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By DIETER KRIEG
OXFORD Kenneth
Thompson, a 25-year veteran
of vocational agriculture
teaching at Oxford Area
High School, will join a
select group next week when
he is presented with die
Honorary American Farmer
Degree. It will be bestowed
on him at the National FFA
Convention in Kansas City.
The American Farmer
Degree is the highest
recognition given to FFA’ers
and those who support the
organization. The Chester
Countian is one of just 85
vocational agriculture in
structors from all over the
United States, and one of
four -from Pennsylvania,
who will be recognized for
the honor.
According to Thompson, a
good instructor “must not
only know his students, but
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Ken Thompson to receive
honorary FFA degree
see to it that they are busy
with their FFA projects at
home or have other
responsibilities that are
constructive.
“And Pm a firm believer
in the cooperative work
release program, especially
for senior students, where
they learn and work on the
job while still under the
supervision of the vo-ag
instructor. A student must
realize that while on this
program he or she must
maintain good grades with
his or her other subjects”,
Thompson said.
Thompson was nominated
for the Honorary American
Farmer Degree by the
Pennsylvania FFA
Association and the
nomination was approved by
the National FFA board of
directrors which met in
Alexandria, Va. last month.
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TROJAN
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 4, 1971
Ken Thompson
During Thompson’s 25-
year tenure at Oxford High
School, he has had two
students who earned the
American Farmer Degree
and 46 who were presented
with the Keystone Degree.
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According to statements
by spokesmen at the
, National FFA Center in
Alexandria, Va., the
American Farmer Degree is
given annually to at least 50
of the 12,000 teachers of
vocational agriculture in the
nation. The Degree is
awarded on the basis of
points scored by a teacher
-for bis accomplishments as a
vocational agriculture in
structor, FFA advisor, and
as a participant in
professional vocational
agriculture teachers’
associations.
Teachers are awarded
points for each student they
supervised in earning state
or national FFA awards.
They also receive points for
serving as officers and
committee members of the
National Vocational
Agriculture Teachers
Association and for their
participation in national
meetings of the FFA and
other professional
associations.
Thompson, who began his
career as a teacher in 1954,
used to farm in the Green
Valley, near Unionville. He
is a graduate of Penn State
University, having majored
in agricultural education,
with strong emphasis on
dairy and livestock courses.
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