4/22/2024
Good morning,
The Committee will meet Sunday, April 28th, 2024 at the WT Ag Education Schaffer Educational Lab Building at 9:00 AM. Today we have 50 scholarship students signed up, so if they all show up it could make for a long day on Sunday to score that many! We will be there to help along with some veteran Ag Teachers that have served on this committee before.
Also, interviews will take place on Monday, April 29th, 2024 starting at 8:00 AM. The first few applicants were told to be there by 7:30am. As soon as everyone is there and ready to roll, we can begin. So, with this being stated, you may choose to have a motel room.
After the Interviews are done, we will select the Top 25 to advance to State. This will take about 1 hour to do.
You will need a LAPTOP COMPUTER that we can upload A SPREADSHEET on your device by using a flash drive. Please make sure your device has that capability. Chromebooks will work but we tend to have more issues with those.
You may want to become familiar with the application if you have not seen one and if so they can be looked at on the Texas FFA website.
THANK YOU for volunteering for this task for our FFA students.
Area Scholarship Committee
Drew Taylor and Laci Vogel
April 5, 2024 10:22 am
Good morning,
You have now completed the first part of the Texas FFA scholarship process by filling out the Application and submitting it.
The second part will be to have an interview on April 29 th in Canyon at the WTAMU Agricultural Education Center.
Interview Times will be sent to you later by email. The interviews will start at 8:00 AM on April 29th.
This will be the only day to Interview so if you need an early Interview or a late interview time or you are participating in the Nominating Committee process, you will have until April 12th to respond back by email. I will do my best to accommodate those requests.
You will have time at the beginning of your interview to introduce yourself. You will have about a minute and a half to tell us about yourself. I have attached the interview questions. You will draw three questions that will be asked during your interview.
All interviews will be done by chapter groups as best we can as we can accommodate.
Please Email lvogel@risdtx.us with those requests.
We will announce the Top 25 Scholarship applications that will advance to the State Application Check that evening (April 29th) on the Area I FFA Website.
You can update your applications until April 22nd when applications are printed for the committee to review.
Corrections for those applications that get out will be due back by May 3rd to be rechecked prior to the State Submission.
State Scholarship Interviews will be announced May 24th.
State Scholarship Interviews will be held June 3rd in Stephenville. You MUST be able to attend in person!
You also must be able to attend the State FFA Convention July 8th through July 12th in Houston.
Please mark these dates on your calendar so that you are prepared and can rectify any conflicts you may have!
Be working on your opening statements and questions. If you have any questions, please reach out.
Thanks,
Area I FFA Scholarship Committee
Drew Taylor- Wellington AST
Laci Vogel- Roosevelt AST
Wed April 3, 2024 3:03 pm
To Whom It May concern,
The Area 1 Executive Committee has decided to allow anyone in Area 1 who missed the March 4th deadline to fill out and submit names for the Texas FFA Scholarship. The deadline for the Texas FFA Scholarship submission is on April 4th at 11:59 pm. Along with your application, you must submit a $250 late fee made out to the Area 1 FFA Association, and a letter from the Ag teacher explaining why the name submission/ application was late signed by the Teacher, Principal, and Parents.
Letter and late fee need to be sent to:
Area 1 FFA
Alan Been
Po Box 130
Earth, Tx 79031
PAYMENT & LETTER must be received by APRIL 11th.
For more information feel free to contact anyone on the Area 1 Executive Board.
Jay Newton
Area 1 Coordinator
Tuesday April 2, 2024 4:04 PM
Hi all!
Don't forget to submit your applications in the Roster System by 11:59 PM on Thursday.Ensure that you get your required uploads added. Make sure you are getting the required signatures! Please don't wait until the last minute!
If you know you are going to scratch, please email us so we can mark you off our list! If you already have, I apologize! I haven't updated my groups but I will work on that tomorrow.
If you need help, ASK!! That's why we are here!
Drew Taylor
Laci Vogel
Good morning,
This message is being shared with the Area Scholarship Chair and Co-Chair as well as the Area Coordinators. If you have any changes to your scholarship representatives, please let me know.
All Area deadlines for scholarship applications are listed online, if there has been a change, please share those with me so they can be updated on the website. I've outlined the important dates for this year's process below. Please make sure you've secured two qualified individuals to score at the state level this year.
2024 Texas FFA Scholarship Dates:
April 4- Scholarship Applications Close @ 11:59 pm
April 26-Applications re-open for area corrections
April 29 - Interviews - WTAMU TBD.
May 10- Area apps must be submitted to Texas FFA by 5 pm
May 15-1 pm Zoom Meeting with Area Scholarship Reps for Corrections (all corrections will be emailed to you as well-Zoom will be for questions/clarifications)
May 17- All Scholarship Corrections Completed by 5 pm
May 17- 4 pm Zoom Meeting for Pre-Score
May 17-20- Texas FFA Scholarship Pre-Score (online)
June 3rd- Texas FFA Scholarship Interviews
As you look to begin the Texas FFA Scholarship process, here are a few items to keep in mind::
A full list of requirements can be found here. Please share this with the teachers in your area.
Transcripts should be 3.5-year transcripts and must be official-meaning they must include the signature of the school counselor or registrar.
Any course taken Pass/Fail should NOT be included on the GPA page of the application (this will not negatively impact your student).
The ACT/SAT requirement is still in place this year. Students must have taken and scored a minimum of a 19 on the ACT OR 1000 on the SAT to be eligible to apply for the scholarship. ACT/SAT.
ACT/SAT score reports must include the student's full name. The screenshot from the email is not official.
SuperScores will not be accepted.
Please remind your areas that any weighted grades on the transcript will require a counselor's letter.
As a reminder, the scholarship questions were updated last year. The list can be found here. Please share this with members in your area so there are no surprises.
We are aware that we are waiting on the new SAI report to be released by FAFSA. The last update from FAFSA says it should come out in early March. We will keep you updated as we hear new information.
FAFSA SAI UPDATE- Based on the comparison charts of EFC to SAI, the scholarship application will have a verbiage change only. The words "Estimated Family Contribution/ EFC" will be replaced with "Student Aide Index/ SAI".
All EFC/SAI values on the application and scoring rubric will remain the same.
Thank you for all that you do! Please email or call with any questions.
ASHLEE LAIRD
Program and Scholarship Coordinator
Texas FFA Association
P 512-271-6797 | E ashlee@texasffa.org
Texas FFA Association
614 E. 12th Street, Austin, Texas 78701
www.texasffa.org