FFA members: front row, left to right, Addy McFall, Khloe Ponjavic, Brayden Meek, Hailie Slaughter, and Shayla Vandiver. Not Pictured, Kreed Taylor. Receiving monetary donations from local farmers and businesses:Back row, left to right, John Meek, Miles McGovney, Dale Bros, Rolanda Dale and Doug Dale.
Ridgeway, MO: Ridgeway RV School has exciting new programs and classes. This 2024-2025 school year, the school has adopted curriculum and courses to support the new FFA Chapter. At least 7 years prior, the FFA Chapter was not able to succeed as the members had fallen too low for the threshold and finding an instructor was not fruitful. For the past 2 years, the school has been working closely with students, staff, parents, and community to pilot the new program. FFA (Future Farmers of America) is a program that supports students in learning for many different careers, not only agricultural programs/jobs. Living in a rural community with a high number of agricultural opportunities and jobs, this is the perfect program to support our students and community. The goal of all education programs is to provide the best education for students to be successful and career bound- FFA supports this by welcoming students who aspire to be doctors, teachers, scientists, farmers, business owners and more.