Perry High wins national FFA award

The nursery and landscape FFA team at Perry High School scored first place at a national event. The FFA Nursery/Landscape Career Development event, held in Indianapolis, tested students on their horticulture, nursery and landscaping knowledge and skills.

Perry team members were Stephen Dickerson, Dawson Dooley, Joshua Lee and Dustin Pitzer, with Argene Claxton as their FFA adviser and agriculture education teacher. In the individual competitions, Lee earned first place; Dooley, third; and Pitzer, fourth.

This story was originally published October 28, 2016 at 5:22 PM with the headline "Perry High wins national FFA award."