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Hands-on homework
Students in Ripley High School’s Ag
Mechanics class have been busy studying the inner workings of
the engine. In the class, members participate in hands-on
experiences as well as traditional bookwork. Students are
pictured restoring an engine, changing oil and working on a
riding lawn mower.
RHS FFA program earns
high yields
The 2006-2007 FFA Officer Team
FFA members are pictured at the National FFA
Convention in Indianapolis, Ind.
Ag students dig the holes for the pea gravel
in the new greenhouse and assemble the Aquaculture system that
will be housed there.
Showing sheep at the Mid-South Fair and
getting a closer look at the business of producing cotton.
Secondary/Vocational Supervisor Sue Toles receives a lesson on
how to use a drill.
FFA members at Ripley High School have
recently been very busy building up their Ag program and taking
part in local and national FFA activities.
Students and faculty have been busy this
year, taking part in livestock showing, building a new
greenhouse, establishing the Officer Team for the 2006-2007
school year, getting first-hand agricultural experience and
attending the National FFA Convention in Indianapolis, Ind.
Students in the Ag department even took
time recently to give a lesson to Secondary/Vocational
Supervisor Sue Toles on how to use power tools.
W.A.Y Club
gets a close look
Members of the RHS W.A.Y. Club were
recently shown how to feed a baby calf by RHS Ag teacher Kent
Cherry and members of the high school's Ag department. Students
in Mrs. Peggy Roberson’s class enjoyed seeing the animals close
up and learning about the care needed to keep them healthy.
Writing their way to
Washington
Juniors in Ms. Melanie Sargent’s American
Studies class at Ripley High School are currently involved in
the Forked Deer Electric Co-Op’s Essay competition. Ten
finalists have been selected to compete in the contest, with two
winners chosen to join other winners across the nation in
Washington, D.C., this summer in an all-expenses-paid trip to a
leadership conference.
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