The U.S. Department of Agriculture gave Ingham School District
a $49,583 grant for students who participate in the Agriscience and Natural
Resources program. The money will pay for improved equipment in Agriscience and
Natural Resources classrooms.
According to excerpts from the article:
This funding will also help to increase overall student
awareness of career opportunities in Agriculture and Natural Resources. The
specific goals of the "Cultivating Career Opportunities in Agriscience and
Natural Resources" grant are:
- To provide
students with an innovative agriscience technical career education program
- To increase
student awareness of and enrollment in agriscience and natural resources career
opportunity courses
Senator Debbie Stabenow and Congressman Mike Rogers sent
letters of support for the two-year grant that runs through June 30, 2009.
The Agriscience and Natural Resources program is a
partnership between the Webberville Community Schools, Michigan State, and Ingham ISD. These partners have created a program where area
high school juniors and seniors have the opportunity to learn and gain hands-on
experiences in the most popular fields of agriscience and natural resources
including horticulture, turf grass management, veterinarian science,
environmental science and animal care. Students are learning in
state-of-the-art facilities, including a science lab, 100-acre land lab,
wetland, greenhouse, animal facility and computer lab.
Read the entire article here.
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