Preparing for the future of farming Dec 1, 2008
If they so choose, students can take agriculture classes each of their four years at WHS.. The offerings at WHS include a one-year-long introductory class, which includes science and business applications. (Racine Journal Times, WI)
• Ahead of schedule Nov 17, 2008
By the end of the month, work will begin on a building on the high school grounds that will have agriculture classes, Arrington said. The middle school is getting an addition with six classrooms, two of which will be science labs. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
Wisconsin FFA Makes Huge Impact at 2008 National Convention Oct 30, 2008
When Hanstedt was a freshman at Pulaski High School, he began using lessons he d learned about forestry in his agriculture classes to manage his parents 71-acre, wooded property. Two years later, while still in high school, he purchased a wood chipper with the help of his father and established Hanstedt Wood and Recycling. (Agri-View, WI)
CHS FFA tractor restoration project up for national award Oct 18, 2008
Niemerg said both tractor restoration projects have raised interest in the chapter, and some students who aren t chapter members or taking agriculture classes have helped. The recognition the projects have received have been a great benefit to the students, she added. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Building trades is good fit for CTC Sep 25, 2008
Besides the agriculture classes in high school, Doles worked with his father, Thomas Earl, on remodeling projects and building his own and his brother-in-law's house. He also assisted in design and construction of the CCHS softball field. (Calhoun City Monitor Herald, MS)
Young gardeners face uprooting Aug 22, 2008
Mud and the school's veteran agriculture instructor, Rose Krueger, took an interest in Sanders and enrolled him in floral arranging and agriculture classes. For several years, Mud volunteered for Krueger before administrators used a $1. (Boston Globe)
School Garden Program Faces Uprooting Aug 20, 2008
Mud and the school s veteran agriculture instructor, Rose Krueger, took an interest in Sanders and enrolled him in floral arranging and agriculture classes. For several years, Mud volunteered for Krueger before administrators used a 1. (Sioux Falls Tri-State Neighbor, SD)
New Auburn FFA students participate in convention Jul 3, 2008
New Auburn FFA Chapter was also one of 29 chapters in the state to be honored with the 100% State Membership Award, which recognizes chapters with membership equal to or greater than the number of students enrolled in agriculture classes. Students participated in several events, from the state agriscience fair competition to the state FFA opening and closing ceremony team contest and the LifeWork Expo. (Chetek Alert, WI)
Unlikely partners May 21, 2008
Greene County Tech dance team member Sarah Hurst, left, holds up her sheep with the assistance of fellow team member Cassie Hale, right, and Thomas Lenderman, a GCT student who takes several agriculture classes and has helped out with the dance team all year ... Cole said she asked the guys in her agriculture classes if they would build the props. (Paragould Daily Press, AR)
Galva FFA members holding annual plant sale, open house May 10, 2008
Agriculture classes took part in learning about plants and how to care for them. This year, for the first time, the Galva FFA chapter is also selling Koi fish which the students raised as an aquaculture project headed up by chapter member Ryan Werkheiser. (Kewanee Star Courier, IL)
Honors awarded at Flanagan FFA banquet May 2, 2008
Thorson has been enrolled in agriculture classes all four years of high school and has been very active in Flanagan s FFA chapter. He has held multiple chapter offices and also served as a section 9 FFA officer. (Pontiac Daily Leader, IL)
Resignation, no interest may cease O-R ag program Apr 16, 2008
Without any agriculture classes, the school could not offer a Future Farmers of America chapter. Bjorkman said two agriculture classes are needed to have a certified FFA program. (Madison Daily Leader, SD)
Students putting new life into 1949 Farmall H tractor Apr 9, 2008
About 16 students, most of them FFA members along with some in agriculture classes, are working on the tractor, and the project will include painting it, replacing the tires and other work to make it like it was from the factory, Thomas said. Thomas is also the FFA chapter historian, which means he helps members learn about and preserve agricultural heritage. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
JOHN GASTALDO / Union-TribuneSchool budgets under siege Mar 8, 2008
