A Brief

HISTORY

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1920 ELLIS CLARK (PICTURED ABOVE ON FAR LEFT) LED THE COMMUNITY'S FIRST VOCATIONAL AGRICULTURE CLASS

1928 THE NATIONAL FFA ORGANIZATION WAS FOUNDED AND WOODBURY FFA CHAPTER ESTABLISHED

1960 THE ELLIS CLARK VOCATIONAL AGRICULTURE PROGRAM REGIONALIZED, OPENING ENROLLMENT TO SURROUNDING TOWNS

1987 THE WOODBURY FFA ALUMNI WAS FOUNDED

1990 FIVE WOODBURY FFA CHAPTER OFFICERS WERE ELECTED TO SERVE AS STATE FFA OFFICERS IN THE SAME YEAR

2002 THE WOODBURY FFA CHAPTER SENT 11 STATE WINNING TEAMS TO COMPETE AT THE NATIONAL CONVENTION - A NEW RECORD FOR ANY SINGLE CHAPTER IN THE COUNTRY

2009 THE ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAM WAS FOUNDED

Present PROGRAM ENROLLMENT IS CONSISTENTLY 350+ STUDENTS AND 10 TEACHERS, THE LARGEST IN THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT

Future THE PROGRAM CONTINUES TO EVOLVE , AND ENSURE THAT STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO THE NEWEST TECHNOGIES AND BREAKTHROUGHS IN THE FIELD OF AGRICULTURE SCIENCE, AND ENSURES THAT THE STUDENT WILL BE SUCCESSFUL IN THEIR ENDEAVORS AFTER GRADUATION