INDIANAPOLIS (October 20-October 24th, 2026) – Weld Central FFA members attended the National FFA Convention and Expo this year! Fifteen students and chaperones traveled to Indianapolis, went on tours to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Churchill Downs, the Louisville Slugger Factory and the HighPointe Horse Training Farm. Students that attended were Dawson Dever, Dawson Rupple, Sawyer Hanger, Bentley Morgan, Riley Gibson, Addi Powers, Anastyn Perez, Makayla Milligan, Ady Turner, Joselyn Fontius, Chloe Cooper, Morgan Simpson, Hadley Huwa, Natalie Pakiser and Jaylene Salazar Covarrubius.
Jaylene Salazar Covarrubias competed in the Spanish FFA Creed Contest and received Bronze. She received State Runner Up at the State Convention in June so was able to qualify for this national contest.
Dawson Dever and Anastyn Perez were State Winners in the Proficiency Award Program. At the national level, Dawson received Gold in Swine Entrepreneurship and Anastyn received Silver in Equine Entrepreneurship.
The Weld Central FFA Chapter was also recognized for the National Chapter Award where they were in the top 3 for the state of Colorado and received a 2-Star rating nationally. The students that filled out this application were Alex Bolin, Anastyn Perez, Aubree Klausner, Audrey Koehn, Chloe Cooper, Courtney Bydalek, Dawson Dever, Gabby Graver, Hunter Olson, Jacob Turner, and Taylor Seely.
Five past FFA members, Addie Forbes, Kennedy Cardillo, John Howard, Kayla Kitzman and Leah Rupple, received their American FFA degrees. This is the highest degree that you can receive as an FFA member and less than 1% of all members receive this degree.
FFA members attended workshops, sessions and the expo where they connected with hundreds of industry professionals and college/trade school representatives and they heard from keynote speakers. There were around 70,000 individuals who attended the convention and expo from around the country.
The National FFA Organization is a school-based national youth leadership development organization of more than 1,027,273 student members as part of 9,235 local FFA chapters in all 50 states, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The FFA mission is to make a positive difference in the lives of students by developing their potential for premier leadership, personal growth, and career success through agricultural education.
