Agriculture Honors Graduation Track

Students who qualify, will graduate with Agriculture Honors and receive a gold medallion to be worn with their graduation gown.  Sophomores and Juniors who stay on track will receive special recognition each year during the Agriculture Achievement Banquet held in the spring.  To graduate with Agriculture Honors a student must take the following courses and meet the following criteria:

One credit must be:

 Survey of Agriculture Systems (1 credit) both semesters (Fr/So/Jr/Sr)

 
The other two credits may be obtained from choosing from the following course options:

Agricultural Mechanics (1 credit) both semesters (So/Jr/Sr)

Animal Science I (.5 credit) fall semester (So/Jr/Sr)

Animal Science II (.5 credit) spring semester (So/Jr/Sr)

Plant Science I (.5 credit) fall semester (So/Jr/Sr)

Plant Science II (.5 credit) spring semester (So/Jr/Sr)

Greenhouse Management (.5 credit) spring semester (So/Jr/Sr)

Fruit and Vegetable Production (.5 credit) fall semester (So/Jr/Sr)

Managing Our Natural Resources (.5 credit) fall semester (So/Jr/Sr)

Environmental Resources (.5 credit), spring semester (So/Jr/Sr)

Agriculture Metals (1 credit), both semesters (Jr/Sr) Pre-requisite Agriculture Mechanics

Advanced Animal Science (.5 credit), spring semester (Jr/Sr) Pre-requisite Animal Science

Food Science (.5 credit), spring semester (Jr/Sr)

Leadership and Communications (.5 credit), fall semester (So/Jr/Sr)

Floriculture (.5 credit), spring semester (So/Jr/Sr)

Forestry (.5 credit), fall semester (So/Jr/Sr)

Aquaculture (.5 credit), fall semester (So/Jr/Sr)

Criteria include:

§  Student must be a dues paid FFA member and actively participate in FFA activities for two years 

§  Student must be involved on a Career Development Team (CDE) or must compete in a leadership event for two years. 

§  Student must receive their Greenhand, Chapter, and State FFA degree (requirements can be found on page )

§  Student must actively maintain their Agriculture Education Tracker (AET) and have an active Supervised Agriculture Experience (SAE)

§  Student must maintain a cumulative GPA of 3.0 through the first semester of his senior year and have made no lower than a “B” in any Agriculture course.

§  Student must have accumulated a total of 10 hours of Community Service each year or a minimum of 30 hours of community service by the spring semester of his senior year.

§  Student must be a completer in an Agriculture Pathway.