Marion Agriculture Program

07/30/2026

🌴Hop on into our trip to Costa Rica by staying tuned for posts to come! 🐠

How about Mrs. L's video skills, huh? 😏😅

06/18/2026

Here is a sneak peek into what the last few days of classes in the ag program looked like. If you know someone in 8th-9th grade who thinks this is what learning should look like but they don't live in Marion, tell them about the Agripath program, now accepting students from all schools in the region!
Featuring:
Woodworking final projects
Our adorable sheep guests from Hare Brook Farms!
Milk soap making
Animal science's dogless dog show winners
FFA plant appreciation activity (gifted with a note to teachers)

Stay tuned for more updates as Mrs. L catches up on social media updates! Stay tuned to Parent Square for FFA's summer activities!

06/12/2026

This year Marion FFA accomplished so much at the 101st NY FFA State Convention! At this event, students competed in Career Development Events, participated in workshops, ventured out on farm tours, and attended statewide sessions. Here are some of the key activities our members participated in:
Ag Education: Filomena, Emery (1st place)

Agriscience Fair:
Mitchell Short and Austin Brooks: 1st Place in Plant Systems Division
Emery Sirkin: 2nd Place Social Systems Division 3 for her research on perceptions of livestock showing

Floriculture: Haylie Porter, Ainsley Fenn, Filomena DelPriore, Skylar Kotvis, Emery Sirkin, Charlotte Phelps - Our team placed 12th out of 68 teams!

Talent: Ainsley Fenn shared her vocal talent on stage in front of nearly 3,000 people and proudly earned 2nd place in the Talent CDE with her rendition of “In The Stars” by Benson Boone.

Other Achievements:
McKenna Breen was selected as a Jacket Award recipient.
Emery Sirkin was elected the 2026-2027 District 8 President

05/09/2026

It's springtime at Marion JSHS, and we all know that means... GOAT KIDS! Our goats have been busy brightening people's day, providing FFA members with valuable SAE experiences, and yelling until they get what they want! A huge thank you to H.Saltsman's Dairy Goats & Poultry for letting us raise WarCry and Flash, and to our FFA president Emery for bringing in Mousse to grace everyone with itty bitty kid cuddles.

05/06/2026

College Environmental Science students Ashley, Maddy, Dominic, and George competed in the Wayne and Cayuga County Envirothon and took home 3rd place! The Environthon contest consists of 5 topics; Aquatics, Soils, Wildlife, Forestry, and Current Issue.
In addition to their excellent performance in Envirothon, these students have been busy planting native red oak trees to increase biodiversity and food sources for wildlife in the school's natural areas and arboretum. We also have saplings available for free for community members who would like to help plant native species!
Great work En Sci students!

04/24/2026

We love our visits to Cracker Box Palace! In the fall we got a full tour and spent lots of time getting to know the horses. This spring we got to visit all the animals and help out the farm by cleaning stalls, giving the horses hay and water, and walking the ponies. Also, our foster bunny, Sally, from CBP is getting adopted! Her brother Barrel is being held by Ainsley in the 3rd photo.

04/14/2026

Plant Science & Design students have been diving into floral more than ever this year, thanks to the support of ! For months our students have been practicing bouquets, centerpieces, boutonnieres, corsages, and more! Our Floral team is in the final stretch of preparing for the NYS FFA Floriculture CDE and for the first time, we will have two teams competing!

02/10/2026

02/02/2026

We've wrapped up our welding class for the year, and here are some highlights featuring students' creative final projects (scroll to the end for close ups) and a field trip to Hadley's Fab-Weld where we got to see Marion FFA Alumni, Nick, tell us about what it's like to work in a welding shop. Students also got to see welding technology used in the industry, and how what they learn in class can be be applied in a career.