In October of 2025 we (Laure Wanyina and Ryleigh Adams) applied for and became an NTN site. Prior to our approval, we began working with the samples we collected in our "fancy bucket" to study how our rain was able to enhance and inhibit the grown rain rot (Dermatophilus congolensis).

We used the NADP's online videos to study and learn the SOP for operating our site and have been sending samples every Tuesday since. Now that we are receiving chemical analysis back from our samples, we are expanding our in-house research on rain rot growth. This higher-level chemical testing allows us to expand our research beyond what we can do in our high school labs.

It may appear to be just a "fancy bucket" to our high school classmates, but it is allowing us to continue to study the impact of rain rot on our horses and become a part of this important national research network.