School Is In

As told by Amy Kidd

In April 2010, the Campbell Soup Company, the FFA and local volunteers restored the Providence Grove High School barn.

"The barn was built approximately in 1946 as a cattle barn by a man named Junius Doc (JD) Cheek. When the land was sold to the school, the school board realized the potential of having such a valuable resource for the agricultural program and left the barn on the campus of the school.

This project was beneficial to the community, the FFA chapter, the Alumni and the school. Our students need a facility in which they can learn the hands-on skills taught in the animal science classes. In addition, the barn also provides a space in which the area third graders come to visit the high school to learn about the origin of food in an activity we call, 'Fun on the farm.' By providing a renovated barn, we can continue to provide education to the area third graders and hold workshops to the area farms on animal, goat, and crop care and maintenance."

The Providence Grove High School Barn
is affiliated with the Providence Grove
High School FFA and the alumni.