Jon Conley knew exactly what he wanted for his birthday: the Sears Model 1244 Acoustic Guitar that was hanging at the back of Jay s Music on the town square in Kennett, Mo.
Caroline Lester of Westside High School in Jonesboro received the honor from the Arkansas Farm Bureau.
Lester earned the top new ag instructor award for her work at Westside, where she has 208 students involved. Eighty students are also members of the schoolâs FFA program.
âHere at Westside weâre really fortunate to have a lot of community support.â Lester said when receiving the award from Arkansas Farm Bureauâs Senior Education Coordinator Matt Jackson. âI appreciate the support my peers have given me,â she said.
Lester, originally from Vilonia, graduated from SAU in May 2017 with a bachelor of science in agriculture education. She received a master s degree in agriculture in 2020. While at SAU, she was involved in the Agri Club, Collegiate FFA and Sigma Alpha.