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DEEP DIVE INTO THE CARRER TECHNICAL EDUCATION PROGRAM AT BHS
At the high school , the Career and
Technical Education program , also known as CTE , has grown considerably in recent years , but especially this year . Students are getting even more hands-on experience in life-like situations in all of their classes .
Some of the courses offered through CTE are : Livestock Production , Advanced Animal Science , Ag Mechanics including welding and carpentry , Floral Design , Graphic Design , Photography , Bear Radio , Business , Business Management , Accounting , Entrepreneurship , Teaching and Learning , Culinary Arts , Health Science , Sports Medicine and Robotics .
FFA One of the largest programs the High
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School offers is the Agriculture Science Program . This program is constantly evolving and is most commonly known for its FFA opportunities . Ag instructor and BHS teacher of the year , James Boyd , is starting up a new program called " Ag Awareness day " to spread knowledge of agriculture to the younger generations . This program will allow students to begin learning about Ag before they get to the junior high and high school levels .
“ Ag Awareness Day is tentatively scheduled for Fall 2022 ,” Boyd said . “ Our plan is to have 15 different organizations and Ag related businesses come together to offer different activity rotations to allow 4th grade students the opportunity to be exposed to the importance of the agriculture industry .”
Their goal is to educate the students
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as well as recruit them for future classes . And fortunately , many students won ' t have to wait until high school for those classes .
“ This is the second year of Ag , Food & Natural Resources Classes being offered to 8th graders ," he said . " Our Junior High classes are booming .”
The FFA members from BJH also compete in events on the high school level , which has increased the number of teams representing Brownsboro at district and area events .
“ In the past there have been more contests offered than students willing to participate .” Boyd said . “ This year , the narrative has switched . We generally compete in 13 events , but this year we have 19 teams full of students eager to learn and compete .”