Washington County Schools

Play apparel order forms are available! Costs vary by item. You can personalize the back of your shirt with a student's name and play character or keep it with just the play cast. Order forms are due October 29.

Link to order form: https://aptg.co/7mNj0T

On October 8th, the Washington County FFA and FFA Alumni Program hosted the North East Area State FFA Land and Homesite Evaluation Career Development Event. As one of five Area (Regional) Land Judging sites, 10 different schools competed in the competition, which was hosted on a land site north of Washington owned by Rodney and Kannette Stewart. Ryan Stewart provided a great deal of the man-power for the event by digging the holes, mowing the sites and even pumping the water out of the land judging pits after nearly five inches of rain engulfed the site in late September. This heavy rain actually caused the event to be postponed a week later than originally scheduled. Group Leaders and contest volunteers were Rod and Kannette Stewart, Ryan Stewart, Bill Slater, Jamie Peter, Brooke Ohlde and Kaitlyn Peters of the River Valley Extension District. Site Preparation was conducted by Mr. Jeffrey Hellerich, NRCS Soil Scientist, with help from Tim With and Gavin Uhlik with the Natural Resources Conservation Service. So many local individuals came together to make this year's state competition a success, we would not have been able to do this without their time and support!

First place honors went to Jackson Heights High School FFA, who swept both the Land and Homesite Evaluation Divisions of the event. In Land Judging, Manhattan High School finished in 2nd, Jefferson County North 3rd, and Washington County 4th. In Homesite Evaluation, Washington County finished in 2nd place as a team, with Kane Scheer leading the scoring by placing 2nd Individually overall. Witt Keesecker placed 5th and Rowley Keesecker finished 8th. Congratulations!