Agriscience High School Holds Freshman Orientation

Trumbull Agriscience staff and student officers welcomed the incoming freshman class with a pizza party.

School Director Frank Cicero told the 50 new students that they are the “best of 300 applicants,” and added “once you get through the first marking period, you won’t want to leave.”

Department Chair Pamela Berlekovic opened the meeting showing the Future Farmers of America gavel student officers use to officiate at student meetings.  The nine FFA officers stood at their stations around the meeting room and told the freshmen the function of each office.

The school’s six teachers introduced themselves and their subject areas.  

The officers took over and led activities to help the freshmen introduce themselves to their new classmates. Then the pizza came.

Agriscience is a four year, 200 student high school. Students are recruited from 15 middle schools in Trumbull and eight surrounding towns, and are accepted only as freshmen. 

The school offers programs in Biotechnology, Plant Science, Animal Science and Agriscience Mechanics. Each student takes a series of core courses, and electives than are the equivalent of a major. 

Agriscience is quartered in a 10-year-old facility designed for its purpose, and includes greenhouses and labs equipped to teach advanced specialized courses including two Early College Experience (ECE) programs that offer upper division credit at UConn.

Those interested in learning more about the Agriscience High School can go to: http://www.trumbullps.org/ths/ag/index.html.