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Northview Principal Gayle Weaver To Receive Florida’s Top FFA Award
May 5, 2008
Gayle Weaver, Northview High School principal, will receive the Florida FFA Honorary Degree in June during the the 80th State FFA Convention in Orlando.
Weaver is one of just seven adults in the state slated to receive the Honorary Degree for their support of FFA.
The FFA Honorary Degree is given to administrators who are advancing agricultural education and FFA through outstanding personal commitment. The award also recognizes school administrators making valuable contributions and long-term differences in the lives of students. This is the highest award given to adults who support FFA programs of the local, state, and national associations.
“Accepting this honorary degree will be the highlight of my professional career, and I can not think of any recognition which could eclipse this symbolic compliment to not only myself, but also to Northview,” Weaver told NorthEscambia.com. “The honorary degree award would not have been possible without the wonderful Northview FFA Program, which has brought, and continues to bring, recognition to Northview High School.”
She said a great example is the FFA Food for America Program. Once again, Northview is in the top ten for the state in the program. The winners will be announced at the state convention. During the Food for America Program in March, about 900 elementary school students from nine schools visited the Northview campus the to learn about agriculture firsthand as they got up close and personal with farm animals, farm equipment and more.
“She supports our program in every way,” Perry Byars, Northview FFA teacher said. “She allows me as a teacher to do what I need to do for FFA. She is just a wonderful supporter of FFA.”
The feeling of respect is mutual between Byars and Weaver.
“Mr. Perry Byars is an exemplary teacher and FFA sponsor. Not only has he spent a career instilling the wholesome values and virtues of FFA to our students, but also he has traveled the state, through various leadership positions, expounding those values and virtues of the FFA organization,” Weaver said. “Remember, ‘Values are caught, not taught’, and American values are caught through FFA programs, projects, and activities.”
Weaver said she is excited about the FFA Honorary Degree. She said she thought she had reached the top when she was awarded “Life Member” recognition from the FFA Alumni Association back in May of 2003.
She said she is looking forward to the state convention in June.
“To see thousands of FFA members at the FFA National Convention, all with their FFA jackets on with their schools’ names on the back, is to see the best of America and the hope of America,” she said.
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