“When I came up to the high school I knew I wanted to be a part of both the engineering and agricultural programs. My freshman year, I was in Mr. Buckner’s Introduction to Engineering and Design class and I loved it. I knew that I wanted to try and complete the STEAM program. At the same time I also loved the FFA and all of the agricultural classes. At first, I thought it would be difficult to balance these two programs, but I actually figured out that it really wasn’t. My sophomore year of high school they introduced a new agricultural engineering course. Although I could not fit the class into my schedule (in my) sophomore year, I was able to (take it in) my junior year and I loved the class. In it we learned all of the ways agriculture and engineering can coincide with each other. In fact new technology is being implemented into agriculture almost every single day. I believe the agricultural and engineering programs are the best opportunities the school can offer. The amount of knowledge I have acquired from both of the programs is amazing." - Andrew Schaeffer, OVHS Class of 2020

“Having grown up on a farm I always knew that I wanted to do something in Agriculture and I especially enjoyed working on and fixing the farm equipment so I thought that the engineering program at Oley Valley would be a good pathway to explore. While in high school I took ... 6 engineering courses and 7 agriculture courses which all broadened my enjoyment of engineering and agriculture. ... With my love of agriculture and engineering I continued my education at the Pennsylvania State University majoring (in) agricultural engineering. One of my favorite sayings that our engineering teacher said while he was talking to the class is, 'We are not teaching and creating 35 engineers but 35 problem solvers,' and I liked that saying because not every one of us students will be engineers but the education we receive will help us understand how the things around us are designed and how they interact." - Oliver Prout, OVHS Class of 2019