KILOUGH GREENHOUSE THRIVING

Kilough Elementary School is excited to continue its greenhouse partnerships between the Dawson County School Nutrition Program and the Dawson County CTAE-Ag Program.

This year, the greenhouse saw a major facelift. The Kilough greenhouse received the Farm to School Innovation Grant from a collaboration between Georgia Organics and the Georgia Department of Public Health Georgia Shape Program.

The funds went to replace the greenhouse cover, the old hydroponics system, and will help with the supplies needed to rebuild and recondition the grow beds, install a new sprinkler system and help to kickstart crops that will grow in the greenhouse beds.

Kilough is excited to see the upgrades to the greenhouse and especially thank Mr. Keith Pankey and the Agriculture Mechanics class for their work at both removing the old cover and installing the new one.

Kilough is also thankful for Mr. Scott Richardson, Nutrition Director, for rebuilding the new front and rear walls to help better support the greenhouse. With these improvements, the greenhouse will continue to be a learning hub for students.

The space will continue to be a place where teachers can take students to learn STEM lessons and to appreciate the need for agriculture in our lives. The plan for this summer is to grow strawberries and sweet potatoes for the students to enjoy when they come back to school in August.