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From SkillsUSA and FFA to a track team state championship, the Snowflake Unified School District Governing Board took a moment to hear about the accomplishments of a number of students at the May 9 meeting.
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Snowflake High School teacher and leader of the SkillsUSA team, Daniel Prestwich, gave a report on the success of his students at state. Prestwich said that as a result of the state winnings, he will be taking 10 students to the Skills USA Nationals in Louisville, Ken., the last week of June.
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“Derek Willis will be competing in cabinet making,” said Prestwich. “Wyatt Dokey, Austin Reynold and Anthony Gabaldon will be competing in team works, while Tyler Peterson, Kristoffer Neff, Ethan Miller, Paulina Loya and Cassandra Peterson will be competing in the Quiz Bowl.”
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Jack Babb, adult advisor with the Snowflake High School FFA chapter, reported that the chapter recently went through their annual officer elections.
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“We have a whole new slate of officers, many have served previously, others are newcomers to the program. I am hoping to be able to introduce them to you in August or September. Our just released president of the chapter, Cody Rowell is in the running for a state FFA officer position.”
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Babb also noted that the awards banquet had more than 200 people in attendance.
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After the track team was brought in, Superintendent Hollis Merrell shared, “It’s been a banner time for our school in the last few weeks. Our junior high boys track team took first in the White Mountain League Championship. We also had four teams that were either state champions or second place, runners up.”
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Those teams included golf, which came in second; girls softball, which came in second; boys high school track, which came in second; and girls high school track, which took the state championship.
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Snowflake High School Track Coach Lynn Johnson said, “We took 42 kids down to the state meet, where we competed against 68 teams in our division with 436 participants. Every year our kids step up. I am extremely proud of them not only for what they do on the track but what they do off the track as well.”
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Board President Carole Owens said, “The one thing I noticed at the state meet was that our kids root for each other, they congratulate each other and they cry with each; they are a team.”
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In other business, the board approved out of state travel, with the notation that the district does not fund summer out of state travel for the sports teams, the approval is strictly for use of the school van, with all travel expenses being the responsibility of the team, club or group, for: boys and girls basketball and girls volleyball teams to attend camp at Dixie State; Skills USA team to attend Nationals in Louisville, Kentucky; Link Crew to attend basic training in California; and FFA to attend FFA Convention 2019 in Indianapolis, Indiana, in the fall.
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