Bristol County Agricultural High School

Seniors in Arboriculture are taking their tree id test. Each year they learn about 40 tree species and have a final their senior year of 120 trees. #BAPride #CultivatingExcellence

FFA State Convention recap!🌟💙 Thank you so much to everyone who made the 96th Massachusetts FFA State Convention such a successful week. Students attended leadership workshops, competed, and had lots of fun. We are very excited to send 19 competing students so far to FFA Nationals this October! Highlights include: 🏅Bay State Degree recipients: Lindel Tucker, Phoenix Olivier, Sophie Salisbury, Hannah Bradley, Liam Holloway 🏅Honorary Bay State Degree: Superintendent Derek Costa 🥇Extemporaneous Public Speaking: William O'Keefe 🥇Individual Demos: Liam Holloway and Shyla Gomes 🥇Parliamentary Procedure: Molly Quinn, Liam Holloway, Hailie Campos, Olivia Santos, James Goodrich, Sydney Leavitt Senior Hannah Bradley was also named to the Massachusetts FFA State Officer Team as Secretary! Way to go, Hannah!🌽 None of this success would be possible without the dedication of our students, FFA advisors, Massachusetts FFA, and Bristol Aggie faculty. Congratulations, we are so proud of you all! @Bristol_Chapter_FFA #BAPride #CultivatingExcellence #MassachusettsFFA #NationalFFA #Leadership

Our beekeeping club had a visit with Paul Tessier from MDAR to get a hive ready to transfer to the UMass Amherst apiary. They also had the opportunity to use new technology to check the research hive which is weighed every 15 minutes to collect data of the colony! #BAPride #CultivatingExcellence #Bees 🐝

Students in our Environmental Conservation Department teamed up with the Somerset Sportsmans Club and the American Chestnut Foundation to support the restoration of the American Chestnut (Castanea dentata). Once a cornerstone of Northeastern forests, this species is now considered functionally extinct, but organizations like the American Chestnut Foundation are working hard to change that. As part of this project, students are growing a variety of genetic strains to better understand disease susceptibility, monitoring their growth, and planting the trees at the Somerset Sportsmans Club at the end of the school year. #BAPride #CultivatingExcellence #AmericanChestnuts

Our Floriculture department was at the Attleboro Art Museum this weekend participating in their annual flower show! Our seniors worked together to build a vegetable garden display! #BAPride #CultivatingExcellence #Flowers

We recently had the pleasure of hosting Michael Paduch, President of the Massachusetts Flower Association and Owner of Crystal Lake Greenhouses in the Floriculture Department. Michael generously donated flats of pansies along with a variety of annual plants to support our students hands-on learning. He also spent time with the Floriculture sophomore class, sharing his expertise in greenhouse planting and encouraging students to start growing right in their backyards. He gave helpful recommendations to our own production, and students were proud to show them the work they had started for our spring expo sale. Thank you so much Michael for your contributions to our Floriculture program!🌱🌷 #BAPride #CultivatingExcellence

Juniors in Agricultural Mechanics are making wooden boxes to jazz up their carpentry skills while senior Morgan Duhon is working on base anchors for our softball field at Dighton Town Hall! #BAPride #CultivatingExcellence

Over the weekend, Companion Animal Junior, BreyDann Glass, won Grand Champion of her category at the Massachusetts 4-H States Visual Presentation competition with her dog training presentation. Way to go, BreyDann!🍀🐕 #BAPride #CultivatingExcellence #VisualPresentations #DogTraining

Today we had the privilege of hosting our local legislative delegation at Bristol Aggie. It is always an honor to welcome our elected officials and share the incredible work happening within our school community. We are grateful for the opportunity to highlight the needs, priorities, and future vision of Bristol Aggie, and to advocate for the students, staff, and programs that make our community so strong. Thank you for your continued partnership and support of agricultural education in Southeastern Massachusetts. #CultivatingExcellence #BAPride #AgEducation #CommunityPartnerships #Advocacy

Juniors in Floriculture are working on their flower shop model project. They are making a business plan along with designing their own practical store which includes all the rooms and utilities a working flower shop would have! #BAPride #CultivatingExcellence

Huge shoutout to Mr. Lee and our amazing lunch staff! Today they served up a delicious meal of chicken and waffles, along with farm-fresh milk from Westport Dairy. One of our students even said it’s her “new all-time favorite lunch!” 🧇🍗 #BAPride #CultivatingExcellence #Waffles #Chicken

