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Century-old farm to become STEM high school campus

Barn at Burwash Farm in Eatonville

EATONVILLE, Wash. — A century-old farm in Eatonville is slated to become a STEM high school campus focused on agriculture.

STEM stands for science, technology, engineering and math education.

The 114-acre Burwash Farm was bought by the Nisqually Land Trust four years ago.

“The Eatonville School District stepped up and said, ‘We’ll take the buildings. We want to convert it to a STEM campus – science technology, engineering and math for a high school’ – and so what they’re going to do, is they’re going to take the three acres and return it to a farmstead and grow food out here,” said Joe Kane with the Nisqually Land Trust.

The Eatonville School District hopes to renovate the 103-year-old barn to help students learn new ways to farm.