Rosie, Pimentel 18, in her fourth and final year of the program, said most of the memories she will retain from high school involve agriculture classes. I was shy at the beginning, Pimentel said. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Lake Land, MHS land grant to help provide agriculture education Dec 26, 2007
This year, when the opportunity arose for her to take agriculture classes at her high school, Gillespie said she was thrilled ... It has definitely helped me out to be able to take agriculture classes in my high school and to be involved in FFA, she said, adding that FFA is not just about agriculture it opens up so many opportunities. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
School districts lay out deactivation plans for public Dec 11, 2007
The possible junior high curriculum included extra agriculture classes, more specialized math classes and electives like ecology and conservation, creative writing, geography, keyboarding, basic forensic science and more. The proposed high school curriculum has an expanded vocational program with more classes in welding and a CAD class, more math such as calculus and physics, American and English literature classes, Spanish III and IV, an introduction to business class and more. (Keokuk Daily Gate City, IO)
Help looking to the future Nov 28, 2007
Through the MREC, the district offers electronics classes and agriculture classes online. The MREC offers seminars like the one Tuesday for educators, as well as classes for students. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
Robert Pickton: A simple pig farmer or boastful mass murderer? Nov 27, 2007
His records only go until Grade 9, but it was learned he has been taking agriculture classes while in prison. An IQ on the low end of average. (CBC British Columbia)
PEOPLE PROFILE: Steve Fricke - Teacher, realtor and farm bureau treasurer Nov 21, 2007
When agriculture classes were cut in 1984, Fricke decided to try his hand in other areas outside of education. He worked as a Purina Mills animal and livestock feed distributor, before leaving to work at a local a dairy farm. (Freeport Journal-Standard, IL)
Taft High students to hold science fair Nov 10, 2007
Instructors will select 10 to 15 projects from the life science, earth science, biology, chemistry, physics and agriculture classes to represent Taft High at the Kern County Science Fair in the spring. Students put a tremendous amount of effort into the projects and it would be wonderful to have parents, community members, board members and the faculty show their support by attending the Open House, according to Ryan Hickman, the science fair coordinator. (Taft Daily Midway Driller, CA)
Central Lee JEL members educate peers Nov 9, 2007
Mr. Kropf's PE and Mr. Boeck's agriculture classes were the winners of the quiz. Each student in the class received a JEL T-shirt and pencil. (Keokuk Daily Gate City, IO)
Kankakee Valley High School September Students of the Month announced Oct 4, 2007
In her agriculture classes, Introduction to Agriculture and Landscaping, she has been an excellent student. Marissa is active in her church youth group at American Reformed Church, in which she attended a mission trip to Newark, New Jersey. (Demotte Kankakee Valley Post News, IN)
Stafford schools to host community Learning Day Oct 4, 2007
Exhibits by the high school's JROTC organization, art classes and agriculture classes also will be available. District staff will be on hand to present information on classroom requirements, state assessment overview, available community services and other education-related topics. (Fort Bend Southwest Sun, TX)
Town of Magnolia Asks Siting Board to Reconsider Decision Sep 21, 2007
"Students of science-heavy agriculture classes are being shortchanged when these courses are only counted as an elective and not a core science credit," Mursau said. "In other words, if the agriculture course is good enough to be counted as a science credit for the UW-Madison, it should have been good enough for the high school it was taught at.". (Agri-View, WI)
Everyday Hero Sep 16, 2007
Prior to that sidewalk though, Tasha could not travel over the grass with her wheelchair, and therefore took a route along Rio Grande to get to her agriculture classes. It seemed like an okay route to Tasha, until one day, with buses and cars behind her, she fell. (Montrose Daily Press, CO)
Furney steps down from school board; Citizens protest loss of agriculture classes Aug 16, 2007
The Daily Reporter - News. Thursday, August 16, 2007. (Coldwater Daily Reporter, MI)
School board OKs new bid for greenhouse Jul 12, 2007
