Ed Belinsky
Advisor
Fast Facts
- Age: 27
- Birthday: January 11
- Advisors:
- SAE:
- Future Plans:
- Favorite Color: Blue
- Favorite Animal: Clubtailed Dragonfly
- Favorite CDE:
- Quote:
- Hobbies: Backpacking, kayaking, fishing, snowboarding
Why did you join FFA?
Woodbury FFA, 1998-2002
Who has had the greatest impact on your life?
My father.If you had a million dollars, what would you do with it?
Travel around the world a couple of times.Final thought
Always learning more about what I love and passing on the knowledge.
Eric Birkenberger
Advisor
Fast Facts
- Age: 42
- Birthday: Same as my twin sister, December 30
- Advisors:
- SAE: Horticulture Instructure/Student Advisor
- Future Plans: Continue to make a positive difference in students lives.
- Favorite Color: Green
- Favorite Animal: Dog
- Favorite CDE:
- Quote:
- Hobbies: Working with wood, gardening, brewing beer.
Were you an FFA member and if so where and when?
Nope.Who has had the greatest impact on your life?
My family and GodIf you had a million dollars, what would you do with it?
First I would simplify my life, and then make someone elses life better.What is the best part of being an Ag teacher?
Making a difference in student's lives.
William Davenport
Advisor
Stationed by the owlFun Facts
- Age:47
- Birthday:8/9/63
- Favorite Color: Blue
- Favorite Animal: Dairy Cows
- Favorite CDE: Dairy Judging
- Hobbies: Showing Cows
Were you an FFA member and if so where and when?
No, unfortunentlyWhat has been your most memorable teaching experience?
When my 2007 Dair Judging Team placed 2nd nationally, and then getting to go to Europe on a 12 day tour with this team.Who has had the biggest impact on your life?
My familyIf you had a million dollars, what would you do with it?
Buy lots of farmland and a few really good dairy cows.What is the best part of being an Ag teacher?
The Students!!
Sarah LaRose
Advisor
Fast Facts
- Age: Old enough to be your teacher
- Birthday: June 21
- Advisors: Dr. Larry D. Case and Erwin Milton Tiffany
- SAE: Gardening and maple syrup production
- Future Plans: Traveling!!!
- Favorite Color: National Blue
- Favorite Animal: Elephant, Cow, Horse (I can't just pick one)
- Favorite CDE: Foresty( I got to compete at Nationals in this contest)
- Quote: "I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it" -Thomas Jefferson
- Hobbies: Drawing, Painting, working in my garden, going on "
Were you an FFA member and if so where and when?
Yes, I proudly wore the corduroy jacket as a member of the Ledyard Regional FFA Chapter in Ledyard, CT!!!!!!!! I remained an active member of the chapter from 2001-2006.What has been your most memorable teaching experience?
I have lots of funny memories of different classes I've had, but probably any time that a student really "gets it" in terms of how the Ag program and the FFA are truly very cool experiences that not only help you but are lots of fun too!Who has had the greatest impact on your life?
Probably my parents, Liz and Joel LaRose. They truly impacted those skills of adapting to change and a can-do attitude, especially with my dad's career in the United States Navy.If you had a million dollars, what would you do with it?
Pay off my students loans and car loan, and donate the rest to various charities.What is the best part of being an Ag teacher?
Seeing kids get really excited about agriculture and then telling others about it and making it their own!
George Lyman
Advisor
Fast Facts
- Age: 48
- Birthday: June 5
- Advisors:
- SAE: Mosquito control with state of Massachusettes
- Future Plans:
- Favorite Color: Green
- Favorite Animal: Joe Rocker (look it up)
- Favorite CDE:
- Quote:
- Hobbies: fishing, hiking, kayaking, spending time with family
Were you an FFA member and if so where and when?
What was your most memerable teaching experience?
Harvesting grapes in the cold on a field trip, removing honeybees from a barn wall and birdhouse, cutting my leg with a chainsaw, banding owlsWho has had the greatest impact on your life?
My parentsIf you had a million dollars, what would you do with it?
Buy a boat and travelWhat is the best part of being an Ag teacher?
Teaching about things I love and learning all the timeErika Petersson
Advisor
Stationed by the owlFun Facts
- Birthday: August 30, 1981
- Favorite Color: Pink
- Favorite Animal: Dog, cow, horse
- Favorite CDE: Livestock Judging
Were you an FFA member and if so, where and when?
NoWhat has been your most memorable teaching experience?
When I had a student graduate from the AG program that was a student of mine and she emailed me from college and told me how much she apperciate everything I tought her because she was so much more prepared for her college courses then the other students in her class.Who has had the greatest impact on your life?
My Dad.If you had a million dollars, what would you do with it?
Rescue animals and donate to leukemia/lymphona research?What is the best part of being an AG teacher?
Teaching the subject that I love and having students that want to be here!
Liz Webb
Advisor
Fast Facts
- Birthday: same as my twin brother, June 4th 1959
- Advisors: my hero, my husband, Mr. Webb
- SAE: gardening, dog care, riding/driving ponies
- Future Plans: enjoy each day
- Favorite Color: red and brown
- Favorite Animal: dogs and equine
- Favorite CDE: Horse judging (of course!)
- Quote: "Do what you like, Like what you do"
- Hobbies: cooking, gardening, taking walks with my dogs in the woods, reading
Were you an FFA member and if so why?
No, but I would have been a great one!What has been your most challenging FFA experience?
Lisa Extance being a equine proficiency finalist, horse judging placing 12th in the nation and most importantly, that I am teaching children of students I taught and they thought enough about the program to send their children here.
