<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=4W6eDl_1BeQYuzr00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=4W6eDl_1BeQYuzr00" width="1600" height="900" ><figcaption>Kevin Marquis is manning the grill at the student council-led school picnic (N/A)</figcaption></figure>EASTON, Maine (WAGM) - Kevin Marquis has been named Maine’s Future Farmers of America Advisor of the Year.Marquis stays busy year-round at Easton, teaching life skills, transporting students across the state, and building relationships with students. This recognition isn’t his first during his career.“I’ve done this for a long time, and I’ve gotten this a few times before, but I like it. I appreciate the award,” Marquis said.<h2>Hands-on learning beyond textbooks</h2>For Marquis, FFA focuses on giving students life experiences. Students participate in trips across Maine, hands-on competitions, and exposure to careers many never knew existed.“Just to expose students to things they don’t normally get to do,” Marquis said.Allison Bate, an FFA student at Easton, experienced that approach when Marquis encouraged her to compete in a poultry competition at the state convention.“Kevin just kind of put me in poultry for state convention. And I was like, ‘Kevin, I don’t know much about poultry. Yes, I had chickens. I don’t know what I’m doing.’ He goes, ‘No, you got this,’ and I placed first,” Bate said.Under Marquis’s guidance, Easton students placed first in both farm business management and livestock competitions at the state level this year.“And I don’t think we would have done as well as we did in those events without Kevin,” Jamie McKay, an FFA student at Easton, said.The Advisor of the Year recognition does not include a gold plaque or certificate. Marquis said the real reward comes from former students.“It’s years later that they come back and say, ‘Wow, you introduced me to something I had absolutely no idea existed, and this is where I am today,’” Marquis said.</div></body>

Block Source: wagmtv.com

Misinformation

Clickbait

Old or repetitive news

Explicit content

Location not relevant

EASTON, Maine (WAGM) - Kevin Marquis has been named Maine’s Future Farmers of America Advisor of the Year. Marquis stays busy year-round at Easton, teaching life skills, transporting students across the state, and building relationships with students. This recognition isn’t his first during his career. “I’ve done this...

Easton FFA advisor earns statewide recognition

NewsBreak

EASTON, Maine (WAGM) - Kevin Marquis has been named Maine’s Future Farmers of America Advisor of the Year. Marquis stays busy year-round at Easton, teachin

Easton FFA advisor earns statewide recognition

Comments