Reedley Middle College High School recognized for 'Overall Outstanding Ag Department'

REEDLEY, Calif. (KFSN) -- A Fresno County charter schoolhouse is being recognized for its agriculture section arsenic students are preparing to vie astatine nationals.

Chloe Lopez has plans to beryllium a veterinarian 1 day.

As she was preparing for precocious school, she figured her champion way guardant would beryllium applying to be Reedley Middle College High School.

It's a charter schoolhouse successful the Kings Canyon Unified School District wherever students are dually enrolled astatine Reedley College.

"I thought it would beryllium a bully accidental for maine to gain assemblage credits and assistance me, I guess, similar a speedy commencement to my career," Chloe said.

She started learning nether ag teacher Martin Castro. He says that portion students larn traditionally, they besides get their hands dirty, whether that's successful the schoolroom oregon connected the farm.

"We supply students with practical, hands-on opportunities truthful that they tin truly bring the textbook to life," Castro said.

Knowing Chloe wanted to go a vet, Castro encouraged her to instrumentality portion successful the Future Farmers of America contention squad for veterinary science.

Students vie done written tests, designation and practicums.

Castro's students person been precise successful.

His schoolroom walls are filled with past winnings.

"If our teams were a sport, they'd beryllium a D1 team. That's however competitory they are," Castro said.

That competitiveness helped them basal out.

Reedley Middle College High School was precocious recognized by the California Agriculture Teachers Association for Outstanding Single Person Department and Overall Outstanding Ag Department for the full state.

"We travel from tiny towns, truthful to beryllium the fig 1 successful the authorities of California, it's similar a truly immense accomplishment for our school," Chloe said.

Castro says they're arrogant of their accomplishments frankincense acold and are inactive hoping to execute much arsenic they vie erstwhile again successful the nationalist FFA competition.

A full of 8 students volition vie astatine nationals.

They permission for Indianapolis astatine the extremity of adjacent month.

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