OHMS instructor creates blooming agriculture program

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  • Oak Hill Middle School Agriculture Instructor and Future Farmers of America advisor Sharon Reeves’ 2024-25 class shows off the new chicks. CONTRIBUTED
    Oak Hill Middle School Agriculture Instructor and Future Farmers of America advisor Sharon Reeves’ 2024-25 class shows off the new chicks. CONTRIBUTED
  • Students actively interact with the garden from growing the plants to harvesting and taking the food home. CONTRIBUTED
    Students actively interact with the garden from growing the plants to harvesting and taking the food home. CONTRIBUTED
  • An overhead drone shot of a portion of the garden taken during the 2024-25 school year. CONTRIBUTED
    An overhead drone shot of a portion of the garden taken during the 2024-25 school year. CONTRIBUTED

    Oak Hill Middle School Agriculture Instructor and Future Farmers of America advisor Sharon Reeves restarted the agriculture program seven years ago and has worked to transform it.

    “We started with very minimal [resources] on campus, only a greenhouse and about 12 raised beds that had deteriorated. We replaced them and started some drip irrigation beds to increase the total number of beds to 18,” sa…