More than 69,500 FFA members and supporters from across the country celebrated agriculture
and agricultural education last week during the 95th National FFA Convention & Expo in
Indianapolis. Eight FFA members from the Osmond FFA Chapter attended the Convention -
freshmen Ava Reikofski; sophomore Cody Gansebom; juniors Matthew Alderson, Hunter
Buchanan, Ethan Davids, and James Doyle; and seniors Zachary Reikofski, and Cali Gutz.
This time-honored tradition, hosted by the city of Indianapolis, was held Oct. 26-29.
The event culminated with the election of the 2022-23 National FFA Officer team. Students from
Illinois, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas and Virginia were elected by National
FFA Delegates to serve as 2022-23 National FFA Officers. They will lead the organization for
the next year.
    Andrew Seibel of Virginia was elected national president and Jessica Herr of Pennsylvania was
elected national secretary. Ryan Williamson of Texas was elected western region vice president;
MacKenna Clifton of North Carolina was elected southern region vice president; Karstyn
Cantrell of Oklahoma was elected central region vice president; and Gracie Murphy of Illinois
was elected eastern region vice president.
    Those attending the convention participated in general convention sessions hosted at Lucas Oil
Stadium, were inspired by their peers as they were recognized for their accomplishments, and
heard from keynote speakers, like Tamika Catchings. Convention attendees also explored
various career paths at the National FFA Expo, participated in career success tours, and more.
FFA members and advisors took their skills to the next level in student and teacher workshops
— hearing from industry leaders, motivational speakers and more — and watched members
discuss their agricultural projects on the new Student Showcase Stage.
    Service has always been a part of the FFA motto, and it was front and center at this year’s event
as members took part in service projects at the convention center and various sites in
Indianapolis. In partnership with Book Pillows of Hope, members constructed more than 1,200
travel book pillows to be donated to schools, hospitals and first responders.
General convention sessions were aired live on RFD-TV and The Cowboy Channel. To learn
more, visit convention.FFA.org.
    The National FFA Organization is a school-based national youth leadership development
organization of more than 850,000 student members as part of 8,995 local FFA chapters in all
50 states, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Students and instructors from 28 high schools met near Tilden to compete in the Northeast Area
Land Judging Competition Wednesday, October 12th, 2022. The Lower Elkhorn Natural
Resources District (LENRD) hosted the annual competition at a site just North of Tilden.
Land Judging is a high school competition that challenges students to gain a better
understanding of soil structure and land evaluation. Each participant learns how to recognize
the physical features of the soil, determine land capability for crop production, and evaluate
management practices needed for proper stewardship.

During the competition, students judge four soil pits using an evaluation card to make
assessments on: soil depth, surface texture, permeability, slope, thickness of surface and
erosion. Each evaluation card is scored and added together to determine overall scores for
individuals and the team.

Individuals from Osmond that competed in the contest were freshmen Ava Reikofski; juniors
Matthew Alderson, Ethan Davids, and James Doyle; and seniors Cali Gutz, Reese Hanna, Zach
Reikofski, and Caden Wingert. Individually, Zach Reikofski earned a red ribbon and Reese
Hanna earned a white ribbon at the contest. However, all gained valuable experience in
assessing soils.

Thursday, December 8, 2022

BREAKFAST: (7:40 am-8:00 am) Breakfast Burrito

LUNCH: Tater tot Casserole, Corn & Bread

ANNOUNCEMENTS

FBLA

There will be an FBLA meeting this morning during Homeroom in Mrs. Tunink’s room. Please bring your cookie kit orders. 

Seniors

The Jostens order for seniors is due by the end of the day today.

BB

Basketball today @ Randolph has been POSTPONED to a later date.

BB

Basketball on Friday, Dec. 9 @ Wynot.   JV girls will play @ 4:00 p.m. and play 4 quarters followed by 4 quarters of JV boys.   Girls’ varsity will begin @ 6:00 p.m. followed by boys’ varsity @ 7:45 p.m.

Bus will depart at 2:20.

Drop/Add

Please let Mrs. Stelling know if you need to drop or add any classes by Friday, Dec. 9^th.

WR

Wrestling on Saturday, Dec. 10 @ Stanton at 9:30 a.m.

Norfolk Rescue Mission

The elementary student council is collecting items for the Norfolk Rescue Mission.  At this time the mission is in need of canned chicken or tuna, canned fruit, drink mixes or Kool Aid or monetary donations. Please place any food donations under the Christmas trees in the elementary entryway and any monetary donations can be given to Mrs. Aschoff.

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Osmond/Randolph CO-OP Update

Keli Aschoff and Cali Gutz share what the new basketball uniforms look like for the Osmond-Randolph co-op this winter. 

The student body of both Osmond and Randolph voted on a new mascot and colors for the co-op basketball teams. The new masctot will be the Osmond-Randolph Hawks and colors will be black and gold. 

The Board of Education from both the Osmond and Randolph Public Schools met for their April board meetings on the evening of April 11.  Both boards voted on a co-op involving junior high: football, girls’ basketball, and boys basketball as well as varsity girls and boys basketball for two years.  The Osmond board of education and the Randolph board of education both approved the co-op.