The District V Agriculture Education Career Development Event was held on Thursday, December 5th at Mt. Vernon High School. Thank you to Mr. Wyatt Capps and Ms. Cherie Rogier for serving as the location host. 

Students participating submitted a lesson plan, prior to the event, that they would teach to an Intro to Agriculture Education class. Participants then presented a ten minute segment of their designed lesson to a room of students while the judges observed. The individuals participating were scored on their lesson plan, delivery of lesson as well as follow up questions in addition to their provided reflection and a written test. 

Congratulations to our top individuals: 

1st place - Kenadie Buehler, New Athens

2nd place - Victoria Rudolphi, Olney

3rd place - Samantha Heinzmann, Carlyle

Other schools participating included: Vienna, Mt. Carmel, Breese Central, Mt. Vernon, Du Quoin and Crab Orchard. 

A special thank you to our judges for the event:

• Madison Bock, Bluford Agriculture Teacher

• Cloe Haas, Brownstown Agriculture Teacher

• Wayne Griffith, John A Logan College Agriculture Instructor

• Eric Wisley, SIUC Agriculture Education Student

• Kelsey Trewin, Former Illinois Agriculture Teacher

• Marissa Battin, Former Illinois Agriculture Teacher

An additional thank you goes to the section officers that helped make this event possible by serving as the “students” who the participants presented their lesson to. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank Farm Credit of Mt. Vernon for providing a light meal for all volunteers and section officers that made the event possible.