During the Pennsylvania FFA Convention which was held Monday January 7th seven students from Grassland FFA received their Keystone Degree. In all, 304 Pennsylvania FFA members received their Keystone Degrees. The Keystone Degree is the highest degree in the state of Pennsylvania that an FFA member can receive. Applicants first have to earn three other degrees as well as go through an application process. First the applications and Supervised Agriculture Experience (SAE) records have to be evaluated by local committee before they can be sent onto a state committee for verification. One Grassland FFA member, Seth Yoder was also an Eastern Region Placement Keystone Star. He got first in county and went on to become a finalist in the State Keystone Star Competition. Katie Mueller also earned her Keystone Degree but was unable to attend the ceremony.
From left to right: Seth Yoder, Jalisa Zimmerman, Michal Seifrit, Callianna Riggins, Katelyn Byram, James Martin, Connor Bender , with Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture George Greig