Suring Market and Agricultural Center
Just imagine...
Teaching future generations how to grow and harvest. Letting them preserve and prepare their own produce and meat. Imagine kids learning how to market their produce and cook their food to put on their family table. And what if we ran it as a self-supporting business where students could put into practice the employability skills they will need in life?
This is the dream of the SMAC!!
To accomplish this, we need YOU! Click the Donate button below, for a tax-deductible donation, please consult your tax adviser, by credit card:
You may also donate by check made out to Suring Public Schools, PO Box 158, Suring, WI 54174.
Building a Legacy One Brick at a Time. Suring Public School District and That's My Brick!® have joined forces to raise money for our project!
By donating a tile, you are not only helping future generations know how to grow and harvest but also providing many hands-on learning opportunities and teaching them employability skills.
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Suring is building a first-of-its-kind center to promote hands-on, practical education that students will find useful throughout their lives. With community input and inspiration of community-minded teachers, administrators, and school board members, this dream is coming true!
SMAC broken down
SMAC will house three main areas.
Suring Market-- The storefront will sell goods produced by the students and community members to support our local economy. The storefront will be managed, year round, by the business department with employees working through Youth Apprenticeship. Items sold might include:
- Beef, pork, and chicken products of FFA members
- Vegetables grown by local families
- Lettuce grown hydroponically in the greenhouse
- Pickles, jams, jellies from Food Science students
- Granola and dehydrated fruit from Food Science students
- Honey and Maple Syrup
- Local Crafts and Soaps
- Re-purposed and crafted items made by the Tech Ed and Art departments or local crafters
- and more…
Greenhouse–This 30 x 40 space will be used by Suring students of all ages to learn the basics of horticulture and plant science.
The David Reise Learning Center–This 50 x 30 space will be used in a multipurpose capacity. It is equipped to house livestock on a temporary basis and serve as a classroom for all ages. Activities in the classroom might include:
- Birthing piglets
- Milking a cow
- A honeybee demonstration
- A chick hatchery
- Falconry
- Skinning, hides, and field dressing
- Chainsaw maintenance and safety
- Fly Fishing
- Tractor Implement Demonstrations
- And more!
Learn by Doing
We have taken cues from the community and alumni. You want future generations to know how to fend for themselves and feed their families. They need life skills! Students need to get up and out of desks and away from flat screens and work with their hands and alongside classmates and the people of the community.
Sizable Donations and Naming Rights
For sizable donations and/or to discuss naming rights for the complex, please contact superintendent Paul Orlich at orlipa@suringk12.org.
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