Clovis Unified Agriculture Program & Facility

Clovis Unified has one of the top Agriculture
Education programs in the State of California, along with the best high school agriculture facility. The McFarlane-Coffman Agriculture Center was established in August of 2000 to serve students from throughout Clovis Unified School
District. Currently, the twenty-two acre facility consists of two traditional classrooms, two science laboratory classrooms, three engineering classrooms, and a biotechnology
facility. The Farm Laboratory includes animal units for beef, sheep, swine, goats and rabbits. Four acres of irrigated pasture houses cattle, sheep, and horse projects.

Clovis East High School

2940 Leonard Clovis, CA 96619 559-327-4000

Clovis FFA Webpage

http://www.Clovis-FFA.com
	
	Clovis East Agriculture Staff
	
	Animal Science Teacher & Department Chair
	Jennifer Knight jenniferknight@cusd.com
	
	Agriculture Science & Plant Science Teacher
	Steve Gambril stevegambril@cusd.com

	Agriculture Science & Floral Design Teacher
	Aireal Covey airealcovey@cusd.com
	
	Agriculture Science Teacher & Floral Design Teacher
	Kaylee Santos kayleesantos@cusd.com
	
	Agriculture Science Teacher
	David Valdez davidvaldez@cusd.com
	
	Agriculture Science Teacher
	Emily Faraone emilyfaraone@cusd.com
	
	Agriculture Mechanics & Engineering Teacher
	Gregory Ravy gregoryravy@cusd.com
	
	Agriculture Department Learning Director
	Matt Papendorf mattpapendorf@cusd.com
	
	Career Technical Education Counselor
	Kim Hamilton kimhamilton@cusd.com

Agriculture Science CTE Pathway

Clovis East High School

Agriculture Department

The agriculture science pathway is part of the Agriculture Department at Clovis East High School. All CUSD high school students are welcome to enroll in our Agriculture Department courses.

Agriculture Education is a Comprehensive Program offering student’s classroom laboratory experience, leadership development through involvement in the National FFA Organization, and experiential learning though Supervised Agriculture Education projects.

2021-2022

Grade
	Introductory Course
	Concentrator Course
	Capstone Course
	
9th
	Agriculture Science 1 or Biology & Sustainable Agriculture or Agriculture Earth Science
			
10th
		Chemistry and Agri-Science
		
11th
		AP Environmental Science
		
12th
			Adv. Interdisciplinary Science for Sustainable Agriculture or Food Science

			

Why Agriculture Science Important?

Approximately 70 % of people directly rely on agriculture as a mean of living. Agriculture employs over 24 million people in the United States.
Agriculture is the most effective industry in reducing poverty and hunger. The world is counting on agriculture to produce more nutritious food on less land.
Through technological advancements, Farmers can feed over 155 people for a year off of one acre of land.
The world population grows by approximately 200,000 people per day. Agriculture scientist hold the key to feeding, clothing, housing, and medicating an increasingly growing world population.
Through the use of biotechnology, agriculture scientists could be the vector that discovers the cure to many of the world’s most deadly diseases.
Agriculturists in the U.S. keep our family and friends healthy by producing some of the safest and most nutritious produce, dairy, and meat products in the world.

Careers in Agriculture Science

Bioresource	Wildlife Biologist	Retail Sales Engineer                                              Person
Ecologist	Farmer/Rancher	International Agriculture Relations
Environmental	Pest Control	Agriculture Scientist	Advisor	Communications
Geneticist	Agriculture	Education Science Teacher	Outreach
Specialist
Plant Scientist	Sales	Plant Breeder Representative
Animal Scientist	Laboratory	Crop Consultant Researcher
Soil Scientist	Environmental &	Public Health Water Lawyer	Scientist
Rangeland	Water Analysis	AND MANY Scientist	Specialist	MORE!

Agriculture Science CTE Courses

Agriculture Related Enrichment Activities

The Clovis East Agriculture Program offers many opportunities for students to enrich their Agriculture Science Experience.

•	FFA Competitive Teams in Natural resources, Agriculture Sales and Farm Records
•	 Competitive speaking events in the areas of Prepared Speaking, Extemporaneous Speaking, Impromptu, and Job interview
•	Supervised Agriculture Experience Projects which include plant, animal, soil, or mechanical science experiments
•	Farm Laboratory, 21 acres accessible for all students to complete academically related experiments or trials.
•	Class Field Trips, Lab Activities, and Guest Speakers also enhance the learning experience.

Biology & Sustainable Agriculture (P) Grade: 9, 10
Duration: Year Course Prerequisite: Enrollment in English 1
Sustainable Agriculture is a one year course designed to integrate biological science practice and knowledge into the practice of sustainable agriculture. The course is organized into four major sections, or units, each with a guiding question. Unit one addresses the question, Wh is sustainable agriculture? Unit two, sustainable agriculture fit into our environment? Unit three, What molecular biology principles guide sustainable agriculture? Unit four, How do we make decisions to maximize sustainable agricultural practices within a functioning ecosystem Within each unit specific life science principles will be identified with agricultural principles an practices guiding the acquisition of this knowledge, culminating in the development of a sustainable farm model and portfolio of supporting student research.

Chemistry and Agri-science (P) Grades: 10,11,12
Duration: Year Course
Prerequisite: Biology AB (P) or Sustainable Agriculture Biology (P)
This course explores the physical and chemical nature of soil as well as the relationships between soil, plants, animals and agricultural practices. Students will examine properties of soil and land and their connections to plant and animal production. Using knowledge of scientific protocols as well as course content, students will develop an Agriscience research program to be conducted throughout the first semester of the course.

Adv. Interdisciplinary Science for Sustainable Agriculture (P) (Honors)
Grades: 11,12 Duration: Year Course
Prerequisite: Agriculture Chemistry and Soil
This integrated class combines an interdisciplinary approach to laboratory science and research with agricultural management principles. Using skills and principles learned in the course, students design systems and experiments to solve agricultural management issues currently facing the industry. Additionally, students will connect the products created in this class with industry activities to link real world encounters and implement skills demanded by both colleges and careers.

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