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The Dinuba Sentinel Health & Fitness Dinuba High MED Academy students do well
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at State contest, move on to International
Sentinel staff report
The Dinuba High School MED Academy recently sent 52 students to compete at the 2019 HOSA Future Health Professional State Conference Contest, where they competed with over 3,500 other
Outstanding Chapter and HOSA Happenings winners Natalie Gonzalez and Jada Delgadillo will be moving on to compete in Orlando, Florida at Internationals.
Of the six DHS students competing in Prepared Speaking, two are moving on to Internationals; Kenia Valdez (2nd place) and Emely Cardenas (4th place). Two students also made the top ten, Natalie Gonzalez (6th) and Ashpreet Pannu (7th).
students from throughout the state. Of those competing from Dinuba, nine are now moving on to compete at the Internationals in Orlando, Florida.
In addition, the DHS HOSA won the award for National Service Project for most money raised for Pediatric Cancer.
Citlalli Juarez and Yarissa Araujo took 5th place in Career Display Board at the State competition. They will also be moving on to compete at Internationals.
The group of Jasonpaul Bhangu, Kaitlyn Ngai, Fernando Diaz and Joshua Corrales took 3rd place for Community Awareness and will be competing at Internationals. They are show here with advisor Lucas Lichtenwaldt.
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Services received a silver award, Jose Breceda is in Diversified Livestock and received a bronze award, and Giselle Martinez received silver for Small Animal Care. Those who were sectional level winners for their category advance to the regional level to compete against others within the San Joaquin Region. Dinuba had several members win the sectional level and advance. Jose Flores was the sectional winner in the Nursery Operations category, Jesus Aguilera was the winner for Vegetable Production, Zechariah Nelson won Specialty Animal Production, Steven Jimenez was the sectional winner for Ag Processing, and Cristian Rubio won in the Dairy Production-Placement category.
Alongside the proficiency awards, Dinuba had numerous students awarded the State FFA Degree. The State FFA Degree is awarded to FFA members who have demonstrated the highest level of commitment to their association and made significant accomplishments in their Supervised Agricultural Experiences, completing a total of 500 hours and investing or earning a total of $1,000. Additional State Degrees requirements include a six- minute speech, participating in at least five distinctly different
level, participating in at least two distinctly different non- FFA school activities which are conducted outside of normal class time, and service to their community. Dinuba is overjoyed for the following recipients that will receive their State Degree: Ulices Alvarado, Caleb Barba- Chavez, Guadalupe Brito, Ricardo Diaz, Jose Flores, Roma Gallardo, Tricia Gallardo, Leslie Garcia, Steven Jimenez, Adriana Ledesma, Nathan Martin, and Giselle Martinez. Adriana Ledesma, a DHS senior, was asked what she had to do and what was her project was. She responded with, “You have to get a lot of hours and be efficient with your time. My project was market hog and the raising, and selling, of livestock on my family’s ranch.”
Jose Flores and Steven Jimenez were also regional winners and whose application advanced to compete at state level against other regional winners. Our program also submitted applications for star administrators who have made a positive difference in our program. Our star administrators were Dr. Joe Hernandez, superintendent of the Dinuba Unified School District, Gina Melkonian, Assistant Principal at Dinuba
Dr. Michael Roberts. Agustina Sanchez was also recognized as being a Star Counselor. Dinuba is proud of the dedicated members that received Proficiency and State Degree awards this year. We look forward to the continue successes of these students and supporters.
Dinuba FFA Reporter
Members from the Dinuba High School Agriculture Program are receiving proficiency awards and State Degrees based on activities both inside and outside of the classroom. Proficiency awards honor members who have developed specialized skills that they can apply toward their future careers through an SAE, or Supervised Agricultural Experiences. An SAE are planned, practical activities conducted outside of regularly scheduled class time that help students develop and apply agricultural knowledge and skills learned inside the classroom. Students who are interested in applying for an Agriculture Proficiency Award must complete an application in one of the specific proficiency award areas then have applications evaluated against other in their award areas.
Within the proficiency competition, two members from Dinuba are regional winners, Jose Flores and Steven Jimenez. The following proficiency award winners were recognized at the Sequoia FFA sectional level for their efforts in their project areas: Saira Mendoza is the silver award winner in Agricultural Education, Jotzael Roman
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Julia Alvarez
Maria Barbis – In memory of Cheryl Herbrig
Juanita Botkin
Harl and Stephanie Buckridge
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Dinuba Woman’s Club Stephen Drew
Mike and Lesta Ekizian
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Joe and Angie Garcia
Rita Garcia
Chris and Judy George Geraldine Gerbrandt
Toni Gerbrandt
Ron and Jean Gerstenberg
Gary and Stella Giese
Mike and Diane Hayes
Ron and Peggy Jefferson
Jim Manning Dodge
Rick and Valyn Kandarian
Kiwanis Club of Dinuba
Carol Knoy
Herman Morales
Lucas Moreno
Jerry and Ginger Munson
Ron Nishinaka
Lynn Parker
Rebecca Ramirez – In honor of Amelia & Ellie Mae Phillips
Maribel Reynosa
Ruiz Food Products, Inc. Shirley Stormont
Phil and Nancy Stovall Gary and Joan Truitt Beverly Worrell
David and Rhonda Ysusi
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Dinuba FFA Members Awarded
Pro ciencies and State Degrees
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