Granton Native Becomes
State FFA Officer 2023
From l-r, Granton FFA members Lizzy Reinart, Abby
Woller and Alexis Pongratz
receive State Degrees at the State Convention
in Madison, June 19.
Submitted photo
The Granton School District’s FFA members just returned from the State Convention in Madison June 19.
“We are proud to say that Granton was well-represented at the convention,” Katie Reider said, agriculture educator and FFA advisor for the Granton Area School District. “We may be a small town, but our FFA chapter is mighty.”
Sixteen FFA members submitted proficiency applications. Eleven of these members earned gold placings and six of those gold placings were state finalists.
Overall, Alexis Pongratz earned second gold in service learning, Abby Woller earned second gold in fruit production, Lizzy Reinart earned fifth gold in agricultural education, Jordan Berg third gold in agricultural communications, Tori Seif placed fifth gold in vegetable production and Faustina Thomas earned third gold in diversified crop production-placement.
Jordan Berg competed in the Agriscience Fair in the category of Social Systems Division 3. She conducted a study of how the agronomy practices differ among large and small-scale dairy farms in Wisconsin. She won and will be advancing to Nationals.
The Granton FFA chapter ranked gold and will be advancing to nationals for the National Chapter Award. The chapter also had the ninth place Building Communities program in the state. A few of the Building Communities program activities included Haunted Forest, Clark County Christmas Angel Project and Project Merry Christmas.
The Middle School Quiz Bowl team competed and placed fourth. Team members were Jessi Berg, Kadyn Marg and Iris Vine.
The Parliamentary Procedure team competed and placed third. Team members were Jordan Berg, Anna Kayhart, Pongratz, Reinart, Abby Schoessow and Abby Woller.
The Granton chapter had three State Degree recipients. For 2023, there were 382 State Degrees given out to Wisconsin FFA members. Pongratz, Reinart and Abby Woller earned this honor and were presented with a certificate and their State Degree chain.
The Granton chapter scrapbook made it into the top 10. The Granton 2022-23 chapter reporter, Seif, put in over 40 hours working on the scrapbook and was really excited to know that it made the top 10.
The chapter had four students participate in the State Honors Chorus and three students play in the State Honors Band, which required an audition and subsequent acceptance into. Pongratz, Seif, Emma Woller and Marg sang in the choir, while Emma Brookhart, Jessi Berg and Abby Woller played in the band.
“This experience kept them very busy during the convention,” Reider said, “but both groups sounded beautiful during every performance.”
The Agricultural Communications Career Development Event Team won the state competition in April. Team members Jordan Berg, Reinart, Seif and Kennedy Young were recognized on stage as the state winners. This team will compete at the National FFA Convention at the beginning of November.
“We are so excited for them!” Reider said.
Pongratz was also named a 3-Star Leader based on her leadership of the chapter when she served as the 2022-23 chapter president.
Tori Seif was one of 20 students who competed in the talent competition hosted at the State Convention. She sang Zach Bryan’s “Something in the Orange” while playing the acoustic guitar.
“Her performance was beautiful,” Reider said.
Lastly, the Granton FFA chapter had two students throw their hats into the ring and run for Section 7 State FFA Officer.
“Many chapters go decades without having a student run for state officer,” Reider said. “But we were fortunate to have two candidates from Granton this year—Alexis Pongratz and Lizzy Reinart.”
Reinart was named a 2023-24 Wisconsin FFA State Officer and will be serving Section 7 as a vice president.
From the Clark County Press, Neillsville, WI
June 28, 2023
Transcribed by Dolores Mohr Kenyon, June 29, 2023
Web page by James W. Sternitzky PhD, June 30, 2023
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