Washington Beat ––– Funded Projects for the USDA Secondary Agricultural Education Challenge Grants Program

FY 2000

Here are the funded projects from the second year of the USDA Secondary Agricultural Education Challenge Grants Program. Congratulations to these successful teachers and programs! We anticipate the Request for Proposals for the FY 2001 competition will be available in mid-December 2000 and that proposals will be due to USDA in early March 2001. (These dates are subject to change.) The NAAE web site (www.naae.org) will be continuously updated with the most current information.

Project Director

School

Project Title (Proposal #)

Mary Lou Geneway

Pioneer Central High School, New York

Pioneer Agriculture Curriculum, College, and Careers Project (2000-03929)

Roger Alfred King

Holmen High School, Wisconsin

Suitcase Lessons for Agriculture (2000-03976)

Steven Crawford

Symmes Valley High School, Ohio

Collins Career Center Aquaponics Project (2000-03958)

Teresa Cummings

Heritage High School, Washington

Agricultural Bioscience Laboratory (2000-03917)

Michael Earll

Sibley-Ocheyedan High School, Iowa

Agricultural Education/FFA Agriscience Technology Laboratory (2000-03971)

Talmadge Gray

Hillcrest High School, South Carolina

Multicultural Green Connection (2000-03925)

Kay Smith

Payson High School, Utah

Technology-Aided Instruction for Agricultural Education (2000-03950)

Myron Graber

Salina South High School, Kansas

Agribusiness for At-Risk Youth (2000-03973)

Jon Wehde

Kuspuk High School, Alaska

Secondary Agriscience Collaboration Project (2000-03915)

Gina Boster

Norco High School, California

Technology Integration for the Future of Agricultural Education (2000-03937)

Charles Chandler

Tattnall County High School, Georgia

New Opportunities: Aquaculture Research Freshwater Shrimp Farming (2000-03912)

Jeffrey Schroeder

Pine Island High School, Minnesota

Modeling and Simulation: High School Students Analyzing and Improving Agribusiness (2000-03965)

Clarence Righteous

G. W. Carver Senior High School, Louisiana

Agriculture and Environmental Learning Center (2000-03928)

Albert Jacobson

Reynolds High School, Oregon

Mt. Hood Regional Natural Resources Horticulture Education Enhancement Project (2000-03944)

Raymond Caviness

Eastern Randolph High School, North Carolina

Learning Laboratory in Aquaculture/Bioponics (2000-03951)

Margaret Stannard

Duncan Polytechnic High School, California

Agri-CORP (Collaborative Outreach and Recruitment Program) (2000-03966)

Nyree Washington

Coral Reef Senior High School, Florida

Creating a Bridge for 9-12 Graders to Pursue a BS Degree in Agriculture at FAMU (2000-03975)

Joel Briggs

Little Rock High School, California

Littlerock High School Agricultural Research Station (2000-03916)

Gail Thomas

Pasco High School, Florida

Biotechnology – The New Agriscience (2000-03948)

Dewey Stewart

Cloverdale Community School, Indiana

Going “The Distance” with Aquaculture (2000-03921)

James Corbett

Lowndes High School, Georgia

Energizing the Lowndes High Ag Ed Program with Agriscience for Science Credit (2000-03980)

Denise Reeser

Brainerd High School, Minnesota

Agriscience Under Glass (2000-03909)

Paul Heasley

State College Area High School, Pennsylvania

Agriscience Advanced Credit via Learning Enrichment and Distance Education (2000-03964)

Samuel Smith

Stratford Public School, Oklahoma

Acquiring Knowledge Through Integrated Agriculture and Science Education (2000-03939)

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