Golden Valley FFA

STAR FARMER! Congratulations to Jayraj Kahlon who was named the Central Region Star Farmer! The Star Farmer award is the top production award that the FFA offers. State results will be announced at the State Conference in March. @KevinSwartwood1 @MercedUHSD @cjjacobsen7

Good luck to Peter Bliss as he competes for the biggest award in FFA! You continue to make our program and community proud! Check out the link to learn more about Peter and his project.

Good luck to Jayraj Kahlon today as he interviews for a National Proficiency title! Results will be announced at the National FFA Convention in October! @MercedUHSD @KevinSwartwood1 @cjjacobsen7 @cougar_crossing

Thank you to this great crew who helped serve at the Merced Historical Society Dinner tonight at the lake! We are appreciative of all of you dedicating your time to help others! @KevinSwartwood1 @cougar_crossing @cjjacobsen7

Blown away by this amazing turnout to the first Campus Beautification Club meeting of the year. Thank you to all the students who came out to take PRIDE in the school. Extra special thank you to Mr. Magill and Ariyanna for organizing this event! @cougar_crossing @KevinSwartwood1

PANDA DAY IS THURSDAY! Be sure to show the flyer to the cashier at the OLIVE AVENUE location anytime on Thursday and 20% of proceeds will go directly back to Golden Valley FFA!

Today was a productive day for our Dairy team as they continue to prepare for their National Contest. The team begins their National Contest the end of the month and then in Indianapolis the end of October! @KevinSwartwood1 @cjjacobsen7 @cougar_crossing

Our Ice Cream Social was a success even with the below average weather! Great job to our Ag Leadership class and Officer team with organizing this afternoons festivities! Thank you to @lul_ari04 for all the great photos! @KevinSwartwood1 @cougar_crossing

Congratulations to Mackenzie Spielman who will be representing California FFA as a National Delegate at the National FFA Convention in October! She is 1 of the 46 students selected in California for this great opportunity! @KevinSwartwood1 @cjjacobsen7 @cougar_crossing

Good luck to Peter Bliss as he interviews for the American Star Farmer today! Peter was named one of the top 4 projects in America in July, and today he is conducting the interview portion of the award. Continue to make us proud Peter! @cjjacobsen7 @KevinSwartwood1 @MercedUHSD

Our entire Ag Department is back! We are looking forward to a great year with many activities and events planned throughout the year. As always, if you have any questions or need help with anything, come by and visit! @MercedUHSD @KevinSwartwood1 @cougar_crossing

Congrats to our students who have been announced as American Degree recipients! This degree is the highest degree a member can attain in the organization which highlights the students commitment to their SAE projects, community service involvement, and FFA activity involvement.

Congrats to Jayraj Kahlon who was announced as a National Proficiency Finalist in Fruit Production! He will now be interviewing against 3 other finalists from around the country for the National title. Results will be announced at the National FFA Convention! @KevinSwartwood1

Congrats to Peter Bliss who was named 1 of the 4 American Star Farmer finalists in the United States! This award highlights the top FFA project in the country! He will now interview for the award in Indianapolis in October! @KevinSwartwood1 @cjjacobsen7 @MSSsports @MercedUHSD

Thank you to Senator Caballero and Diana Pedrozo for recognizing our State Champion Dairy judging team, as well as our California State Star in Ag Business winner, Alison Heupel at the awards ceremony this morning!

Congratulations to all of our award recipients today at the Merced Fair awards ceremony! Incredible students with incredible projects! @KevinSwartwood1 @cougar_crossing @MercedUHSD

JOHN THURMAN OUTSTANDING OVERALL CHAPTER! Congratulations to our entire program of students who competed at the Merced Fair this week! We had students earn awards in every specie and Ag Mechanics! Your hard work does not go unnoticed! @KevinSwartwood1 @MercedUHSD

We had a great time at the Monterey Bay Aquarium today with students in our Vet Science and Animal Anatomy classes! The 63° weather was definitely a plus as well!

We had a great time at the Giants game today even though they lost! Congratulations to our Top 20 students on a great year!@KevinSwartwood1

Congrats to the Class of 2022, Cougars of the Year! This award highlights the top students in the graduating class. We are proud of Cameron Ivy and Amethyst Lumley! Cameron will be attending Fresno State and Amethyst will be attending the University of North Carolina.