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“Whilst we’ll always honour traditional methods of doing things and our history, we also want to look at what agriculture is going to be like in five, 10, or 25 years' time and move with what the community is going to need, particularly in terms of sustainable agriculture practices.” As students look to the future, they also have ac- cess to certificate courses in engineering and manu- facturing as well as SCOTS’ extensive industry and tertiary education connections, preparing them for careers with ongoing growth potential. Of course, it takes a special team to deliver an education that covers such a broad spectrum of opportunities – and Principal Thompson is open about the challenges involved in developing their wide-ranging program. “Covering all bases for our students is one of our greatest challenges and we do it well, but it is difficult because we have to have a breadth of subjects that many larger schools can’t or won’t offer,” he says. “That means we’ve got to have agriculture staff, Maths and English staff – even our co-curricular ac- tivities, being where we are, are quite unique. We have a director of equestrian; we have someone to lead our cattle and sheep teams – and we're all
wanting to provide the next level of education for kids and get the next capable kids into the work- force with capacity.” “I will say without exception, we are recruiting some fantastic staff who are looking for a sense of connec- tion, community, belonging, and purpose –and being in a regional setting, you get all those things in spades. It’s parent teacher night, every night of the week at five o'clock in aisle three of Woolworths.” In their quest to educate the young people of today, SCOTS PGC is raising up the farmers who will feed the world tomorrow.
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