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Swine Extension Team
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animal aquaculture/hydropon
ics area, and a small group (“ag
support”) room for small group
work and informal meetings.
The school also acquired better
equipment in the renovations.
In agriculture mechanics
classes, students learn wood
working and welding and get
the opportunity to work on
small gas engines, electricity,
and wiring.
In the animal science lab, stu
dents both care for and observe
the small animals. Gerbils, for
example, provide lessons on
genetic studies and reproduc
tion, as does the school’s resi
dent rabbit population. Students
also breed guinea pigs and sell
the offspring. Rats, snakes, fer
rets, amphibians, and one pig
are also housed in the lab for
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student study.
“Most of our students have
never been around a pig, period,
so basically we’re teaching kids
ag literacy,” said Franklin.
“Most of our students are not
from the farm.”
Harold Dietrich has taught
agriculture science at Twin
Valley High School for six years.
According to Dietrich, freshmen
can only take two classes, either
an environmental aquaculture
science class or an agriculture
mechanics class. Older students
can take advanced levels of the
ag mechanics class besides horti
culture, aquaculture, animal sci
ence, and environmental
science.
A wide variety of students
take an ag science course as a bi
ology credit. “We see the whole
school. In any class there might
be one student from the farm out
of 30,” said Dietrich. “Because
ag is so broad it is science, it is
biology.”
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Shippensburg Mill
Saturday, October 28
10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Join us for an
Open House.
Tour the mill.
Refreshments will be
provided.
The mill is located just off
Exit 9, Route 81 in
Franklin County.
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The greenhouse area has un
dergone complete renovation
and expansion. This spring,
Franklin expects to have a crop
of bedding plants to sell to the
community.
“We pot individual begonias
and impatiens for Mother’s Day
and sell at the three elementary
schools,” said Franklin.
“One thing we want to do is
put in rainforest plants. The
kids have always liked rain
forests, so we hope to put in a
drip system with orchids and
ferns.”
Hydroponics projects are also
part of the curriculum. “Stu
dents get to design their own
system,” he said.
Senior Beth Hafer has spent
four years in the ag science pro
gram. “I love forestry. I got into
it over the summer at the gover
nor’s school and decided to
come back to environmental sci
ence,” she said. “I stuck with it
because I love the program.”
Hafer is looking at
several state schools to
further her education
in sports medicine or
agriculture- education
areas.
“I liked working
with younger kids
with Food For Amer
ica,” said Hafer. Food
For America is a
monthly program
where FFA members
teach agriculture and
environmental lessons
to the districts’ third
graders.
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Twin Valley’s 214-
member FFA also par
ticipates in monthly
litter pickups, runs a
pet therapy program
at a local retirement
community, hosts a
Christmas tree recy
cling program, bakes
cookies for a homeless
shelter, and hosts an
Ag Day breakfast for
staff and local agribu
siness people from the
community.
Angela Lengel, a
senior, is also a four
year veteran of the
program. “I was inter
ested in the environ
mental aspect, in
learning about ani
mals, forestry and wet
lands,” she said. She
plans to attend a state
school next year to
study marine biology.
Staff Writer
Andy Andrews
assisted with this report.
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