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A young girl feeds a sheep at the petting zoo during the ag department’s Fall Festival Saturday, Oct. 19, at the farm. Besides the opportunity to interact with such animals as sheep and goats, the event offered carnival games and food options.

Ag students host return of Fall Festival on Saturday, Oct. 19, after 7-year hiatus

Kyuwon Han, Opinion Editor • October 22, 2024

After a seven-year hiatus, Sunny Hills ag students who are part of the Future Farmers of America [FFA] hosted a Fall Festival at the farm on Saturday, Oct. 19. “We really wanted more community events,...

Standing next to Ronald the cow, English and journalism teacher Tommy Li (left) waves to the audience in the quad during lunch Friday, March 3, as Future Farmers of America vice president junior Paloma Wizikowski applauds. Wizikowski started the countdown for Li to perform his duties of kissing the bovine as a culminating event to national Future Farmers of America [FFA] week. The less than five-minute show in which Li was chosen among a list of other teachers and staff –including principal Craig Weinreich – after earning the most votes from digital voting was originally scheduled for Friday, Feb. 24, the last day of FFA Week, but was postponed because of rain.

Photo Gallery: FFA Week

Rebekah Kim and Summer Sueki • March 12, 2023

Associated Student Body co-adviser Mike Paris, who was appointed by the students kisses a goat from the Sunny Hills Agriculture Farm in the quad for the last day of National Future Farmers of America [FFA] Week. Traditionally, FFA would host “Kiss the Cow,” an event in which a staff member would kiss a cow instead of a goat.

Photo Gallery: FFA Spirit Week

Rebekah Kim and Audrey Seo • March 1, 2022

Ag teacher feature

New agriculture teacher aims to continue with traditional events like ‘Kiss the Cow’ while helping students grow as leaders

Esther Oh, Staff Reporter • January 19, 2022

Shannon Deskin grew up in South Orange County with parents who owned such pets as cats, dogs, horses, snakes, lizards and geckos. “We always had animals,” Deskin said of her childhood Mission Viejo...

Not his first rodeo — English teacher who grew up on a dairy farm gets most student votes to kiss the cow as culmination of Future Farmers of America Week

Alice Lee, Staff Reporter • March 16, 2021

English teacher Randy Oudega never thought he would get enough votes from students to be nominated for the honor of a Future Farmers of America [FFA] spring semester tradition: Kiss the Cow. “Udder...

The four Future Farmers of America team members were in Fresno March 12 to look at some of the fruit trees in person and get some practice before their March 13 competition in Yuba City, which was canceled because of the novel coronavirus pandemic. That eventually led to the creation of a virtual event over the summer.

Four FFA students take second place in state virtual fruit tree judging contest

Gianne Veluz, Social Media Manager • September 21, 2020

Coming off a first-place finish for Sunny Hills’ Future Farmers of America [FFA] program last year in a state fruit tree judging contest, a new team of four students fell three points shy of repeating...

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