Middletown FFA

On Monday we took the highest FFA spring point earners on a reward field trip to the Cape May Zoo! 🐻🐍🐒🦁🦒

Senior Plant Science students Lillian, Brooke, and Tori had the opportunity to collaborate with students from and to create the beautiful stage florals for this year’s graduation ceremonies!

Congratulations to the Class of 2026! 🧑‍🎓 🎉 🌹

Attention Class of 2026 Families! 🎉Middletown FFA will be offering floral bouquets for purchase prior to graduation on June 6th. 💐 You may place a pre-order for pick up at OHS, or you can purchase at the event. Quantities are limited - so pre-orders are preferred! 👨‍🎓

Thank you for supporting our students! 💙

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Annual Silver Lake Elementary Ag Day at MHS!
100 2nd graders visited us to learn all about animal science, plant science, and natural resources!

Students from our Plant Science II class spent the afternoon at the University of Delaware Botanic Gardens! 🌳🐓

We met with own, Andrew Adams, who provided a tour of the grounds and lots of fun facts about the many plant varieties and cultivars they care for on a daily basis! Students were also able to volunteer time to pull weeds and cut back spent daffodils.

Thank you to Andrew and UDBG for this immersive learning experience! 🌼

Join us for our FINAL meeting with an end of year picnic on June 3rd from 6:00pm-7:30pm in the back ag area. This will also be a district crossover, including members and officers from Appo and Odessa! Let’s celebrate the end of the year together! Sign up with the link below or in our bio:

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Thank you to all the members and guests that came to our annual FFA Banquet this week! Congratulations to everyone who was recognized, we are so proud of all of your hard work throughout the year.

Thank you to our state officers Kayla Parks and Lizzy Handlin for attending, we appreciate it!

Thank you to our retiring officers: Brooke Ryan and Tori McFarland for your exceptional year of service.

Lastly, we extend our heartfelt congratulations to our new officer team! We eagerly anticipate all the achievements you will accomplish this year! 💙💛

Last but definitely not least, we have our chapter President, the brilliant Brooke Ryan. Brooke is part of the Plant Science pathway 🌱 and completed her work based learning at Elanas Broad St. Florist 💐 Brooke is excited to continue her education down south at Coastal Carolina University 🩵, where she will be majoring in Marine & Coastal Environmentalal Sciences 🪸🌊 Brooke’s favorite memory included some of her closest friends during 2025 Nationals convention, where she competed on the Floriculture team with Ashton, Owen, and Tori ! Brooke’s favorite quote is “If children don’t grow up knowing about nature and appreciating it, they will not understand it. And if they don’t understand it, they won’t protect it. And if they don’t protect it, who will?” -David Attenborough. Congratulations Madam President, we are so excited to see the incredible achievements you will earn in your future 💙💛

Up next is one of our FFA officers, the victorious Vice President Victoria McFarland! Tori is part of our Plant Science pathway 🌱 and completed her work based learning at Homestead Gardens 🪴Tori is excited to continue her education at Cornell University 🐻, where she will be majoring in Environment & Sustainability 🌳Tori’s favorite FFA memories included the overnight Chapter Officer Leadership Training (C**T) hosted by Delaware FFA at Camp Barnes, and competing at Nationals in 2024 for the Nursery Landscape CDE! Tori’s advice to future students is to participate in activities and events. You will gain friends and experiences you would have never expected! Congratulations Madam Vice President, we cannot wait to see the grand achievements you will accomplish in the near future 💙💛

Next up we have the powerful Peyton Bennett! Peyton’s part of the Animal Science pathway 🐾 and completed her work based learning at the SPCA 🐕. Peyton plans on taking a gap year next year! Her favorite memory was sophomore year during the last meeting after the water balloon fight where she snuck up behind Mrs. Clay and popped a water balloon over her head. She then chased Ms. Samick and popped one on her too. Mrs. Clay then said “Trust me i’ll get you when you least expect it… maybe even as you walk the stage on graduation!” Peyton’s favorite quote comes from a poem she wrote herself, “One day, it won’t hurt to remember. You’ll look back, and only feel warmth-not because it ended, but because you lived it.” Congratulations Peyton for all you have achieved, and we are so excited to see what you accomplish in the future 💙💛