Rome Middle Agriculture & FFA

🌾 What an amazing week at AG Camp! 🌾

This week was full of hands-on learning and unforgettable experiences for our campers!

Monday: Mr. and Mrs. Langley taught campers about honey bees. Students observed a live hive in an observation tower and enjoyed tasting different honeys. 🐝
Tuesday: Nora Cook with Cook Farm shared all about horses, horse care, and anatomy. Campers even got to ride horses and explore horse bones. 🐴
Wednesday: Ben Winkleman from the Eco Center brought a king snake and an American alligator, and campers completed a wetlands scavenger hunt. 🐍🐊
Thursday: Campers completed a Vitamin C lab and learned about nutrition, then Regina Detwiler with Detwiler Farms brought sheep for students to learn about. 🐑
Friday: We wrapped up with review games, homemade ice cream, and an awards ceremony. 🍦🏆

A huge thank you to Mrs. Price and her Education Pathway students for helping lead games and activities throughout the week.

We are also so grateful to our sponsors—Floyd County Farm Bureau, Dale Willerson with Keller Williams Realty, and Hannah Bagley with Keep Rome-Floyd Beautiful—for helping make this camp possible.

Thank you to everyone who helped make AG Camp such a fun and meaningful week for our campers! 💙💛 🌱

Earlier this week, the Rome Middle and Rome High FFA Chapters came together to celebrate an incredible 2025–2026 school year at our annual banquet. We are proud to recognize the dedication, growth, and achievements of our members, officers, and supporters who make our program so strong.
A special thank you to the Georgia Farm Bureau for awarding both chapters a grant to continue expanding opportunities in agricultural education.

Throughout the evening, members were recognized for their participation in CDEs, LDEs, and outstanding community service efforts. We also proudly celebrated several students for their SAE accomplishments at the regional level:

🏅 SAE Highlights
• Kieran Newby – Silver (Ag Sales, Marketing & Services)
• Grace Ashley-Pritchett – Bronze (Home & Community Development/Leadership)
• Margaret “Peggy” Suroviec – Bronze (Home & Community Development/Leadership)
• Eva Cromer – Gold (Livestock)
• Kaydon Parker – Silver (Natural Resource Systems)

These students have shown exceptional dedication, responsibility, and real-world agricultural skill development through their SAE projects.

We also celebrated members earning the Discovery Degree, the highest degree a middle school National FFA Organization member can achieve at the chapter level:

🌱 Discovery Degree Recipients
Ashfa Kalavant, Eva Cromer, Autumn Cagle, Kieran Newby, Grace Ashley-Pritchett, Ashly Cabrera Guzman, Kaydon Parker, Margaret “Peggy” Suroviec, Celeste Adair, Nayeli Rodriguez

We are incredibly proud of each member recognized. Your hard work reflects the values of leadership, growth, and career readiness that define FFA. 💙💛

Our 7th grade Agriculture students celebrated Earth Day by getting their hands dirty in the Rome Middle School garden! 🌱

They planted crops grown by our 8th grade students in the greenhouse—what a full-circle moment! From seed to soil, our students are learning the importance of sustainability, teamwork, and caring for our environment. 🌎💚

So proud of these students for growing something great together!

Huge shoutout to Rachael Dunaway, our Rome high school FFA advisor, for making Ag Night at the Rome Emperors baseball game happen for the second year in a row! From the petting zoo (The Cook Farm) to showcasing the incredible projects of our middle and high school students, it was a huge success.

Thank you to everyone who participated and to those who came out to support local agriculture—we couldn’t do it without you! 🌱🐄⚾️

Rome Middle and High School FFA had an incredible time helping celebrate Keep Rome/Floyd Beautiful’s 50th anniversary! 🌱🎉

We’re proud to be part of a community that values service, stewardship, and keeping our home beautiful. Thank you for letting us be part of such a special milestone!

I am proud to share that four winners in the Floyd County Farm Bureau Bookmark Contest came from the Rome Middle School Agriculture Program!

1st Place: Sucy D. Vcelo Flores
2nd Place: Mary Grace Drummond
4th Place: Ryan Kidd
5th Place: Brenda Mendoza

Sucy’s 1st place entry will now advance to compete at the state level—we are so excited to cheer her on!

In the pictures, you can see Kelli Shaw, Floyd County Farm Bureau Office Manager, presenting the students with their certificates and prizes. We are incredibly proud of these students and their hard work representing our program so well!

As many of you are aware, Rachel Kinsaul—Georgia’s 2026 Teacher of the Year and a National Teacher of the Year Finalist from Morgan County High School—challenged FFA chapters across the state to take part in the Georgia Public Schools Day of Service on Wednesday, March 18, 2026—and Rome Middle FFA was all in! 🌱

Our Rome Middle FFA/Agriculture students partnered with Keep Rome-Floyd Beautiful for a campus cleanup, collecting over THREE bags of garbage! 🗑️💪

This is just the beginning—students plan to continue their efforts in our wetlands area as they work to make a lasting impact on our environment and community.

So proud of these students for stepping up, serving others, and being great stewards of our land! 💙🌎

The Eco Center never disappoints! We had a blast, thank you for hosting us this past week!