Old Kentucky Home Middle AG Program & FFA Chapter

05/08/2026

🐴 Ms. Baskin’s Intro to Ag students are wrapping up the semester by learning about horses in honor of the KY Derby last weekend.

Today we were given the opportunity to tour Spy Coast horse farm. We first visited their rehabilitation center, where horses are put through therapies such as red light, vibration plates, and water treadmills.

We then got to see the training arenas and barns where we saw horses being groomed, tacked up, and untacked.

Lastly, we got to meet the stallions, pregnant mares, and newborn foals. The horses were so friendly to our kids and were so happy to get all the love and pets!

We learned so much about each aspect… including that these horses live more luxuriously than we do!! We already can’t wait to come back! 🐴

05/06/2026

Don’t forget this Friday at 5:30 in the OKH Cafeteria!

FFA Members and supporters, make sure to save the date for Friday, May 8th, for the OKH FFA Chapter Banquet. This night is meant to recognize the outstanding work of our members on their accomplishments this year! This event will start at 5:30 in the OKH Cafeteria and conclude by 7:30. Please RSVP using the QR code attached to this invite.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSessrYmEW4kcz7abTLGYitc_nVxvtquzAFzGTh8k5MOxBR7MA/viewform

04/25/2026

Saturday morning spent with a few close friends at Bondurant Invitational this AM! Nearly 20 middle school chapters from across the state. OKH had a great day!

Extemp. Speaking- Payton Coomes, 1st Place 🥇

Discussion Meet- Alyssa Hagan, Ji McKay, Kyleigh Cecil, and Harper Rust, 1st Place 🥇

Quiz-bowl High Individual, Arria Newton 🏆

Agriscience Division 1, Ji McKay, 1st Place 🥇

Agriscience Division 2, Hunter Noe & Griffin Rush, 2nd place 🥈

Other competitors who got some great feedback for state!

Essay- Aubree Jackson

Opening and Closing Ceremonies- Kyleigh Cecil, Harper Rust, Griffin Rush, Jase Brewer, Cole Bringhurst and Hunter Noe.

Agriscience Division One Entries- Ethan Newton, Piper Ballard and Brayden Wulf.

Agriscience Division Two Entries- Cole Bringhurst & Landon Jury, Jase Brewer & Graham Berry.

Quizbowl- Arria Newton, Brody Willett, and Wilder Mousty.

04/18/2026

FFA Members and supporters, make sure to save the date for Friday, May 8th, for the OKH FFA Chapter Banquet. This night is meant to recognize the outstanding work of our members on their accomplishments this year! This event will start at 5:30 in the OKH Cafeteria and conclude by 7:30. Please RSVP using the QR code attached to this invite.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSessrYmEW4kcz7abTLGYitc_nVxvtquzAFzGTh8k5MOxBR7MA/viewform

04/17/2026

🥁Drum roll please!🥁

After a round of applications and interviews, we are SO excited to welcome in the new 2026-2027 OKH FFA Officer team! We are so excited to see the ways this team LEADS this next school year!

04/16/2026

We had a great day at UK Field Day sharpening some of our skills for state contest! Before leaving we learned Graham Berry and Jase were 2nd in their middle school division!

•Quizbowl team: Sadie-Rae Marksbury, Arria Newton, Brody Willett, Wilder Mousty.

•Jr. Livestock Judging: Gavin Jury, Piper Ballard, Adalyn Filiatreau, Harper Rust.

•Agriscience Fair Division 1: Ethan Newton

•Agriscience Fair Division 2: Graham Berry and Jase Brewer, Griffin Rush and Hunter Noe, Cole Bringhurst and Landon Jury.

We had to leave before all awards finished but a great day!

03/20/2026

This morning our 8th graders ventured to EKU Meadowbrook Farm for a facility tour! This farm is used for research and outreach for EKU, and focuses on students learning by doing. Students enrolled in the agriculture program take classes on the property focusing on animal science and livestock management. This farm is home to one of the few robotic milking parlors in the state. The farm is close to 1,1000 acres featuring swine, sheep, beef, and a dairy operation. We visited their cattle working facility modeled after Dr. Temple Grandin’s design, which was pretty neat! Ended with a visit to the February calves, and new March lambs- unfortunately they wouldn’t fit on the bus, but we did try! Thank you EKU for being such awesome hosts!

03/19/2026

Some big (and little🐣) things happening for OKH AG Department! Recently our chapter was awarded an $2500 Ag Achiever grant from the Kentucky FFA Foundation for the construction of a chicken coop! Ms. Baskin‘s classes have been busy incubating the eggs, and some of Mr. Goodlett‘s classes have been building the coop and run🐓🐔

Over the next few months we hope to make this a laying hen operation where students will be in charge of collecting eggs, selling to teachers and staff, and potentially adding to their own flock as SAE projects. We are just a little excited to see the final product, but for now enjoy some of the groundwork! 

03/12/2026

Lincoln Trail Regional FFA Day! This is the first time regional events have ever been hosted for middle school members, and we had a great turnout! These students will go on to represent the chapter in June at State FFA Convention.

Prepared Public Speaking
Adalyn Filiatreau-Superior 1st🥇

Opening & Closing Ceremonies
Kyleigh Cecil, Adrian Morris, Griffin Rush, Jase Brewer, Cole Bringhurst, and Hunter Noe.
Superior 3rd🥉

Talent
Brooklynn Shouse- Superior 2nd🥈

03/10/2026

03/09/2026

Thank you Kentucky FFA for hosting such a great middle school FFA conference! This group workshopped with the Kentucky FFA State Officer Team, and 300 other middle school members about building a legacy, and finding connections to build a better world- everything is awesome!