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Ground broken for Atchison High School garden

By Brian Hagen

05/01/2025

Credit: USD 409/Facebook

(KAIR)--As the end of the school year approaches, a new future initiative begins at the Atchison High School.

That follows last week's groundbreaking of a new courtyard garden at the school, with faculty, staff, alumni, parents and students gathered for the ceremony.

According to a release from Atchison's USD 409, "the garden will serve as an educational tool and will offer support to the culinary arts class instructed by Chef Camille," otherwise known as Camille Shump, Family & Consumer Sciences Teacher at Atchison High School, who helped lead the initiative to making the garden a reality.

Local health organization, Live Well Atchison County, in a statement following last week- groundbreaking, gave credit to the new garden, saying that "teaching kids how to grow their own food and then how to harvest and prepare your own food are vital skills to learn."

Expansion of the garden is planned for the future, not only allowing growth for the culinary class, but to allow all students a chance to work first hand with gardening and agriculture.

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