EVANSTON — Evanston High School teacher Brenden Ellis has had a dream to give kids a real life ranching experience since he started teaching agriculture.
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EVANSTON — Evanston High School teacher Brenden Ellis has had a dream to give kids a real life ranching experience since he started teaching agriculture. He said he believes learning all the ins and outs of this subject are more beneficial outside of the classroom.
With help from EHS principal Merle Lester and the community, the Red Devil Ranch has started to make progress and become a real school ranch.
Many years ago, the school district purchased property to build future facilities. The agriculture department has been cleaning the 50-acre property, repairing and constructing new fences.
In the beginning, the ranch was mainly for animal science students, but since then it has branched out to include all agriculture courses at EHS.
The advanced welders at EHS built a corral system and pipeline fence. Last fall, ag students built a barbed wire fence. Since then, the ranch is caring for cattle donated by the community, some of which are going to calve within a few weeks.
Students get the opportunity to go to the ranch and feed the cattle, tend to the sick and deal with real life ranching issues.