WHY CAN T WE BEGIN TO DO THIS WITH ALL SCHOOLS IN THIS COUNTRY!!! I SO WANT TO MAKE SURE 1ST LADY MICHELLE OBAMA SEES THIS AMAZING SCHOOL AND THE THINGS WHICH THEY ARE DOING. ALL OF OUR CHILDREN SHOULD BE LEARNING THIS AND MY AND MY SIBLINGS WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO GROW UP AND SEE HOW IMPORTANT IT IS MAKE SURE THAT THE ANIMALS EAT GOOD JUST LIKE WE DID SO THE FOOD IS NOURISHING FOR YOUR BODY AND HEALTH AND WELLNESS!! As part of the AEE summer program, students gain valuable experience in horticulture, environmental science, animal care, and community outreach. Students must apply for the internships and the process is competitive. Students learn skill sets to move forward, explains AEE Director Crystal Huff. They learn the importance of physical labor. They learn to work as a team and to communicate. They can also make mistakes and the instructors use those mistakes as a teaching tool. In addition to gaining experience working with animals, students were also involved in community outreach as well as selling the produce which they grew. Field trips to farms, animal rescue centers, and work in state parks was also part of the curriculum. Felicia Cook, who is about to begin her junior year, said the summer experience helped her in many ways. Its a learning process. Im going back and forth between careers. This will help. Throughout the summer months, students sold fresh produce at the Schools Project Market. I was responsible for vegetables like corn, peppers, green beans. I did it for the work experience, working as a cashier in the market, said Rafael Moronta. I learned from the experience more about fruits and vegetables -- things I didnt know. For example, the ways we develop foods. You can use seeds to create different varieties of fruit. One of the main goals of the internship program and the farm-to-table lunch was to help students realize how the food system works. With any student, it often seems there is a disconnect between what they consume and where it comes from. One of the biggest things they get from AEE besides the career skills is that they get to be a part of the food system. This is the culmination of that, explains Nate McKelvie who is an Assistant Instructional Advisor of the Environmental Center. mhs-pa.org/newsroom/spartan-online/farm-to-table
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