Harlea Perdue was high individual in the Nation, Travis Pittman was second and Stewart Herndon tenth.

Ashley Adams, Jessica Collier, Karis Smith and Caitlyn Stewart won first place in the nation in 2009. Caitlyn Stewart was also third in the nation.

Morgan Davis, Catherine Gurliaccio, Laura Stoltzfus, and Aubrey Tharpe placed 14th in the nation in 2008.

Max Herndon, Amy Reid, Jeff Stewart & Nic Stoltzfus competed and placed second Nationally in 2007.

Forestry

Daniel Leonard, David Leonard, Stewart Herndon and Laura Stoltzfus won first place in the nation in 2009. Daniel Leonard was second in the nation, Stewart Herndon fourth, and David Leonard fifth.

Jennie Fagen, Will Leonard, Max Herndon, and Nic Stoltzfus won first place in the nation in 2006.

Agriscience Fair

Agriscience fair is held every year when the Florida FFA meets for their annual State Convention in June. Students send in an application and compete at state level with other projects in their category and divisions.

In 2013, Mitchell Darnell partnered with Kristen Jenkins competed placing 1st in their Category and 1st for their Division at State. J.P. Leonard placed 1st in his category. Both Projects were accepted to compete at Nationals in Louisville, Kentucky. Also in 2013 Santana Lee partnered with Shae Hall won 2nd place in their category at State Level. Shelly Price placed first in her category at State.

Ag Sales and Services

In April 2013, Mitchell Darnell, Corey Darnell, J.P. Leonard and Missy Newsome competed in Ag Sales at State Level and placed 3rd overall. Mitchell Darnell was the 2nd Highest Individual in the State of Florida.

Ag Issues Forum

Morgan Davis, Kate McFarland, Alison Slongo & Alex Smith won first place in state in 2009 and received a bronze rating at the national level.

Ag Communications Faith Plazarin, Cassidy Odom and April Rich competed in 2013 and placed 2nd at state level.

Kara Bremer, Kate McFarland, Caitlyn Stewart, Trent Smith & Hayden Jeppson won first place in state in 2010. Kara Bremer was high individual in the State of Florida. This team then finished in sixth place nationally with Caitlyn Stewart taking honors as the fourth high individual nationally.

Ag Mechanics Hannah Plazarin, Wyatt Thurman, Brandon Purvis placed 4th in the state in Ag. Mechanics in 2013.

YouTube Video's: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=up4LKKK-7dc

External Links

• Florida FFA Official Site

Blountstown Student Government Association

The Blountstown High Student Government Association is sponsored by Mrs. Samantha Taylor.

Leadership

Our School's SGA has its own elective class that is known as leadership. The leadership group stays after school working on projects and they also go up there on weekends to get ready for Homecoming week and all the activities that are put on by SGA. This class is for hard working individuals who like to help put together events for everyone at school to enjoy and sometimes things in the community. Students apply in March and are hand picked to be in the class the following year.

SGA and the Leadership class work hard every year to make sure the school year runs smoothly and students enjoy it at the same time.

YouTube Video's: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10be9apr1FE

Football

The Tigers has one of the top high school football programs in the state of Florida. They won state titles in 1973, 1976, and 1977, and were class 1A state runners-up in 2004 as well as in 2013.

External links

• BHS Football Official Site