La Habra FFA
Established 1957
Learning to do, Doing to Learn, Earning to Live, Living to Serve
Greenhand Degree
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Be regularly enrolled in a vocational education course for an agricultural occupation and have satisfactory and acceptable plans for a program of supervised agricultural experience.
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Learn and explain the FFA Creed, Motto, Salute, and the FFA Mission
Statement.
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Describe the FFA emblem, colors, and symbols.
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Explain the proper use of the FFA jacket.
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Have satisfactory knowledge of the history of the organization.
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Know the duties and responsibilities of FFA members.
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Personally own or have access to the Official FFA Manual.
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Submit written application for the degree for chapter records.
Chapter DEgree
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Must have held the degree of Greenhand for at least one complete semester of instruction and have a record of satisfactory participation in the activities of the local chapter.
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Must have satisfactorily completed at least one year of systematic instruction in agriculture education,
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Be familiar with the purposes and programs of activities of the state association and national organization.
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Be familiar with the provisions of the constitution of the local chapter.
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Be familiar with Parliamentary Procedure.
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Must have led a group discussion for fifteen minutes.
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Must have earned at least $150 by his/her own efforts from his/her supervised farming and/or other supervised agricultural experience program, and have it productively invested or deposited in a bank, or have worked 100 hours on his/her SOEP in excess of scheduled class time.
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Have a 2.0 scholastic record in an agricultural course.
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Participate in activities for community improvement
State Degree
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Must have held the Chapter FFA Degree for at least one year immediately preceding application for the State FFA Degree.
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Have been active members of the FFA for at least two years preceding application for the State FFA Degree.
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At the time of application for the State FFA Degree,
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Must have completed at least two years of instruction in agriculture education, at or above the ninth grade level, which included an agricultural Supervised Agricultural Experience Program; and
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Must be regularly enrolled in an agriculture education class at the secondary education level,
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Have worked for a minimum of 500 hours, in excess of scheduled class time, on his/her Supervised Agricultural Experience Program, and
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Must have earned by his/her own efforts from an agricultural enterprise or other agriculturally-related work and deposited in a bank or otherwise productively invested at least $1,000.00; or
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Show an investment cost of at least $2,000.00 in depreciable property inventory; or
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Have earned by his/her own efforts from agricultural enterprise or other agriculturally-related work and deposited in a bank or otherwise productively invested a combination of dollars and unpaid labor hours which, when summed, equal at least $1,000.00.
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6. Demonstrate leadership ability by:
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Performing ten procedures of parliamentary law OR demonstrate proficiency in parliamentary law as evidenced by passing a written examination prepared and administered by the local agriculture instructor;
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Giving a six-minute speech OR lead a group discussion for forty-minutes on a topic relating to agriculture or the FFA;
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Serving as an officer, committee chairperson, or participating member of a committee;
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Participating in at least five distinctly different FFA activities at the chapter level;
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Participating in at least two distinctly different non-FFA school activities which are conducted outside of normal class time;
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Participating in activities for community improvement as evidenced by participating in at least two distinctly different activities, to the extent of spending at least 25 hours
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Being familiar with the provisions of the constitution of the State Association and National FFA Organization as certified by the local FFA advisor.
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7. Have a 2.0 scholastic record as certified by the local principal or superintendent.
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8. Have participated in the planning and completion of the Chapter Program of Activities.
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9. Have participated in at least five FFA activities above the chapter level.
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10. Written records of achievement, verified by the local advisor,
American DEgree
FFA members who qualify for the American FFA Degree:
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Have received a Greenhand FFA Degree, Chapter FFA Degree and State FFA Degree.
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Have been FFA members for at least three years.
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Have completed at least three years (540 hours) of high school agriculture classes, or 2 years of high school agriculture classes and one year of college agriculture classes (360 hours.)
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Have graduated from high school one year prior to the National FFA Convention at which their degree will be awarded.
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Have maintained detailed SAE records, which demonstrate outstanding planning, managerial and financial skills.
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Have earned and productively invested at least $7,500, or have earned and productively invested at least $1,500 and worked 2,250 hours beyond scheduled school hours through their SAEs.
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Have a record of outstanding leadership skills.
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Have a record of participating in community service activities. Updated Community Service
Graduation Medallion and cord
3 Year ag Science completer
3 Year ag Mechanics
completer
4 year ag
completer
