Colegio Agropercuario is an Agricultural and Technical high school. This is a six year program that students start in the 7th grade and graduate with a mid level degree in agricultural science, computer science, or ecotourism. Founded by Benedictine monks, in 1962, it is a Catholic public school.
There is a aptitude test and interview process for students to come to this school. The student body comes from throughout the country. Students in 11th grade and below live with local families. The technical level students have dorms. 40% of students have scholarships. The school has only accepted women since 2000. The student body has always been small. The school currently has 321 students. Less than 15 students in each of the technical classes. The first three years the students follow a general curriculum, the second three years are spent on their technical specialty. At the school we participate in two activities: hydroponic gardening and paper recycling.
We are taken on a tour of the greenhouse where the agricultural science students grow vegetables. And we help some students plant lettuce seedlings.
Next we go to the paper recycling shed where we watch a paper making demonstration. We get to help with the straining process. And the students give us bookmarks and paper samples that they made from waste paper and plant fiber.
There is a aptitude test and interview process for students to come to this school. The student body comes from throughout the country. Students in 11th grade and below live with local families. The technical level students have dorms. 40% of students have scholarships. The school has only accepted women since 2000. The student body has always been small. The school currently has 321 students. Less than 15 students in each of the technical classes. The first three years the students follow a general curriculum, the second three years are spent on their technical specialty. At the school we participate in two activities: hydroponic gardening and paper recycling. 
We are taken on a tour of the greenhouse where the agricultural science students grow vegetables. And we help some students plant lettuce seedlings. 
Next we go to the paper recycling shed where we watch a paper making demonstration. We get to help with the straining process. And the students give us bookmarks and paper samples that they made from waste paper and plant fiber.
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