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Portal team wins state FFA Career Development Event
Nursery-Landscape team wins first state title, advances to nationals
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Pictured are Katie Beth Mims, North Region FFA state vice resident; Cayla Morris, Amonica Kirkland, Caree McGahee and Heidi Sawyer of Portal FFA; Dr. Leslie Edgar, department head, UGA Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communication Department; and College of Agriculture student ambassador.
Portal Middle High School’s FFA Nursery-Landscape team won the state title for their Career Development Event on March 24 at the University of Georgia in Athens. Team members Amonica Kirkland, Cayla Morris, Caree McGahee and Heidi Sawyer advanced to state after winning the Area 4 competition in Swainsboro on Feb. 27. The team will now travel to Indianapolis in October to compete in the national Nursery-Landscape competition held during the National FFA Convention.
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