PCHS FFA plant teams dominate Western Regional competition
Published 8:00 am Wednesday, May 30, 2018
- PCHS Horticulture Team includes, from left, Kayla Williams, Meghan Blackwell, Madison Smith, Marilyn Castillo-Ibarra, Rollins Carter, Belen Akers and Bryson Edwards. (Submitted by PolkStudents.com)
The Polk County High School FFA Chapter Career Development Event Plant Teams recently again showed why they are consistently one of the top teams in western North Carolina.

Floriculture Team inclues, from left, Sydney Waldman, Anna McFadden, Kendall Hall and Tana Harris (regional individual winner). (Submitted by PolkStudents.com)
Competing in the Western Regional FFA Competition at Haywood Community College, Polk County High School teams recorded two firsts and a second, all three teams earning a spot in the North Carolina FFA state competition in June.

PCHS Nursery Team includes, from left, John Dougherty (regional individual winner), Allison Edwards, Evan Dadson, Carolina Castillo-Ibarra and Claudia Truesdale. (Submitted by PolkStudents.com)
All three teams are coached by agricultural education instructor Chauncey Barber.
– Submitted by PolkStudents.com