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Students give new look to school entrance
Agriculture and Culinary Arts students worked collaboratively to plant new flowers and mulch in the front of George Read today. Our redesign programs are continuing to expand and blossom!
read moreStudents give new look to school entrance
Agriculture and Culinary Arts students worked collaboratively to plant new flowers and mulch in the front of George Read today. Our redesign programs are continuing to expand and blossom!
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Start of new school year update
Everyone at George Read Middle School is excited to start the new school year! Our students will be arriving on the 22nd and they will be treated to some amazing updates to our Agriculture and new Culinary programs. For Agriculture, we have expanded our partnership...
read moreGeorge Read officially has two Rhode Island Red chickens! We are excited for the new additions to our Agriscience program. We will be providing updates on their growth and development.
read moreSpecial Visit from the Delaware Humane Association
FFA members welcomed DHA (Delaware Humane Association) workers and volunteers to their meeting. We even had an extra special guest, Magnificent the adoptable dog! Students learned not only about proper pet care, but also about the importance of treating all animals...
read moreOrganic Food Taste Test
Students learned that conventional food, which makes up a majority of the food we buy at the grocery store is grown using chemicals like fertilizers, pesticides and antibiotics. Organic food is grown using only natural products, but purchasing organics can be more...
read moreChickens on the way!
In very exciting news, George Read Middle School has acquired ten Rhode Island Red chicken eggs. They were put into the incubator and over the next several weeks, students will observe the eggs and chicks to learn about chicken embryology. Their expected hatch date...
read moreRain Garden at George Read Middle School
We are excited to be underway with our partnership with Landmark Science & Design to plan the creation of our rain garden in the front of George Read Middle School. The partnership generates learning opportunities for our students while solving an otherwise...
read moreFrom Farm to Table
Before Holiday Break, George Read teachers and all staff were able to celebrate the first fruits of our students agricultural labor. Literally from the George Read outdoor classroom to the table, lettuce and arugula salad grown by our students. It was delicious and is...
read moreFuture Farmers Whip up Something Special
GR FFA made their own butter from whipping cream and sampled it on toast. After A LOT of shaking, it was delicious! In between shaking the cream into butter, students wrote letters to soldiers who are overseas and not going to make it home in time for the holidays....
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