2021-2022 AMP happeningsWeekly updates of the important events and happenings in the Agriscience Magnet Program.
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Howdy AMP families and students, The following are important events and happenings for the week of April 25th. Upcoming Events
Agronomy Team Earns Texas FFA Championship Title The James Madison FFA Agronomy team competed this past Saturday, April 23rd, at the Texas FFA State Career Development Events hosted by Texas Tech University and earned the State Championship title! Team members included Reagan DeCoulaz scoring 3rd High Point Individual, Luke Anderson scoring 4th High Point Individual, Madison Wilburn scoring 6th High Point Individual, and Tori Moberly scoring 8th High Point Individual. With this State Championship title, the Agronomy team has also earned the right to represent Texas at the 95th National FFA Convention & Expo to be held in Indianapolis, Indiana in October 2022. Congratulations to the students and their coach, Mrs. Dalton. James Madison FFA also had three other teams compete in the Texas FFA State Career Development Events at Texas Tech University on Saturday. Those teams and members were: Entomology team - 29th place Georgia Schroeder Alaina Rodriguez Kiarra August Kyler Hodges Range & Pasture Plant ID team - 9th place Cooper Reed Ethan Reyes Caleb Anderson Julianna Hover Agricultural Communications - 2nd place Andi Howell Maram Ismail Delaney Morrison - 9th High Point Individual Isabela Reyes 2022 AMP Awards Application As we do at the end of each school year, the AMP recognizes student achievements from throughout the school year in many different areas. The 2022 AMP Awards Application is now available for students to apply to 38 different award categories for recognition. For a student to be considered for any of the award categories, they must check the award area that they are applying for and briefly explain why they should receive the award. Students may apply for multiple award categories, however, must submit a separate award application for each category. Award applications must be submitted online through the following link and are due by April 29, 2022: https://forms.gle/kxHJoY1yKqcXCYhB7. Award winners will be recognized at the 2022 AMP Awards Gala on Tuesday, May 17, 2022. AMP End of the Year and Senior Tribute Slideshows A yearly tradition that AMP students look forward to are the video slideshows that are an important part of our AMP Awards Gala. We are in need of your photos for the End of the Year (EOY) slideshow and the Senior Tribute video. Simply submit your photos online by adding them to our Google Drive folders listed below (please do not delete photos from these folders). The deadline to submit photos is May 1st. EOY Video (stockshows, contests, AMP classes, chapter meetings/events, etc.) https://tinyurl.com/21-22AMPPhotos Senior Tribute (submit one baby photo and one Senior photo. Please include your first and last name in the file names) https://tinyurl.com/21-22SeniorPhotos May JM FFA Booster Club General Meeting - Thursday, May 5, 2022 The next monthly meeting of the FFA Booster Club will be Thursday, May 5th at 6:30pm in the AMP Commons. All parents/guardians of AMP students are encouraged to attend as the major items of business will be the election of the 2022-2023 Booster Club Executive Board and the distribution of the 2021 AMP Livestock Expo Premium checks. 2022 AMP Awards Gala This year's AMP Awards Gala will be held on Tuesday, May 17th at 6:30pm in the AMP Arena. The annual gala is our opportunity to celebrate the many accomplishments that happened over this school year in the AMP and James Madison FFA. To name just a few, students will be recognized for their participation in Leadership Development Events, Career Development Events, Speaking Development Events, and Agriscience Fair. We will also be recognizing our Star Greenhand FFA, Chapter FFA, and Lone Star FFA Degree members along with announcing the winners of our Proficiency and Supervised Agriculture Experience awards. And money... The James Madison FFA Booster Club will be presenting scholarships to deserving graduating Seniors. So save the date and plan to join us for the 2022 AMP Awards Gala on Tuesday, May 17th at 6:30PM. Veterinary Enrichment Camp Are you interested in becoming a veterinarian? Texas A&M is looking for current high school 10th and 11th graders to attend the 2022 Summer Virtual Veterinary Enrichment Camp. The virtual camp will be held on July 19 - 20, 2022. The cost of the camp is $100 and the deadline to apply is April 30, 2022. For more information, download the flier attached below this post and visit https://bims.tamu.edu/future/veterinary-enrichment-camp/. Fightin' Texas Aggie Meat Judging Camp The Animal Science Department at Texas A&M University is inviting students to the 2022 Texas Aggie Meat Judging Camp July 21-23, 2022. This year will be a fun filled 2½ days of meat judging with the 2022 Fightin’ Texas Aggie Meat Judging Team, as well as, an exciting tour of Kyle Field on Friday morning. Student will be provided lodging and meals for the camp. Campers will learn the fundamentals of evaluation, selection, and grading of beef, pork, and lamb carcasses and cuts. Registration is open now and space is limited. Click HERE to register. For more information, download the flier attached to this post or contact Jennifer Wyle at (979) 862-3728 or [email protected]. Texas Farm Bureau Student Success Series Information Student Success Series is designed to engage 8th-12th grade students in programming intended to develop professional and leadership skills, prepare them with tools to effectively advocate for agriculture, grow confidence, and