MATTOON Even though agriculture classes at Mattoon High School won t begin until mid-August, there s a sense among administrators that the revived agriculture program has already been around for a while. At least, this appears to be the sentiment regarding the construction of a greenhouse for use by forthcoming horticulture courses. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
A dream come true Jul 8, 2007
Key taught agriculture classes at Ernest Ward High School in northern Escambia County. The school became a middle school in the mid-1990s, years after Key stopped teaching there. (Pensacola News Journal)
West Richland attempts to improve discipline with new policies Jun 28, 2007
Carlyle said the grant helps pay for supplies for agriculture classes and for part of the summer salary for the agriculture instructor. Carlyle was authorized to solicit open and spread-sheet bids for milk and bread for the 2007-2008 school year. (Olney Daily Mail, IL)
Heart of a farmer May 26, 2007
her professors, most of whom taught agriculture classes. understood and excused her absences. (Winona Daily News, MN)
Dodgeland board OKs class to construct memorial gardens May 16, 2007
The garden would be used by many of the agriculture classes, including the landscape class and natural resources course, Roberts said. The food science class will harvest the vegetables and make salsa in the fall, she added. (Watertown Daily Times, WI)
Farm Girls: Young Women Dominate Agriculture Classes Mar 9, 2007
There are now more women than men in the program," said Ila Crocker, an FFA state officer in the mid-1990s. Crocker, who graduated from UF with a degree in agriculture communications, met her husband, Shawn, another former state officer, while working with FFA. Both were born into Florida farming families and have carved out careers both within and beyond traditional agriculture. After a stint as marketing director for The Florida Strawberry Growers Association, Ila Crocker now manages Crocker... (Tampa Bay Online, FL -- News)
More of this story..... Feb 27, 2007
A 1,600-square-foot greenhouse on campus desperately needs some of that TLC to bring it back into operation so that students in various agriculture classes can put their brains to work growing seedlings and plants. Built in about 1994, the greenhouse is today a Fiberglas structure with electrical conduit and water pipes wriggling through the space, melted because of high summertime temperatures under the arched roof. (San Andreas Calaveras Enterprise, CA)
FFA a model for leadership education and so much more Feb 24, 2007
A couple of years ago, the masonry program was temporarily halted and agriculture classes were able to spread out into their building ... This seems reasonable since agriculture classes cover topics such as reproduction and management (biology), plant science (photosynthesis and transpiration) and soil (earth science) ... Acevedo believes that young people engaging in agriculture classes are more likely to retain what they have learned because they receive hands-on experience with the bonus of... (Bradford County Telegraph, FL)
February is National Career and Technology Month Feb 10, 2007
The agriculture classes are active in the Future Farmers of America. Field trips for this class include tours of Holmes Community College at Goodman, the Nissan plant in Canton, and throughout the year, they take trips to local cattle, swine, row-crop and timber operations. (Webster Progress-Times, MS)
SWCD selects directors, top farmers Jan 17, 2007
Among the activities were a spring and fall fish sale, conservation tour, Arbor Day presentation and tree giveaway to the county's third graders, an essay contest for county agriculture classes, a poster contest for fifth grade classes and equipment rental for member farmers. The county poster contest winner was Evan Patterson. (Harrisburg Daily Register, IL)
Blackford High School students might have Ag course option for next school year Jan 3, 2007
The opportunity for Blackford High School students to attend agriculture classes at Eastbrook Schools is one step closer to becoming a reality. During its December meeting, the Blackford County School Board approved a tentative cooperative agreement that would send a limited number of BHS students to Eastbrook High School to participate in agriculture classes. (Hartford City News-Times, IN)
CV students fight for agriculture program's future Jan 3, 2007
They are concerned about the number of agriculture classes being offered in the 2007-08 school year, and they think there should be two agriculture teachers instead of just one ... What's more, the FFA students recently learned that Bob Leib, the FFA faculty adviser and the sole remaining teacher of the agriculture classes, suddenly retired a week before the winter break. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)
