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The Agricultural Science block has completed their annual science fair projects. Due to Covid restrictions, they did not have a Science Expo again this year. Students did create a video recording of their presentations to share with a limited number of people. These are pictures of the completed boards and projects. Hopefully, next year will…
What makes agricultural chemistry agricultural? Here’s a good example! For the past few weeks, we have been studying the chemistry of fertilizers – what nutrients plants need and how fertilizers can provide them in the proper form. Last week, students formulated three different fertilizers and then tested them for phosphate content using a colorimetric analysis….
Children, their teachers and the high school students at the ACAP Early Care and Education Center at the Presque Isle Regional Career and Technology Center (shown here), and at other locations are participating in movement breaks. Coordinated by ACAP’s 5210 Let’s Go Program, education was provided at all sites including PIRCTC, Gouldville, and the Birch…
The students in Aquaculture and Animal Sciences had the opportunity to visit one of the State’s fish hatcheries. The salmon were not quite ready to spawn so students helped sort the fish by gender in the raceway. They were able to see eggs in the hatchery that had been collected the day before. Students also…
Check out the WAGM news clip on our apple cider mill!
What is the best way to start off the new school year in Mr. Harper’s Engineering Technology program? With a cool project of course! This project is for the Stanley Museum in Kingfield, Maine and consists of reverse engineering and fabricating a valve assembly for the gas headlight system used on Stanley steam-powered automobiles until…
Cool things are happening in Mr. Harper’s Drafting & Engineering program. Ian McKinnon, Noah Roy, Connor Rideout, and Conner Michaud completed their first successful drone mission. Purchased last year, they have been impatient waiting for warmer weather to test out this amazing technology. Once the aerial photographs are collected, they are uploaded to AutoDesk Recap…
It’s Mother’s Day Weekend! Even though the Covid virus has put a damper on activities that students have been able to do this year, after months of planning the staff at PIRCTC and the School Farm have created kits for teachers to complete in their classrooms. The Early Childhood program chose two grade-level appropriate books…
Our Drafting & Engineering Technology program has burst forth onto the global stage with a project from Havelte, Netherlands. The project includes the reverse engineering of a set of brake drums for a very rare 1903 Cleveland Motor Company roadster, as well as shop drawings and development of 3D printed foundry patterns. Founded in 1903,…