GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Florida FFA is pleased to announce the selection of “Florida’s Finest” FFA Chapters. The selection of these chapters is based upon the completion of the National Chapter Award program application. The National Chapter Award Program is designed to recognize FFA chapters that actively implement the mission and strategies of the organization. These chapters improve chapter operations using a Program of Activities that emphasize growing leaders, building communities and strengthening agriculture. Chapters are rewarded for providing educational experiences for the entire membership. These chapters will be recognized during the 98th Florida FFA State Convention & Expo to be held at the Caribe Royale Resort in Orlando this summer.

Those chapters who have been named Florida’s Finest in alphabetical order are:

Academy at the Farm Middle
Apopka
Armwood
Avon Park
Bartow Middle
Bok Academy Middle
Bok Academy North Middle
Branford
Branford Middle
Clay
Clewiston
Cottondale
Deane Bozeman
Deane Bozeman Middle
DeLand
DeLand Middle
Dixie
Durant
Fort White
J M Tate
Keystone Heights
Lake Gibson
Lake Placid
Middleburg
Mulberry
Mulrennan Middle FFA
Newsome
North Marion
Ocoee
Orlando Colonial
Parrish Community
Plant City
Randall Middle
Sickles
South Sumter
South Sumter Junior
Southwest Middle
Suwannee Senior
Turkey Creek Middle
West Orange
Wildwood
Wildwood Middle
Zephyrhills

ABOUT THE FLORIDA FFA STATE CONVENTION & EXPO

The Florida FFA State Convention & Expo brings together nearly 6,000 FFA members, advisors, alumni, parents, and industry leaders for an unforgettable celebration of leadership, achievement, and opportunity. It’s where hard work pays off, jackets hit the big stage, and future leaders rise in front of thousands.

From electric keynotes and emotional award moments to intense Career and Leadership Development Events and a high-energy Expo floor packed with career connections, state convention is nonstop momentum. Every hallway conversation, every handshake, every name called across the stage is part of something bigger.

ABOUT THE FLORIDA FFA ASSOCIATION

The Florida FFA Association is a premier youth, leadership organization with nearly 60,000 middle and high school student members – as part of over 300 local FFA chapters across the state. FFA members participate in nearly 50 leadership and career development events each year. The FFA mission is to make a positive difference in the lives of students by developing their potential for premier leadership, personal growth, and career success through agricultural education.

The Florida FFA Association is a resource and support organization that does not select, control, supervise or approve local chapter or individual member activities except as expressly provided for in the Florida FFA Association Constitution and Bylaws.

THE AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION MISSION

Agricultural education prepares students for successful careers and a lifetime of informed choices in the global agriculture, food, fiber and natural resource systems.

THE FFA MISSION

FFA makes a positive difference in the lives of students by developing their potential for premier leadership, personal growth and career success through agricultural education.

For more information about Florida FFA and agricultural education, visit flaffa.org.

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