SkillsUSA held it's Kick-Off meeting today for both the morning and afternoon programs.
Congratulations to the Chillicothe FFA members on their impressive achievements at the Missouri State Fair! A special shout-out to Beau Ann Graves for winning the Overall Grand Champion Steer and to Ella Johnson for securing the Overall Grand Champion Meat Goat Carcass. It's incredible that both members made it into the Sale of Champions and the Best of Missouri Sale. Well done!
Our shop storage areas have undergone renovations, creating a more organized, insulated, and efficient space. This was made possible with most of the funding coming from a $533,333 ARPA grant received by GRTS. Thank you to Copeland Construction for their top-notch work on this project. Here's to a brighter and better workspace for everyone!
Chillicothe FFA received word that they are again the winners of the MO State Fair Governor's Best Award for the most livestock exhibited at the State Fair by a chapter. They were also the number one chapter exhibitors of swine and beef at the fair this year. Proud of all of our livestock exhibitors. Way to go!!
Good Luck to our High School & Post High SkillsUSA students who are competing at State competition today thru Saturday in Linn, MO!
Congratulations to our FFA members on being chosen for HYPE Academy: Emily Schreiner; Missouri Agribusiness Academy- MAbA: Harlee Beck & Yoo Jung Lee; and HYMAX Leadership Academy: Gracelynn Barnett, Beau Graves, & Luke Thompson!
Just a refresher to our Hornet family out there regarding the times for tomorrow's Early Dismissal tomorrow (Friday), March 17th...
Congratulations to our 25 Chillicothe FFA members who will receive their State FFA Degree at the 95th Missouri FFA Convention in Columbia on Friday, April 21, 2023!
The State FFA Degree is the highest recognition a state can award, representing a select group of members, who have achieved a high-level of success. The Missouri FFA has 26,260 members representing 356 chapters.
Check out this awesome edition of CHS Chilli-Chatter! https://www.smore.com/3ckj9-chs-chilli-chatter?ref=email-content#w-0261725223
Missouri State FBLA President & GRTS FBLA President, Madison Kieffer, joined her fellow state officers over the weekend to plan the State FBLA Leadership Conference that will be held in Springfield April 16th-18th.
The Health Science Technology class at GRTS will be hosting its annual blood drive this Friday, March 3rd! 𝙋𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙡 1-800-733-2767 𝙤𝙧 𝙫𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙩 𝙬𝙬𝙬.𝙍𝙚𝙙𝘾𝙧𝙤𝙨𝙨𝘽𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙙.𝙤𝙧𝙜 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙂𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙍𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙏𝙚𝙘𝙝 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙙𝙪𝙡𝙚 𝙖𝙣 𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩.
Austen's Supervised Agriculture Experience began when he purchased the agribusiness, Minnick's Lawn Care, based out of Chillicothe, Missouri. Austen decided to expand the business in 2021 by purchasing another lawn care business based out of Lake Viking in Daviess County. In 2022, Austen made another investment by purchasing snow removal equipment and diversified his operation through offering these services in the mowing and landscaping off-season. Austen provides lawn mowing, fertilizer applications, aeration, spraying, dirt work, rock spreading, skid loader work, block laying, ice melt, as well as snow removal through his agribusiness which is now named, Minnick's Snow N Mow.
GRTS has been holding our annual sophomore tours for all of our sending schools. These students get to come and tour two programs of their choice to see options that will be available for them to take next year.
The Chillicothe R-II Board of Education will meet Tuesday, Feb. 21 at 6 PM at the Administrative Offices, 2807 Hornet Road. To view the agenda, please click on the following link: http://go.boarddocs.com/mo/chillicothe/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=CN7U4R723738
Classes for Chillicothe R-II Schools and GRTS are cancelled today, due to the hazardous road conditions in the District. Be safe, Hornet family!
School will be delayed by two hours this morning due to winter weather and deteriorating road conditions. Stay tuned to local media and social media if the district needs to adjust to a cancellation
Due to the updated forecast of 4-5 inches of snow, we are having a snow day today, Thursday, Feb. 9th. No school for Chillicothe R-II and GRTS.
Three of our members traveled to Columbia for the Public Speaking Institute. They worked to improve:
✔️Public speaking skills
✔️Get tips and prepare for FFA Speaking Contest
✔️Learn to become an Advocate for Agriculture
✔️Have fun and learn the essentials to better speaking!
Students in SkillsUSA are holding a competition for this years chapter t-shirt design. There are some really cool designs from our students!
Students are attending the Region 2 Meeting held in St. Joseph today.