Classes Offered

This course provides students with a basic foundation in welding and entry-level shop skills for developing more advanced skills integrating math and physical principles as applied to metal fabrication. The hands-on approach provides practical application and advanced instruction in the following:  Arc, Gas, MIG, and TIG. Knowledge and skills are applied through learning projects typically made for our community.

This course of study provides students with a working knowledge of the nature and uses of wood. The course provides a basic understanding of requisite skill, shop safety, and the processes involved in the construction of wood projects. Students are given the opportunity to learn the importance of the woodworking industry and its products by participating in activities and discussions. These experiences also help them to acquire technical skills, communication skills, and occupational information relating to the woodworking industry. Students develop skills in the use of a variety of tools and machines, materials, and processes used in the manufacturing of woodworking projects. Emphasis is placed on reading, writing, safety, plans, mathematical computations, tool-use, shop organization, management, and project construction.

Sustainability is based on a simple principle: everything that we need for our survival and well-being depends, either directly or indirectly, on our environment. Sustainability creates and maintains the conditions under which humans and the biotic world can exist in productive harmony, that permit fulfilling the social, economic, and other requirements of present and future generations. Sustainability is important to making sure that we have and will continue to have, the water, materials, and resources to protect human health and our environment. This course is designed to integrate biological science practices and knowledge into the practice of sustainable agriculture.

This class is a one-year, laboratory science course that explores the physical and chemical nature of soils. The principles of chemistry will be applied to soil science and agriculture practices. Students will be able to develop their research and experimenting skills through the process of an agriscience research project. Key activities in this course include an agriscience research project, hands-on laboratory activities, and the exploration of major science academies and technologically advanced agriculture companies. Lastly, students will be able to complete a capstone project in which they will develop a soil management plan for agriculture producers. 

This integrated class combines an interdisciplinary approach to laboratory science and research with agricultural management principles. Using skills and principles learned in the course, students design systems and experiments to solve agricultural management issues currently facing the industry. Additionally, students will connect the products created in this class with industry activities to link real-world encounters and implement skills demanded by both colleges and careers. The course culminates with an agriscience experimental research project in which students design and conduct an experiment to solve a relevant issue. Final projects will be eligible for Career Development Event competitions at FFA events. Throughout the course, students will be graded on participation in intracurricular FFA activities as well as the development and maintenance of an ongoing Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE) program.  

Animal Husbandry is a one-year laboratory science class that explores the animal agriculture industry. Students will learn about both small animal care and livestock animal production and management. Throughout the course, students will be able to apply the principles of animal care and veterinary science to hands-on laboratories and activities. Key activities in this class include animal dissections, ruminant digestion labs, poultry incubation and raising, and veterinary skills demonstrations. Students will have the opportunity to meet with and speak to industry professionals, tour industry animal production facilities, and discover college animal agriculture programs. 

Large Animal Vet Science is a one year laboratory science class that explores the daily expectations and responsibilities of livestock animal veterinarians. Students will be able to learn about the proper care of large animal species such as dairy cattle, beef cattle, sheep, swine, goats, and horses. Topics of study include animal anatomy and physiology, health, nutrition, behavior, handling, and treatment of diseases. Key activities include skills demonstrations of veterinary practices (injections, taking blood pressure, blood draws, prescribing medicine, and handling), animal dissections, livestock facility designs/builds, and veterinary office management practices. Students will have the opportunity to develop their veterinary skills, hear from industry professionals, tour college veterinary facilities, and visit local animal production facilities. 

Environmental Horticulture is a one-year long course and is designed to provide 9th to 12th grade students with the theories and principles related to environmental horticulture science. Emphasis is placed on horticultural terminology, plant identification, plant physiology, soil science, plant reproduction, plant propagation, and plant pathology and entomology. This course will also prepare those students planning on majoring in agricultural sciences at a 2-year college or a 4-year college or university. 

Art and History of Floral Design (Floral 1) is a one-year long course and is designed to provide 10th to 12th grade students to apply an artistic approach to floral design. Students will explore elements and principles of design, two- or three-dimensional designs, history of floral art, arrangement styles and techniques, and seasonal, holiday, and occasional designs. Students will achieve this through creating, designing, identifying, explaining, and evaluating all topics of study. They will use the skills learned to create many of the following designs: bud vase, drop-in arrangement, Halloween jack o’ lantern, dried flowers, Thanksgiving cornucopia, Christmas wreaths and centerpieces, corsage, boutonniere, colonial round, symmetrical triangle, party arrangements, and wedding bouquets.

Floral Shop Management (Floral 2) is a one-year long course and is designed to provide 11th to 12th grade students with a deeper understanding of artistic perception, creative expression, historical and cultural context(s), aesthetic valuing and connections, relations, and application of the visual arts through the design of floral arrangements.  Emphasis is placed on floral careers, retail business, event projects, event planning, and product marketing.

A course designed to develop skills in floriculture and the techniques used to develop and complete a variety of retail items normally sold in a retail florist business. The skills learned are necessary to gain and maintain employment in the retail florist industry.