Congratulations to the new state president of FEA, Emily Mettes!! We are so proud of you! :)

Tired Competitors!

A day of stress is all over these faces!!

STATE CONVENTION!!!

Our group is ready to rock the convention! Thank you, Grand Canyon University, for hosting!

DC Time!

After breakfast with the whole FEA group at the convention and an awards ceremony for the competitions, we are currently waiting at Penn Station to take a train to DC. We are more than ready to show the nation's capital what Greenway's FEA chapter is all about. Also, special shout out to Jenea, our impromptu speaker; Emily, Andrea, and Alisa, our ethical dilemma competitors; and Taylor Way, the lesson planner extraordinaire. We are so proud to say that Taylor took third place out of the nation in her competition!! Congrats, Taylor!! :)

National Finalists!

At Sunday morning's award ceremony, Alisa, Andrea, and Emily were honored as finalists in the Ethical Dilemma competition and Taylor won 3rd place Nationally!! Congratulations to all 8 of you for stepping up to compete at the national level!! We are soooooo proud of you!

Baltimore Faces!

Crab (crabby) Faces

The Type it Takes to Be a Future Educator

After a long morning of presenting competitions and sitting through education sessions, it was an amazing sight to witness just about every single one of the 1,100 members here representing FEA jammed out to "Don't Stop Believing" during lunch. Seeing all of these people join together to sing and dance to this song truly shows the incredible people that will make a difference in the future in the lives of children because they were willing to go all out in front of strangers to do something big. Don't stop believing in your goals! :)

And after...

See a difference? :))

Before competing...

Nervous Competitors!

Getting mentally ready while first general session rolls on...

Checking out the neighborhood!

Carousels and swing sets along Chesapeake Bay...

Sleepy girls in Detroit

A little over halfway through our travels, we have a layover in Detroit. We sleepwalked from one gate to the next.

Ready to Fly!

Through security and at our gate, we are so excited to fly to Baltimore for Nationals! But excellence never rests! While we wait, our ethics team continues to prepare for their Saturday morning presentation!!

Applications now available for Centennial Scholars picks

Applications now available for Centennial Scholars picks
Hey seniors! Go see if you qualify for this scholarship as a future teacher! I think it would be amazing for a Greenway grad to be one of the first to receive one of these 10 scholarships! It would help pay for housing expenses if you already have the AIMS scholarship. Start on it this weekend! :))

Big Day in FEA!

Today was one of the craziest days in our chapter as we all made final changes and tweaks to state competitions. It was a great hour spent watching the many videos created by our classmates, helping those who had to finish, providing support to Mrs. Stockwell after a crazy week of following our every move to ensure our success, and celebrating a birthday, with more than one singing of Happy Birthday. It's days like this when we realize just how much of a family our FEA class is. 

Tiara, Sam, and Ashley are hard at work

Levi finishing up his competition

Relaxing after a crazy week

Tiara and Sam smile as they finish their competition

Damiana and Veronica

Congratulations!!! (:

So as president of FEA I just wanted to say how extremely proud I am of some of our awesome members! Alisa Stockwell, Emily Mettes, Andrea Meyer and Taylor Way way to go!!! Placing at nationals? AMAZING!!! I know you all worked super hard and deserve this! (: For all other members going to nationals good job as well with your competitions I'm also proud of you guys (: Remember everyone competitions are due by Friday so lets get work done! We're going to be unbeatable at state so good luck and stay positive! (: Love you guys! ♥

In addition, to working on our competitions, FEA has been busy spreading the word about our awesome class. Through presentations to sophomore classes, we already have numerous students interested in signing up next year. These presentations are also helping to give us some more practice in public speaking. Tonight, we have Future Freshman Night, which will allow us to hopefully get incoming freshman interested before they are able to be in the class. We are hoping to grow and get more people involved with our amazing group!

Since getting back to school on January 10, we have been hard at work finishing our state competitions. This past Tuesday night, half of our members showed up for a work night from 6-8. We got a lot accomplished in those two hours, as well as enjoying some yummy pizza and quality bonding time. Good luck, Greenway! We know you'll rock state!! :)

What competitions are you involved in, and how are they coming?