Making A Splash with Albion FFA

I joined Mr. Honeycutt and his students for my first Western Pennsylvania Leadership

Conference. I had never been to this conference as I was from the Eastern Region. This conference took us to Presque Isle National Park, which in my few visits, I have come to love. The park is absolutely beautiful and has a beach and bay side of the Lake Erie. 

The students spent the morning and afternoon with the newly elected State Officer team. The students got to learn from DCNR representatives about aquatic species, invasive species, and the history of Presque isle. After these workshops, the State officers divided them into groups to do leadership activities. After a delicious dinner, students got to play and bond for 3 hours at Splash Lagoon. They had a blast (and so did I)!

After a good night's rest, we traveled to the Tom Ridge Environmental Center. There the kid's participated in a tour of the center. We got to see there aquaponics lab and collection of freeze dried animals! Pretty neat!! We also did some service learning at the center. We removed some of the invasive species from there green parking lot. The student's dug right in and did a fantastic job.           

For the last leg of our adventure, we traveled to the Brig Niagara and Erie Maritime Museum. The museum celebrates our US victory of the War of 1812, fought right there on Erie's shores and seas. Unfortunately, the Niagara was out to sea during our visit, but we learned a lot about it's vast heritage and battles. 

Alas, it was time for us all to head home. For some sooner then other's (Erie's a 6 hour drive for me, haha).