Palmer FFA kicked off the Ellis County Youth Expo Tuesday with the Ag Mechanics Project Show and Ag mech marketplace show. Our exhibitors worked very hard this year on their projects. Palmer FFA Ag Mechanics Exhibitors did an outstanding job presenting their projects. We had a total of 17 projects this year .Please congratulate them on a successful show.
In the Ag Mechanics show we had:
Livestock Equipment Division
Livestock handling and housing
Cole and Emma
Blue ribbon,1st place in class and division champion🏆🥇
Chicken Coop
Amethyst
Blue ribbon and 4th place
Saddle rack
Livestock Show Equipment
Jenna
Blue Ribbon and 3rd place 🥉
Lamb and Goat Show racks
Cooking Equipment Division
Misc. cooking Equipment
Ebin
Blue ribbon and 2nd place 🥈
Forged Campfire Cooking Set
Stationary smokers
Daniel , Grady and Peyton
Blue Ribbon and 8th place
Offset smoker
Home and yard convenience division
Small indoor furniture
Karleigh , Rosa and Isiah
Blue Ribbon and 2nd place 🥈
Coffee table
Outdoor metal furniture
Daniel and Eric
Blue Ribbon and 2nd place 🥈
Bench
Firepits
Ollie , Grady , Parker, and Rowdy
Blue ribbon and 1st place 🥇
Firepit
In the Marketplace show with a chance to make the sale of champions we had the following projects.
Cooking Equipment
Rocket stove
Parker
Blue ribbon and 3rd place 🥉
Wildlife
Fishing Equipment storage
Rowdy and Ollie
Blue ribbon and reserve division champion.🏆🥈 and qualifying for the sale of champions
Shooting bench
Lainey and Lola
Blue ribbon and 5th place
Home Recreation and Convenience
Bench
Harlee and Kayli
Blue ribbon and 4th place
Adirondack Chair and table set
Harper and Ford
Blue Ribbon and 7th place
Arbor with swing
Katilyn
Red ribbon and 11th place
Livestock Equipment
Spurs
Grady
Blue ribbon and 5th place
Hay Ring
Wyatt, Cannon, Loki and Gabe
Blue ribbon and 6th place
Gate
John
Red ribbon and 8th place
⛳️ District Golf Results after Day 2 ⛳️
⚾️ Baseball Schedule Change ⚾️
The game scheduled against Mildred on Saturday has been canceled.
Congratulations to our PHS UIL Teams! They did a fantastic job at district!
Emma Odle - 1st place - Copy Editing and 4th place Editorial Writing
James Miller - 5th place - Spelling
Penelope Morgan - 3rd place - News Writing
Genesis Guidry - 3rd place - Editorial Writing, 5th place - News Writing
Ryker Gorrell - 3rd place - Lit Crit and 6th place - Headline Writing
Lit Crit team won 1st place - Ryker, Genesis, Emma & Brandon Junkin
⚾️ Games postponed 🥎
Due to the proximity of lightning and safety concerns through the evening the baseball and softball games will now be played Wednesday in Palmer at 6 PM.
Baseball and softball are currently in a lightning delay. Please stay tuned for updates.
ATTENTION SENIOR PARENTS:
Scholarship deadlines are quickly approaching! Have your senior stop by the counseling center to pick up their applications.
Day 1 District Golf Results
If you are a current 8th-11th grade student, we would love for you to come to our Try-Out informational meeting with your adult! Guard is a competitive group that is looking for new members to join our Championship team!
At Winterguard Championships, Ava received a scholarship from NTCA! We are so proud of her growth in this program! We are excited to see her reach her dreams of teaching Colorguard!
Congratulations to Eric and Cannon Cisneros. Eric was named all-region by the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches and Cannon was named academic all-district by the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches and the Texas High School Coaches Association.
Ellis County Youth Expo prep is in gear for Palmer FFA and the Ag students!
Mrs. Vines solicited help from her AFNR class to brush and shine some pigs to work on hide and hair health!
All hands on deck to get all the projects ready for the next 2 weeks of events.
💙💛FFA Banquet Info 🥇 🏆
Palmer FFA Banquet will be held at the MS Cafe at 6:30pm on 4/29/25!
Please see the flyer below to RSVP!
Tickets will be paid for at the door and will be entered into a raffle for a custom fire pit at the end of the evening!
Please email kvines@palmer-isd.org, aochoa@palmer-isd.org or mmolan@palmer-isd.org with questions!
Good luck to the fifty-five students taking the SAT School Day today at PHS!
The Lady Bulldogs win a thriller over Blooming Grove 5-4!
Varsity Baseball gets the win 5-1 over Blooming Grove! They will travel back to Blooming Grove Friday night to wrap up the series.
JV Baseball remains unbeaten in district with their win over Blooming Grove tonight. They will go for the series sweep Friday night back at Blooming Grove.
A lot going on in the shop at PHS! Students are preparing for county show that's coming up quick.
Environmental Science studied lifecycles and sustainability of ecosystems. They enjoyed planting seeds, measuring growth, setting up bird feeders, and observing the metamorphosis of caterpillars into butterflies.