Sophomores in Ms. Costa's US History II are researching and evaluating the success of one of LBJ's Great Societies programs. Many of these programs still exist today, so students are able to see the continuity and change of these federal programs throughout history #CultivatingExcellence #BAPride

Veterinary Science Juniors in Livestock & Dairy Management practiced their dairy showmanship skills. The students learned about why showmanship is important and some techniques to best show off their heifers. #BAPride #CultivatingExcellence #DairyShowmanship

Community partnerships in action! 🥎🔨 Bristol Aggie recently teamed up with Bristol Plymouth carpentry students and the Dighton Parks & Recreation Department to begin repairs and upgrades to the Dighton softball field that our team uses during the season. Together, students and community members worked on improving the field’s backstop and dugout, helping ensure a safe and welcoming space for athletes and fans alike. This project is a great example of what can happen when schools and communities collaborate — giving students hands-on experience while supporting local facilities. Stay tuned for more updates as the work continues! #CommunityPartnerships #HandsOnLearning #BristolAggie

Happy National Agriculture Day! We are so grateful to be part of such a wonderful community and industry.🐮🍀🌾🌼

This past weekend, Bristol Aggie hosted the Massachusetts 4-H Horse Round Up, Hippology, and Horse Bowl competition! The Bristol County team had six students from Bristol Aggie participating: freshmen Maggie Wittkamper and Maddie Crosby; sophomores Lily Zink and Anna Zink; junior Sophia Salisbury; and senior Taylor Mayer. The competition was at the state level, with 4-Hers from all over Massachusetts. Taylor Mayer placed 🥇 in Hippology, Anna Zink placed 🥇 in Horse Bowl, and Lily Zink placed 🥈 in Horse Bowl! They will be heading to Nationals this fall in Kentucky. Sophia Salisbury placed 9th in Hippology, and Team Bristol placed 2nd overall. Congratulations to this very knowledgeable horse team! 🎉🍀 #BAPride #CultivatingExcellence

Equine Science sophomores have been enjoying the beautiful weather with a bareback ride. All of our equines had a rider! ☀️🐴 #BAPride #CultivatingExcellence

We're starting off the week with a Co-Op Business Highlight! We'd like to give a shout out to Anchor Animal Hospital in Dartmouth MA for partnering with Bristol Aggie to allow students to gain experience in the veterinary science field! #BAPride #CultivatingExcellence #Co-Op #Dogs #AnimalScience

Planting the seeds for the future 🌱 Today, we had the opportunity to bring together local agricultural professionals and community leaders for a visioning session focused on the future of Bristol Aggie as a central hub for agriculture in Southeastern Massachusetts. Together, we explored exciting possibilities — including a reimagining of Keith Hall as a dynamic space that could serve multiple roles: collaborative office space, a marketplace for local ag products, and a place where innovation and community come together. This was just the first step, but the energy, ideas, and shared commitment in the room made it clear that something special is growing. Thank you to everyone who joined us and continues to support the vision of the Ag Institute. The future is bright 🌾 #CultivatingExcellence #BAPride #AgEducation #CommunityPartnerships #SupportLocalAg #SustainableFuture #AgInstitute

Yesterday, the Bristol Aggie Environmental Conservation Department was proud to welcome Peter DeFusco and the National Grid Environmental Licensing & Permitting Team to campus. During their visit, the team toured our Natural History Museum and labs, where they observed students actively engaged in our ongoing collaborative projects and gained a deeper understanding of our programs. The visit highlighted the strength of our continued partnership between our department, National Grid, and Oxbow Associates, Inc., including our work raising threatened Eastern box turtle hatchlings at a National Grid site in Fall River, MA. In addition to supporting conservation efforts, Peter has been an incredible resource for our students—participating in school-wide career events and our department’s Conservation Professional Speaker Series. Through these opportunities, he shares insights into his career path, the rewards and challenges of his work, and valuable advice for students interested in pursuing careers in environmental conservation. We are incredibly grateful to Peter and the entire National Grid team for visiting today and for their continued partnership. These collaborations make it possible for our students to engage in meaningful, real-world conservation work and have a tangible impact early in their careers. We look forward to many more opportunities ahead! @BristolAggieECD @nationalgrid @oxbowassociatesinc #BristolAggieECD #BristolAggie #EnvironmentalConservation #NaturalResourceManagement #EnvironmentalEngineering #NaturalHistoryMusuem #Headstarting #RareSpecies #Turtles #HandsOnLearning #MarineBiology #WildlifeBiology #Zoology #BAPride #CultivatingExcellence