DeLand-Weldon Schools may be small in student body and facility size, but what they lack in those areas, they make up for with opportunities each student has.

On the WHOW Morning Show as a part of the High School Road Tour, Principal Matt Goldman told Regional Radio one of the ways they do that is by starting up the school's own FFA program.

According to Goldman, the first challenge was finding a teacher for the program. With that individual secured, he says they are now starting to put together all the components for what makes up a strong ag program.

Goldman hopes with a program in-house and students not having to travel to Farmer City to take advantage of the opportunity, it will allow more students to get involved.

Looking ahead to next year, Goldman says they are going to adjust their building layouts to have middle school students join the high school kids in their main building. 

Partnership With News-Gazette Gives Students Chance to Learn About Journalism

A student at DeLand-Weldon is taking advantage of a program with the Champaign News-Gazette.

Emma Westray is a confidential correspondent for the New Gazette and Goldman says this is something the Gazette has approached him about over the years looking for a student to do some reporting on the happenings in the school building.

Westray says the opportunity has been very beneficial for her as she hopes to consider a career in journalism in the future and hopes her next article can highlight WHOW's visit to the school.

Westray is a junior at DeLand-Weldon High School School.