Angels Camp, CA…Senior Peyton Heermance earned national honors last Friday October 31st in Indianapolis when he was declared the 2025 National FFA Agricultural Proficiency in Veterinary Science Champion at the 98th National FFA Convention & Expo. Heermance was also named the California FFA State Veterinary Science Proficiency Award
Champion in April at the 97th Annual California State FFA Leadership Conference.
“Peyton’s achievement as a National FFA Proficiency Champion in Veterinary Science is monumental for the Bret
Harte Bullfrogs,” shared Scott Nanik, superintendent. “He is the first Proficiency Champion from our school to reach this national pinnacle. His dedication and passion have truly set a new standard for excellence.”
Heermance is the first Bullfrog to become a National FFA Proficiency Champion. He joins the elite few who are
National Champions, such as Elaine Jordan ’13 in First High Poultry Judging and the 2010 Poultry Team comprised of
Trevor Airola, Amie French, Clay Kruse, and Breanna Roque.
“After Peyton qualified for Nationals in April, he attacked the application with enthusiasm and great attention to
detail as we knew he had a skillset that new students his age possess,” shared Jackson Sawyer, Bret Harte FFA Chapter Advisor.
“This year-long project which included record book preparation, application drafts, and interview readiness,
Peyton remained coachable at every level and worked incredibly hard to tell the story of his project and it all paid off!” added Sawyer.
Agricultural Proficiency Awards honor FFA members who, through supervised agricultural experiences, have
developed specialized skills that they can apply toward their future careers. To learn more visit the National FFA
Organization.
The Bret Harte FFA Chapter was founded in 1973 and serves over 250 FFA members in Calaveras County. To learn
more visit https://bretharteffa.weebly.com/ or https://www.instagram.com/bretharteffachapter.
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The Bret Harte Union High School District is an educational community committed to providing all students a
quality education with multiple learning opportunities in a safe and orderly environment fully equipped to teach
21st century skills. As a learning community, we strive to increase student achievement, to be responsive to
community needs and to foster accountability for all. For more information, visit www.brethartebullfrogs.org.
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Congratulations Peyton. A job well done!
In other Bret Harte news their 2-8 football team got invited to a bowl game down in the valley against another bunch of losers with a 2-8 record!! Congratulations girls!!!!!!!!!!
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OH MY GOD!!! IT’S AL BUNDY EVERYONE!!! HE SCORED 4 TD’S BACK IN FLAG FOOTBALL IN OUR 6TH GRADE MATCH UP AGAINST THE 5TH GRADERS BACK IN 1972. WHAT A GAME HE PLAYED. Too bad Wendy scored 5 TD’s and took your glory Al. But still, you sure talk a good game for being old and fat.
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Oh yeah!!!!!! Bret Harte has a GREAT pickle ball boys team!!!!!
It’s fantastic to see such dedication and hard work pay off. That feeling of accomplishment must be amazing for Peyton, kind of like finally becoming the biggest blob in agario after dodging everyone for ages! I sometimes play quick rounds when I need to de-stress – it’s a silly, quick escape. Huge congratulations to Peyton, his advisors, and everyone at Bret Harte FFA.
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Congratulations Peyton Heermance! Just think, you’ll never be a pinetreenut loser, like most of those above.
WTG kid, may your hard work continue bringing the success you deserve.
That kid reminds me our our great governor Gavin Newsom, who went from being a poor kid with nothing to rise up and in the near future, our next POTUS. Just brings a tear to my eyes.
California Governor Gavin Newsom is reportedly considering a run for president in 2028, which would pit him against Vice President JD Vance. As such, he’s making the podcast rounds to tell his story of growing up poor with a single mother in Marin County, the 8th richest county in the country and the third richest in the state.
On the All the Smoke podcast with Matt Barnes and Stephen Jackson, both former NBA players for the Golden State Warriors, Newsom spoke about his early years, saying that he was raised by a single, divorced mom, who worked multiple jobs to make ends meet. His father had blown all his cash on a failed 1968 run for Senate and the two divorced a few years after Newsom was born.
“I was out there, kind of raising myself, turning on the TV started, you know, just getting obsessed, you know, sitting there with the, you know, the Wonder Bread and five stacks of… the macaroni and cheese,” he said, joking with the fellas.
“My mom was 19, pregnant and divorced a few years later, with two kids,” he said. “Came from no money and just hustled. You know, worked hard, grinding every single day. Two and a half jobs, no bullsh*t.
“We had roommates all the time because she couldn’t afford the rent,” he went on. “…It was also about paying the bills, man. It was just like hustling.”
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God his story is SO inspiring.