Who We Are The Rockville Agriculture Education Center is one of twenty-one regional agriculture education programs in the state of Connecticut. The Rockville Agriculture Education Center is part of Rockville High School, a comprehensive high school in Vernon, Connecticut. Rockville High School serves about 1,100 students from Vernon, including approximately 90 from Vernon and surrounding towns who attend the agriculture program. The Rockville Agriculture Education Center provides students with the knowledge and skills to be successful in agriculture or an agriculture-related career. The vast majority of our students pursue a college-prep curriculum and attend some form of post secondary education.
Agriculture is taken as an elective along with the student's regular schedule.
Our curriculum stresses the application of scientific concepts to agriculture and related scientific careers. The Rockville Agriculture Education Center serves students from the towns of Vernon, Manchester, South Windsor, Bolton, Tolland, Ellington, Somers, Stafford, Union, and East Windsor. Recruitment programs are held each January and February at the middle schools of these towns to let prospective students know about the opportunities provided by our program. An open house is held in early March for all eighth grade students coming to Rockville High School the next fall. Parents are encouraged to attend with their sons or daughters to see what the program has to offer.