Education

Cartmell Elementary fourth-graders learned about county government and following their dreams at an assembly April 18.

This menu is for Kathryn Winn Primary and Cartmell Elementary Schools, changes for Carroll County High School and Middle School will be italicized.

Thursday, April 20: Breakfast: Chicken biscuit or apple cinnamon toast or fruit pocket; lunch: Soft taco, lettuce/tomato/ cheese/salsa/sour cream, refried beans, Mexican rice and banana. Carroll County High School and Middle School will offer: Soft taco or chicken fajita with lettuce/tomato/ cheese/salsa/sour cream, refried beans, Mexican rice and banana for lunch.

Growing lettuce is hard work. Those little green leaves that give people an excuse to eat all of the salad toppings — they require a lot of nutrients.

Fortunately, at Carroll County High School, students in Mackenzie Wright’s agriculture class are learning how to maintain a system that creates, filters and delivers nutrients to lettuce plants.

Thanks to a grant from the Kentucky FFA Foundation and a donation of tilapia from Kentucky State University, the CCHS aquaponics program is swimming right along.