Congratulations to the Birdville Center of Technology and Advanced Learning FFA students for winning big at the 2022 State Fair of Texas Youth Livestock Show, FFA Competition! 

ADGA Grand Champion Doe (All Other Purebred Does), American Dairy Goat Association® (ADGA) Youth Dairy Goat Show, 2022 State Fair of Texas. Shown by Sasha Norwood, Birdville HS senior and 2022‒23 BISD FFA president.  

ADGA Champion Junior Doe (LaMancha), American Dairy Goat Association® (ADGA) Youth Dairy Goat Show, 2022 State Fair of Texas. Shown by Sasha Norwood, Birdville HS senior and 2022‒23 BISD FFA president.  

First Place, Junior Doe (LaMancha), American Dairy Goat Association® (ADGA) Youth Dairy Goat Show, 2022 State Fair of Texas. Shown by Emmalynn Dean, Birdville HS senior FFA student.  

Third Place, Nubian Doe, American Dairy Goat Association® (ADGA) Youth Dairy Goat Show, 2022 State Fair of Texas. Shown by Toi’Cean Simmons, Richland HS senior FFA student.  

Second Place, Senior Dairy Doe (Nubian), American Dairy Goat Association® (ADGA) Youth Dairy Goat Show, 2022 State Fair of Texas. Shown by Leah Bolanos, Birdville HS senior FFA student.

First Place, Dairy Doe (All Other Purebred Does), American Dairy Goat Association® (ADGA) Youth Dairy Goat Show, 2022 State Fair of Texas. Shown by Sasha Norwood, Birdville HS senior and 2022‒23 BISD FFA president.  

First in Class and Best of Breed, Senior Buck (American Chinchilla), Junior Breeding Rabbits, 2022 State Fair of Texas. Shown by Leah Bolanos, Birdville HS senior FFA student. 

First in Class, Intermediate Buck (Satin Blue), Junior Breeding Rabbits, 2022 State Fair of Texas. Shown by Leah Bolanos, Birdville HS senior FFA student. 

 BCTAL FFA Winners at 2022 State Fair of Texas, Youth Dairy Goat Show.  From left to right: Haylee Boyle, educational aide; Toi’Cean Simmons, RHS; Emmalynn Dean, BHS; Leah Bolanos, BHS; Sasha Norwood, BHS; and Greg Clifton, teacher.  

Congratulations to Birdville Center of Technology and Advanced Learning students, Blake Raley, bricklayer, (right) and Ben Jurica, tender (left), for winning First Place at the 2022 SPEC MIX JR. BRICKLAYER 500 North Texas regional championship.   

The SPEC MIX BRICKLAYER 500^® and JR. BRICKLAYER 500 contests are the masonry industry’s most celebrated events for highlighting the attributes and passion that define the makings of a great mason: SKILL, SPEED, and STAMINA.  The JR. BRICKLAYER 500 builds on SPEC MIX’s commitment to “KEEPING THE TRADE STRONG” by uniting with local masonry contractors, instructors and associations to provide a rewarding experience for the industry’s next generation skilled craftsmen. 

Judged like the journeymen event, JR. BRICKLAYER 500 competitors (masonry high school students and apprentices) are challenged by a 20-minute clock and a 9’ 4” starter wall to showcase their skills, compete for prizes and prove they’ll soon be ready to claim the title of “World’s Best Bricklayer.”