SC/W FFA Stars, left to right: Ty Ziebart, Austin Schmit, Sawyer Senska and Aaron Linke.

On Jan. 16, District 4 FFA held its State Degree Review and Star Interview Day.
SC/W FFA submitted seven senior member’s state degree applications and four members attended to interview for their Star applications. Stars are recognized for their high quality Supervised Agricultural Experience projects, exemplary record keeping, and outstanding FFA involvement.
At this event, Aaron Linke interviewed for Star in Agribusiness. This area recognizes members with outstanding agricultural business ventures. Linke received second place in this area.
Ty Ziebart interviewed for Star in Placement.  This area recognizes members who are employed in an agricultural occupation. In the area of Star in Placement, Ziebart received first place.
Austin Schmit and Sawyer Senska interviewed for Star Greenhand. This area recognizes sophomore members who received their Greenhand Degree the previous school year. In this area, Schmit placed first and Senska placed second.
All four members will advance their applications on to the state level for judging.  At state judging, four finalists will be selected from across the state. Those finalists will then interview at the South Dakota FFA State Convention in April.