2023 CHS Foundation Scholarships to Attend NAITC Conference

The CHS Foundation provides funds each year to offer scholarships to pre-kindergarten- 12th grade teachers to attend the 2023 National Agriculture in the Classroom Conference. This year’s conference will be held June 26-29 in Orlando, Florida.

The CHS Foundation Scholarships to attend NAITC Conference applications are now open. The application deadline is February 15, 2023. Applicants will be notified by mid-March to enable them to register and secure the early-bird registration cost of $435 provided by the scholarship.

Maple Virtual Field Trips

Late winter and early spring are a “sweet” time in New York. We are offering two exciting Virtual Field Trips to show how maple syrup is produced in New York schools.

At 10 am, students and educators from Stockbridge Valley CSD will share the history of their program and take us on a sap flow journey from the sugarbush to the bottling room.

At 12:30 pm, participants will be given a tour of the Vernon Verona Sherrill (VVS) CSD maple program by students and educators who will share how syrup is produced in their central New York sugarbush and discuss their biofuel program.

Inquiry boxes will be provided to the first 100 classrooms to register.

Schoolyard Sugaring Contest

From tree to bottle, help your students experience the sweet scientific phenomena of making maple syrup in the Schoolyard Sugaring contest, a cross-curricular project based learning opportunity. Registration for this contest is free to New York educators.

Classrooms can choose to participate in syrup production and/or a maple-focused photography contest. Pre-K through 12th grade classes in New York State, in their respective divisions. Multiple classrooms from the same school are eligible. FFA chapters, home school groups, and private schools are invited to participate.

Any New York K-12 classrooms can participate and earn up to $250 in prize money. Eligible schools will receive a Maple Starter Kit, with a value of $120, to start tapping right away.

Native American Agriculture Fund Scholarship Program

The Native American Agriculture Fund (NAAF) is partnering with National Agriculture in the Classroom to offer scholarships to teachers of Native American ancestry or Native American students to attend the 2023 National Agriculture in the Classroom Conference. Eligible applicants are teachers at a Tribal government operated school, a Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) school or a BIE-supported school; a school on a reservation teaching Native American students, a non-reservation school that has a high percentage of Native American students, or teachers with a Tribal affiliation.

The Native American Agriculture Fund Scholarships to attend NAITC Conference applications are now open. The application deadline is February 15, 2023. Applicants will be notified by mid- March to enable them to register and secure the early-bird registration cost of $435 provided by the scholarship.