Current Class Schedule
1st - Facility Management
2nd - Horticulture
3rd - Meats
4th - Beginners Woods
5th - Advanced Woods
6th - Introduction to FFA
7th - Prep
8th - Agriculture Exploratory (8th Graders)
All courses offered currently
Ag Capstone is a semester long class that is offered to juniors and seniors. It is designed for students to create an independent project they are passionate about and execute it. Throughout the semester they'll meet with a mentor and finish the class by presenting their experience.
This course is offered by invite/request only. The majority of students are on the barn management team. We meet daily at the barn facility, and through teamwork students make decisions, take care of livestock, and create educational and community connections.
This is the mandatory quarter-long course for 8th graders. This is a preview of agriculture. We discuss what agriculture is, production, perceptions, animals, and plants. Occassionally, there is time for a mini construction unit.
Animal Science is a year long course. Students learn about terminology, husbandry, cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, poultry, horses, and companion animals. Topics include breeds, anatomy, selection, and unique topics like meats and dairy parlors. Students also get the opportunity to be hands on with animals in our livestock facility.
The Beginners Woods class is a year long. It is offered for students who have never taken a woods class yet. They learn basic woodworking skills and create numerous projects throughout the year, ending with a personal project.
Advanced Woods is a year long course for students who have completed at least one year of woods shop class prior. They work on learning more advanced skills in the woods shop and more detailed projects. Again, they end the year with a personal project.
Horticulture is a semester long class that discusses plants, fruits and vegetables, greenhouses, floriculture, and landscape. This class gets hands on opportunities in our greenhouse. Other fun projects include learning how to make floral arrangements, seeing plants prosper, and designing a mini golf course.
This course is a year long introductory designed for freshmen and sophomores. It covers all pathways of agriculture with a hands on project in each. We discuss ag history, FFA, agronomy, business, animals, horticulture, communications, floriculture, food science, and wildlife.
This course is a semester long. It discusses the different wholesale and retail cuts of livestock and common wildlife. We plan visit butcher businesses. We will also learn about cooking different meats and internal temperatures.
courses Previously offered (Could return in rotational years)
This is a one semester course that introduces students to the skill of welding. Students go through safety and ID tests and then enter into the shop. The students learn how to wire weld and stick weld. Future students will also learn to torch cut and plasma cut.
This new course is a semester long class. It is focuses towards women in our program. We discuss the history of women in agriculture, meet current women in ag, and learn about how to advocate. The second half of our class is a "How-To" series. Learning about automotive care, woodworking, welding, animal care, and electricity.
The Ag Business course is one semester long. It focuses on learning about income, expenses, assets, liabilities, etc. We apply this knowledge to SAEs and agricultural businesses.
Ag Leadership is a one semester course that discusses leadership qualities and traits, communications, ag trends, ag policies, and ag issues. Putting this all together students learn how to advocate for agriculture.
The Agronomy class is a one semester course that discusses soils and crops. Students learn about all aspects of soil and nutrients. They also learn about major crops and production practices in Iowa.
POTENTIAL FUTURE CLASSES
This course would be a semester long - targeting how to design home landscapes. We would discuss plants, hardscapes, structures, etc. There may be a unit on zoo landscapes.
This course would be a semester long. It would reach further into animal science topics like working facilities, nutrition and rations, and have more management decision units.