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  • Cascade Public Schools Greenhouse Update

    Jennifer Ward, Cascade FFA Advisor|Apr 25, 2024

    Update on the greenhouse! If the weather would last a little longer than 2 dry days, we could get cement poured into the corner braces. That currently is what is holding up our progress. Once those can get poured, the rest of the structure should go up rapidly. Barb Byrne is going to have some other adults that will be able to help within the next week with the raising of the structure, building of the walls and pulling on the plastic. We do have flowers already growing in the indoor...

  • Cascade Celebrates National FFA Week

    Jennifer Ward, FFA Advisor, Photos by Christa Hardy|Feb 29, 2024

    The week of February 17 - 24, 2024 brought about National FFA week. This was a week of celebration, recognition, and advocating for FFA and Agriculture. According to FFA.org, there are 946,000 student FFA members nationwide! Of those members, 6,684 reside in Montana (montanaffa.org) and 116 registered FFA members here in Cascade! Monday, February 17th, grades PreK - 12 at Cascade Schools celebrated National FFA week with a great assembly put on by the Cascade FFA officer team, under the...

  • The Greenhouse is Getting Greener

    Jennifer Ward, FFA Advisor|Sep 28, 2023

    In 2001, Cascade High School was at the top of the industry standards with the installation of the greenhouse on campus, with a solid wooden frame and poly panels to draw in adequate sunlight. Couldn't get much better... back in the day. Time for an upgrade! What is going on with the greenhouse? Why is it coming down? What is happening?? Hopefully, this will answer some questions... So many new things that we encounter in the agricultural community that we would like to incorporate into our...

  • Going Green!

    Jennifer Ward, Cascade FFA Advisor|May 4, 2023

    After a winter that seemed to last forever, who isn't ready for some plants and color for their homes?! Cascade High School's Greenhouse Management class (Destiny Turan, Madi Ward, Zoe Mazaira, Jeremiah Creveling, Colby Crowell and Gavin Gilham) is ready to offer you some amazing flowers and veggies for your yard. With a huge, generous donation of flower plugs this spring from Barb Byrne, we are able to offer you Petunias, Verbanias, Impatiens, Potato Vine and Calibrachoas! We also will have...

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