FFA, Art Students Eclipse $120,000 Mark at Annual AISD Livestock Show & Country Fair

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The Aldine community once again stepped up to the plate and rewarded Aldine ISD FFA (Future Farmers of America) students and art students for their hard work and creativity by spending more than $120,000 on projects and art work during the 54th annual Livestock Show and Country Fair, held Jan. 31-Feb. 1 at the M.O. Campbell Educational Center.

The Sale of Champions brought in $114,300, while the sixth annual Art Auction and Breakfast brought in another $6,150 bringing the total amount of sales to $120,450.

The money raised by Aldine ISD FFA students is theirs to use for college scholarships or to fund future FFA projects during the 2013-14 school year.

Below is a list of the winners and their buyers.

Grand Champion

Nimitz High School

• Micheala Tennyson: Steer — Kidd Pipeline, $10,000
• Hunter Palermo: Pig — Kiesha Burnett, $6,000
• Hunter Palermo: Broilers — Aldine Buyer’s Group, $2,750

MacArthur High School

• Raúl Ramos: Goat — Aldine Education Foundation, $4,000
• Jaimin Figueroa: Lamb — MacArthur Vertical Buyer’s Group, $3,500
• Abigail Campos: Turkey Tom — Eisenhower Vertical Buyers’s Group, $3,500

Eisenhower High School

• Malaysia Devine: Turkey hen — Nimitz Vertical Buyer’s Group, $3,000
• Quinn Tucker: Rabbits — Aldine Vertical Buyer’s Group, $3,000

Aldine High School

• Stephanie Lozano: Horticulture Project — Eisenhower Vertical Buyer’s Group, $1,750

Reserve Grand Champion

Aldine High School

• Verónica Gámez: Steer — First Construction Buyer’s Group, $8,000
• Stephanie Lozano: Goat — Superintendent’s Buyer’s Group, $3,500
• Zak Cox: Rabbits — Coyote Crossing, $2,250

Eisenhower High School

• Seth Glass: Pig — Operations Director’s Buyer’s Group, $3,000
• Quinn Tucker: Lamb — Aldine Noon Optimist Club, $3,500
• Gabriel Joubert: Broilers — Hager Machine & Tool, Inc., $2,000
•  Courtney Cain: Horticulture Project — AXA Equitable Buyer’s Group, $1,200

Nimitiz High School

• Micheala Tennyson: Turkey Tom — Aldine Vertical Buyer’s Group, $2,000

MacArthur High School

• Matthew Gutiérrez: Turkey hen — Z&V Janitorial Service, $2,250

Scholarship Cake

• First Place: Aldine High School FFA — Aldine Buyer’s Group, $1,000
• Second Place: Eisenhower High School FFA — MacArthur Vertical Buyer’s Group, $1,100

Silent Art Auction

• Grand Champion: Marissa Rodarte of Nimitz High School, Teacher Leslie Rowney — $1,500
• Reserve Grand Champion: Mariel Smith of Carver High School, Teacher Laura Luna — $1,500
• Third Place: Yanley Cisneros of Nimtiz High School, Teacher Leslie Rowney — $1,000
• Fourth Place: Nancie Escamilla of MacArthur High School, Teacher Letha Guillory — $1,050
• Fifth Place: Som-Mai Nguyen of Eisenhower High School, Teacher Michaelann Kelly — $800
• Sixth Place: Gabby Bernal of MacArthur High School, Teacher Charlee Rogers — $300

Congratulations to the students! And the school district extends a big hand of gratitude to the community.