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# Newton High School alumna receives American FFA Degree
- URL: https://www.citizenjournal.us/newton-high-school-alumna-receives-american-ffa-degree/
- Published: 2026-10-27T12:53:04.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-27T12:53:04.000Z
- Description: Eckert received National FFA’s highest degree at the organization’s 99th convention in Indianapolis, Newton High School announced Oct. 25.
- Author: Sarah Newberry
- Tags: Newton, dnn, #news

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Newton High School alumna Jadyn Eckert received the American FFA Degree at the 99th National FFA Convention & Expo, held Oct. 21-24 in Indianapolis, according to an Oct. 25 Facebook post from Newton High School.

National FFA describes the award as its highest degree, recognizing members’ supervised agricultural experience projects, financial management, leadership, academic achievement, and community service.

[National FFA said](https://www.ffa.org/press-releases/evolve-engage-and-empower-99th-national-ffa-convention-expo-returns-to-indianapolis-celebrating-members-shaping-agricultures-future/?ref=citizenjournal.us) before the convention that it would award 5,816 American FFA Degrees. The organization reported 1,053,847 members in 9,591 chapters across all 50 states, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

The [Kansas FFA State Degree list](https://ksffa.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Kansas-FFA-State-Degrees-by-Year-Web.pdf?ref=citizenjournal.us) identifies Eckert as a 2023 State FFA Degree recipient from Newton. A [separate Kansas FFA history](https://ksffa.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Past-American-Degree-Recipients-from-Kansas-By-Year.pdf?ref=citizenjournal.us), which lists recipients through 2025, shows Brylee Budde as the Newton chapter’s most recent American FFA Degree recipient in 2024.

Separately, the [Kansas State Department of Education](https://www.ksde.gov/Portals/0/CSAS/CSAS%20Home/CTE%20Home/Achievements%5FRecognition/CTE%20Scholar%20Listing%20for%202024%20%281%29.pdf?ver=2025-03-28-135033-123&ref=citizenjournal.us) recognized Eckert as a 2024 Kansas CTE Scholar in the manufacturing pathway at Newton High School.

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