Sunday, November 17, 2013

SAE Student Success Stories - Story #7 - Washington

SAE is one of the most unique educational tools at our disposal as agriscience educators. SAEs have long standing impact on the lives of students. SAEs are not optional.

Story #7- Washington
He needed a project his freshman year and it happened that a friend of ours was in need of landscaping help. She was turning her yard from a watering stealing lawn, to a native plant, bird and small animal sanctuary. She helped Nathan learn the native plants and their needs and she hired him off and on throughout his 4 years of high school (it was as she had the money to do more work). No matter what other SAE projects Nathan did, he always came back to landscaping as his favorite - including during the Advanced Horticulture class; he always took on the landscape projects. Today...Nathan is studying Sustainable Horticulture and Landscape Architecture at the University of Idaho. He plans to become a Golf Course Greens Manager upon graduation.

Submitting Teacher: Ms. Annette Weeks

SAE Theorem #5 (Moore, 2003, The Agricultural Education Magazine)
A signed SAE agreement is essential. Everyone involved in the SAE program – parents, employer, students, teacher, mentor, etc – should sign an agreement outlining specifically what they student will be doing, who will supply the materials, and who will recognize any financial gain from the activity. This is to prevent misunderstanding on down the road .



You are a developing positive agent of change who will one day help students explore and grow into their unlimited potential through agricultural education!

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