network. More detailed information about each of the events, associated registration deadlines, and more can be found here . The current event open for registration and closing May 1 is our Engage event. Engage is for Classes of 2024 and 2025. These students will have the opportunity to learn more about Texas Farm Bureau, become familiar with entrepreneurship by engaging with community leaders in discussions, gain insight into the free enterprise system, and learn how to navigate and have an engaging presence on social media and in digital environments. There is a $10 registration fee associated with the event and is not due at the time of registration. These events will take place throughout Texas Farm Bureau’s 13 Districts. Students wishing to participate do not have to be Texas Farm Bureau members and can register here. See fliers attached to this post for more information about the Student Success Series. Guidance and Counseling News Summer School 2022 Students interested in attending summer school can register through Skyward Family Access beginning on April 25, 2022 through June 1, 2022. Summer school will be held at Roosevelt High School. The dates of Summer School are: Session I: June 6 - June 23, 2022 (Monday - Thursday) Session II: June 27 - July 15, 2022 (Monday - Thursday, Last Friday) Attention Seniors The completion of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is required by all graduating seniors as of the 2021-2022 school year. Click HERE to complete the FAFSA and satisfy this requirement for graduation. Attention Seniors - Submit your College and Scholarship Information As graduation nears, we are in need of some information from all seniors. If you will be attending college and have earned 1 or more scholarships, please fill out the the form below. It is very important for us to know what scholarships you have earned and the value of each scholarship. Each senior can have 1 scholarship announced at graduation. Please decide which scholarship you want announced and list it on the form. Once you decide, there will be no changes or additions. This form should only be filled out one time and will close on Tuesday, April 26th at 12:00 pm. If you have any questions, please contact your counselor or Meghan Myers at [email protected]. Senior College/Scholarship Form-Click Here Scholarship Opportunities Texas FFA Foundation Scholarship Deadline: April 29, 2022 The Texas FFA Foundation wants to congratulate the graduating Seniors of the Class of 2022! And to do so, parents/guardians of a graduating Texas FFA member can nominate their student for a chance to win one of three $1,000 scholarships! Each nominated graduating Texas FFA member will receive a congratulatory certificate from the Texas FFA Foundation and a chance at a $1,000 scholarship. Students can only be nominated by their parent/guardian and nominations will close at 5:00PM on April 29, 2022. To make your nominations, click HERE. Safari Club International Scholarship A scholarship opportunity being provided by the San Antonio Chapter of the Safari Club International, a non-profit serving South Texas for more than 25 years. The chapter's mission is to create opportunities for conservation of natural resources through sponsorship, education, and preservation of our hunting heritage. They accomplish this by providing youth hunts, sponsoring wounded warrior hunts, and providing educational support for the next generation of conservationists with a passion for wildlife management or veterinarian studies by giving scholarships. The Chapter is offering five (5) $1,000 scholarships to deserving graduating seniors that are pursuing post-secondary studies in majors/careers associated with wildlife management and/or veterinary science. These scholarships have the possibility of being rewarded to a recipient on a multi-year basis. To be considered for a scholarship, students need to write the chapter's Board of Directors describing who they are, what course work and activities they have been involved with while in high school, what their chosen post-secondary major/career is and how this plan of study might contribute to the chapter's mission (can be found at www.alamosci.org), and provide the name of the post-secondary institution that they have been accepted into and which semester they will begin. The letter should be addressed and mailed to: The San Antonio Chapter of SCI Board of Directors 11230 West Ave, Suite 3103 San Antonio, TX 78213 If students have questions or need more information, feel free to contact board member, Trae Willoughby, by phone at (210) 219-4979. Norman Vestal Memorial Rotary Scholarship Deadline: April 29, 2022 The Rotary Club of San Antonio will grant five (5) $500 scholarships to area graduating high school seniors from Bexar County who plan to pursue a career in Agrilife (to include Agribusiness). Eligibility:
Alamo Community Colleges Foundation Scholarships Deadline: May 1, 2022 Graduating Seniors that are considering or planning enrollment at one of the Alamo Community Colleges for the 2022-2023 academic year, should complete Alamo Community Colleges online scholarship application as soon as possible. There are a few significant changes to the application for this year:
Go to the Alamo Community Colleges Foundation Scholarship page for more information and to apply: https://www.alamo.edu/foundation/scholarships/ Stay Connected with Us! Find us online at www.JamesMadisonFFA.com or follow us on YouTube (Agriscience Magnet Program), Facebook (www.facebook.com/MadisonFFA), and on Instagram (www.instagram.com/jamesmadisonffa) Stay connected with the AMP for the 2021-2022 school year. 
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