The great and spacious building

by Irasema Del Castillo

Many students have curiously pointed out the large building that now occupies the northwest side of the school next to the shop classes. Even before he started teaching at the school, Mr. Williams had already left a permanent mark on the school's landscape: the greenhouse.

The greenhouse isn’t some insignificant building to look at; it is quite valuable to the school. The district hoped to increase Timpanogos programs, especially an agriculture program to add an extra science credit for those incoming sophomores.

Doug Golding, the head of the CTE department at the district and Mr. Broadhead, one of the assistant principals at our school, contributed greatly in obtaining the agricultural program at Timpanogos.

The building was designed by our very own Mr. Jorgensen, and cost $300,000 to build it. Now what does one get for $300,000?

Mr. Williams calls the greenhouse “way super fancy.” All watering, fans, and temperature settings are automatic, meaning one clicks a few buttons and boom it’s done. The greenhouse can become any environment for any plant to grow. This building got started in May and just finished the beginning of September.

The new classes offered in the building are Horticulture, Floral Design, and Agricultural Biology. These classes will use the greenhouse for conducting experiments, designing floral arrangements, and growing plants for commercial purposes. The horticulture and floral design classes have over 400 poinsettias they will take care of and grow for the Christmas season.

Rachel Clarke, senior, says the horticulture class “is so relaxing!”

Mr. Williams, one of the newest teachers to our school, teaches welding, horticulture, floral design, and A.G. Biology. He also is the adviser to one of the newest clubs at Timpanogos, the FFA, or Future Farmers of America.

Mr. Williams says it is a “wicked sweet organization.”

He attended Spanish Fork High School and then went to get his teaching degree at Utah State in Logan. He lives and works on a farm in Spanish Fork with his wife Sarah. He decided to be a teacher because of the influence of his teachers in high school.

A student in Mr. Williams’ horticulture and floral design class, Jordan Honeycutt, sophomore, said “Mr. Williams is a cool teacher! I learn so much about plants!”

Don’t miss the chance to be in one of these great new classes now offered! As Chantel Hall, senior, says, “it’s plantastic!”