Burns Middle FFA

We had a great time yesterday at our last FFA meeting of the year. All of our CDE teams and our 2025-2026 officer team were recognized for their contributions and everyone enjoyed pizza and cupcakes to celebrate another successful year for BMS FFA!

Thank you again to the Hickory chapter of Trout Unlimited for sponsoring our participation in the Trout in the Classroom program and for putting together an awesome experience for our students! Thank you to the volunteers from Hickory TU, and staff from South Mountains State Park and the NC Wildlife Resources Commission for helping provide the activities on our release day!

You can see the video of our trout release and the rest of our trip to South Mountains State Park here:

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Today some of the eighth grade students had the opportunity to go to South Mountain State Park and release the rainbow trout that we have raised from eggs this year through Trout Unlimited’s Trout in the Classroom program. Thank you to the Hickory chapter of Trout Unlimited for sponsoring this for us. Thank you to the members of Hickory TU, the NC Wildlife Commission, and South Mountain State Park staff for putting on an amazing program today that included the trout release, fly tying and fly casting demonstrations and lessons, macro invertebrate sampling and identification, and animal pelt identification. We also got to enjoy lunch and a short hike along the Jacob Fork River before heading back to school.

Our Tool ID team had a good time competing at the Southwest Regional FFA Rally yesterday. They also picked up our regional awards from previous Career Development Events that our chapter had participated in this school year.

Congratulations to our FFA Dairy Judging team! They were the third place middle school and 6th overall in the junior division at the state dairy judging contest last Friday!

Our FFA Poultry Judging team had a good time yesterday competing in the NC state poultry judging CDE in Raleigh.

Yesterday our Ag Sales team competed at the NC FFA Ag Sales competition in Mt. Olive. Our team placed first out of the middle schools and 9th overall in the junior division. Congratulations to our hard working ag sales team!

Next week is National FFA Week! Celebrate FFA and agricultural education next week by participating in our FFA Week events!

🌾 Burns Middle is Celebrating FFA Week! 🌾
Our very own Burns Middle FFA chapter is excited to host a fun-filled spirit week to honor the Future Farmers of America and showcase our school pride! Join us for themed days all week long:

🐮 Monday – Case vs. John Deere Day
Show your colors! Wear red for Case or green for John Deere. Which team are you on?

🦌 Tuesday – Camo Day
Blend in to stand out! Come dressed in your best camouflage gear. This will also be our February FFA Meeting. Have your rides here by 4:15pm.

🤠 Wednesday – Cowboy Day
Dust off those boots and hats—it's time to go full western! Cowboy and cowgirl attire encouraged.

💙💛 Thursday – Blue & Gold / FFA Day
Represent FFA proudly by wearing blue and gold or your favorite FFA shirt.

🧢 Friday – Hat Day
Top off the week with your favorite hat! $1 donation to participate. All proceeds go to Relay for Life.

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We will have an FFA meeting tomorrow (December 16). Please have your rides here by 4:00pm.

Fruit sale orders will be available for pickup tomorrow at Burns High School. Please plan to pick your order up right after school tomorrow at the BHS shop area. (The fenced in area near the greenhouses.)