While most Mission High School (MHS) students were enjoying the start of their Thanksgiving holiday break, members of the Mission FFA Chapter were competing, earning awards, and advancing to state competition.
The MHS FFA Parliamentary Procedure Team placed second at the Area 10 FFA Regional Career Development Events held at Texas A&M-Kingsville. The event was held on Monday, November 24.
The team now advances to the Texas FFA State Semi-Finals, which will be held later this week in Huntsville, Texas.
Parliamentary procedure team members are: Amanda Granados, president; Briana Saenz, vice president; Sebastian Martinez, secretary; Andrea Gonzalez, treasurer; Sebastian Guevara, reporter; Christopher Venecia, sentinel; Daniel Rodriguez, student advisor.
Pictured are Mission FFA members at the Area 10 FFA Regional Career Development Events. On the front row from left to right are: Sebastian Guevara, reporter; Amanda Granados, president; Sebastian Martinez, secretary. On the second row are: Christopher Venecia, sentinel; Andrea Gonzalez, treasurer; Briana Saenz, vice president; Daniel Rodriguez, student advisor. On the third row are members of the Greenhand Farm Skills team: Sebastian Carrio, Rebeckah Nolan, Cesar Vargas. On the fourth row are members of the Senior FFA Quiz team: Jose Calderon, Julissa Alvarez, Johanna Jimenez.
Three members of the Mission FFA Chapter also received results from the National Qualifying Professional Parliamentarians Seminar. All three, who took the exams and assignments in late October, passed and have received Professional Accredited Parliamentarian Certification. They are: Jose Calderon, Benito Garza, and Johanna Jimenez.
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