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CDE's & LDE's

Career Development Events

Leadership Development Events

"Through Career and Leadership Development Events, participating FFA members in grades 7 to 12 are challenged to develop critical thinking skills and effective decision-making skills, foster teamwork and promote communication while recognizing the value of ethical competition and individual achievement. CDE and LDE events occur at the local, state and national levels."(FFA.org)

Current Sargent CDE teams include: Ag Mechanics, Ag Sales, Employment Skills, Farm and Agribusiness Management, Field Crops, Floriculture, Horse Judging, Livestock Judging, Meat Evaluation and Technology, Milk Quality & Products, and Veterinary Science

CDE's & LDE's: About

2022 Regional CDE's Update

Sargent FFA members went to Lamar Community College to compete in Regional CDE's on March 29th. We brought 31 members to compete. Nearly 800 students were registered for these competitions. We are very proud of our members! Check out some of our awards below:

Ag Mechanics

Individual- Evan Watts 8th/76

Ag Sales

Team: Region 6th of 16
Team: District IV 1st

Field Crops

Team: Region 2nd of 9
Team: District IV 1st

Floriculture

Team: Region 3rd of 22
Team: District IV 1st

Food Science

Team: Region 8th of 12
Team: District IV 1st

Horse Evaluation

Team: Region 9th/18
Team: District IV 2nd

Livestock Evaluation

Team: Region 9th/26
Team: District IV 1st

Meats

Team: Region 9th of 12
District: District IV 1st

Milk Quality & Products

Gold Team

Gold Individuals

1st- Corbyn Wright

6th- Jaycian Sierra

Vet Science

Team: Region 24th of 26
Team: District IV 3rd

We are incredibly proud of all competitors and are excited to see how we do at the state competitions in May!

CDE's & LDE's: News

2023 District LDE's Update

February 8th 2023

Sargent FFA had a very succesful day at District IV LDE's. We had 2 Creed Speakers, 3 Quizbowl teams, and 3 Extemporaneous Speakers compete. We came home with 4 placings and Westen Burkhart will go on to compete in Extemporaneous Speaking at the state level in June! Great job!

1st Place Extemporaneous Speaking

Westen Burkhart

2nd Place Extemporaneous Speaking

Ellaree Rockey

3rd Place Extemporaneous Speaking

Jessica Buser

2nd Place Creed Speaker

Jayce Capron

CDE's & LDE's: News

Range Judging Workshop and Competition 2022

District IV

Five Sargent FFA members attended a Range Judging Workshop and Competition on September 21st, 2022. This event was held at Berlinger Farms and was hosted by Sangre FFA. The workshop session helped students to understand the significance and human benefits of well-managed, healthy rangelands in the SLV and allowed students to meet natural resource career professionals. The contest tested students' plan ID skills and ability to determine rangeland condition, site type, forage amount, and animal capacity from landscape observations. At the end of the day Sargent came home with a first place team score and two individuals placing. Freshman student Mitchell Peterson placed silver category and Junior student, Trenton Paskett placed gold category and was the high scoring individual for the competition. We want to thank Mr.Sinclair and Mr. Berlinger for their efforts in putting this competition/workshop together. It was a great learning experience for all!

High Scoring Individual 2022

Trenton Paskett

Gold and Silver Category Winners

Trenton Paskett and Mitchell Peterson

Rangeland Judging Competition

Salt Flats Ecological Site

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2022 State CDE's Update

Sargent FFA brought 33 students to the State Career Development Event competitions at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, CO on May 1st-3rd. Nearly 1700 FFA members competed in these events. We are extremely proud of these members and their accomplishments. Awards are as follows:

Ag Sales

Bronze Individual

Rusch Pepper