Polo

The Polo Ag Department and FFA have been bustling with activity throughout the year!

We have been blessed by the district, our FFA alumni, and the Polo community as a whole with an immense amount of support for our growing program and all of the activities and opportunities that we are able to provide for our students. A plasma table was a welcome addition to our shop and it has been neat to see what the students have been able to create (an example can be seen in the photos on this page, of the metal FFA greenhouse sign). Our greenhouse continues to be a success and the Horticulture class is definitely one of our more popular classes for students to take here at PCHS.

Our Greenhouse Sale this year was in May. Our aquaponics system was in full operation this year, with the last of the tilapia being harvested during the last week of April. The FFA Plot has been an excellent way to show students more about production agriculture as they conduct yield checks on the 36 different corn varieties that were graciously donated to our program from area seed corn dealers including Agrigold, Cornelius, Pioneer, LG, Dekalb, and Channel to name a few.

The students have also been managing our raised garden beds, also known as Raising Our Roots, and were able to finish the restoration of our Farmall H, which was then raffled off. The proceeds from that tractor will be applied to the cost of restoring the next tractor project.

We have also added new classes for next school year, which will allow us to provide students with more hands-on experience and skills that they will be able to apply to their everyday lives, including Introduction to Ag Mechanics, Electricity, Metal Fabrication, Ag Precision Technology, Ag Engineering, and Floral and Landscape Design. These are all just a few of the opportunities that we are able to offer our students here at PCHS, and as you can see they keep us busy! We want to sincerely thank everyone for their support of our program! I believe the saying is that it takes a community to raise a child, and I believe that we are blessed with some of the best here at Polo! — Mrs. Stephanie Schultz and Mr. Alec Wetzell

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