Mr. Tuggle's Agriscience Department
The first Future Farmers of America was
established in 1929 and the official FFA creed and colors were adopted in 1930,
but it is uncertain when the first FFA at WCHS was officially organized.
However, at the time of the first Winsaga in 1948, Mr. O.B. Davis was the
advisor. From 1953 until 1971, Mr. J.H. Whitson was advisor. He then became the
first director of the Winston County Technical School. Mr. John Sudduth has been
the advisor from 1971 until the present. The first FFA Sweetheart was Miss Pat
Shaddix in 1960. In the early days, dairy judging was the big FFA event and
today it involves Livestock Judging, Land Judging, and Forestry Judging. They
use to sell candy and operate a drink machine for funding, but today they
operate a huge fruit and ham sale before the holidays. Their shop projects are
still an outstanding feature of the FFA program.
Byron Tuggle, Advisor
The FFA motto gives members twelve short
words to live by as they experience the opportunities in the organization.
Learning to Do, Doing to Learn, Earning to Live, Living to Serve.
To accomplish its mission, FFA:
Develops competent and assertive agricultural leadership.
Increases awareness of the global and technological importance of agriculture
and its contribution to our well-being.
Strengthens the confidence of agriculture students in themselves and their work.
Promotes the intelligent choice and establishment of an agricultural career.
Encourages achievement in supervised agricultural experience programs.
Encourages wise management of economic, environmental and human resources of the
community.
Develops interpersonal skills in teamwork, communications, human relations and
social interaction.
Builds character and promotes citizenship, volunteerism and patriotism.
Promotes cooperation and cooperative attitudes among all people.
Promotes healthy lifestyles.
Encourages excellence in scholarship