FFA Cider Day

SInce 1931, FFA has been a huge part of our Penn Yan Academy family. FFA is a national organization that teaches leadership and hardworking skills to students at a high school level. FFA at Penn Yan Academy is a tight knit family of hard working leaders who want to better themselves everyday by giving back to the community. One of the Penn Yan FFA’s favorite fall activities is their annual Cider Day. Every year, FFA members along with the community offer stations for the Penn Yan Elementary and the students from St. Michael's School Students. They are invited to come down during a school day in October to the high school and learn about many different aspects of agriculture (and have a ton of fun). Activities such as cabbage bowling and tree tapping for maple syrup, apple crushing for apple cider and learning how to harvest honey. The FFA has been putting on cider day for the Elementary and St. Michaels schools over 10 years and hopes to continue for many more years to come.