A member of the South Central FFA Chapter has been selected as the State FFA Proficiency Winner in Diversified Horticulture.
Eli Arenas was selected as the State Winner by a committee of agriculture teachers, industry friends, parents, and volunteers knowledgeable in this work-based area, who reviewed their records online and then conducted interviews at Eisenhower High School in Decatur, IL on Saturday, March 26th. Arenas is the son of Stacey and Andy Arenas.
Receiving this honor now makes Arenas eligible to compete in the National FFA Awards Selection process in July 2022. Arenas was previously chosen as the Chapter, Section, and District awardee in this area.
Arenas has been involved in several other agriculture education and FFA activities. Mr. TJ Bolin is the agriculture teacher and FFA Advisor at South Central High School.
Illinois FFA recognizes students in forty-seven different areas based on their work-based learning, also known as Supervised Agricultural Experiences or SAE. SAEs allow students to learn by doing by either owning and operating an agricultural business, working or serving an internship at an agriculture-based business or conducting an agriculture-based scientific experiment and reporting results.
