After months of work, New West High School students are now seeing the fruits of their labor after harvesting the first few batches of salad greens from the school's hydroponic gardening system.
The work that students, English teacher and Principal Mike Hanson and science teacher Tara Hall put in to get the system operational was part of a literacy in environmental science class, though the gardening system touches more than one class. The setup process was extensive. Not only did the system have to be assembled, but the students and teachers had to figure out how to set up the lighting and water systems.
"Neither Ms. Hall nor I have experience with hydroponic gardens, so we've been learning right along with the students," Hanson said. "I think it's good they see us challenged by the process as well."
James Vigil, a junior in the class who set up and is managing the gardening system, said one of the things that surprised him with the system is that the plants don't require dirt to grow.
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