The Bulldog Buzz (Grow Main Street) Project will empower students at Ravenna High School to develop competencies and build portfolio experiences in Agriscience, Technology, and Entrepreneurship to acquire the skills and dispositions to propel the Ravenna community toward economic growth and prosperity. 

With the aid of a $100,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Education, we are creating a never-before-seen educational program in public schools. By giving our students a curriculum with real-world applications to in-demand career paths, they will learn the critical-thinking, problem-solving, and leadership skills they need to become the leaders of the future. 

Students will build relationships with leaders in the apiary industry, with technology experts, and with community organizations supporting economic growth/entrepreneurship. Bee colonies will be placed on campus under the supervision of a CTE-certified agriscience instructor, and students will be responsible for all aspects of establishing, monitoring and maintaining the hives with healthy bees. 

Students and teachers will establish new paradigms in collaboration, teaching and learning with community partners which can be replicated across the nation.  Students will be equipped with the transferrable skills needed for lifelong learning and fulfilling the talent demand in ANY industry  - - Agriculture, Healthcare, Cyber Security, Energy, Entrepreneurship, and more!

We will utilize three areas of instruction:

Agriscience

Manage a healthy beehive to 

• Support pollination in our community and surrounding communities

• Harvest and refine honey as part of the food supply chain

• Acquire and use tools and technology to support apiculture 

• Manage natural resources and risk

Technology

• Use and configure the necessary technology to manage a fully automated beehive and track all relevant data

• Build a secure smart hive and utilize a mobile application that applies machine learning and location data

Entrepreneurship

• Develop a budget to purchase all necessary items to support our work

• Establish a team that can help market and sell commodities and services

• Build relationships with local farmers, educators, business owners and entrepreneurs that will collaboratively support our work

Key Curricular Topics

Agriscience

Animal Sciences

• Beekeeping

• Biosecurity

Plant Sciences

• Pollination

• Gardening

Supply Chain

• Bees/pollination/honey

Infrastructure

• Natural resources

• Risk mitigation

Tools & Technologies

• •  Beekeeping Equipment

  • Monitoring devices

Technology

Data Science

• Hive health data visualization

• Root cause analysis

Internet of Things (IoT)

• Improve hive health with Arduino, Raspberry Pi

• Connectivity of devices

App Development

• Hive monitoring

• Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence

Cybersecurity

• Safety and security of apps for bees and honey

Entrepreneurship

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)

• Business plan

• Monetization and Revenue streams

Policy & Regulation

• Licensing - LARA 

• Exports/Imports - FDA

Customer Relationship Management (CRM)

• • Marketing

  • Acquisition

  • Service

Sustainability

• • Profit and loss

  • Talent development