Meet our Teachers

Mrs. Tori Boehme was born in Fredericksburg, Texas, and grew up in Comfort, Texas, and San Antonio, Texas where she attended O’Connor High School. Mrs. Boehme participated in her FFA chapter by showing pigs, parliamentary procedures, radio broadcasting, and horse judging. Following high school, Mrs. Boehme attended Texas A&M University - Kingsville and majored in Agriculture Science, and graduated in 2020.

Mrs. Boehme student taught at Medina Valley and after graduation went and taught at Liberty Hill high school for 2 years. She found her way back home to ATSA. Mrs. Boehme will be teaching Ag Mechanics and Principles of Ag. She will be coaching the Quiz teams, Horse Judging, and Farm Business Management teams. She can be found in the E-shop or the goat barn. 

When Mrs. Boehme is not at school; she is at home with her husband Greg and their 3 cats. In her free time, she helps on the farm and spends time creating and building new things for her home. She loves to listen to new podcasts about new and interesting things. 

Brittany Bowman is from good old San Antonio. She was an active FFA member all through high school and loves sharing that same passion with current members. She attended Texas A&M University and received her masters in 2014. Before moving back to San Antonio, she worked as a 4-H County Extension Agent in Colorado and taught Agriculture in Fort Worth for the last five years. Ms. Bowman has three fur babies, two cats named Coraline and Pigeon and a Golden Retriever named River. She stays involved in church and enjoys working with the youth there. 

She loves animals, coffee, plants, fishing, traveling, and helping others. Her goal is to help students discover their worth and live an emotionally healthy life while preparing for life after high school. Here at ASTA, Ms. Bowman oversees our lamb projects and coaches a variety of LDE and CDE teams. She teaches Floral Design, Vet Med Apps, and Advanced Plant and Soil Science! Overall, she’s awesome. Come say hi and see for yourself!! You will be guaranteed a nice counseling session, life advice, or a good pun.

Mr. Clay was born and raised in San Antonio, Texas. Mr. Clay graduated from O'Connor in 2011 where he participated in the FFA program and showed chickens and turkeys. Following high school, Mr. Clay attended Texas A&M University where he majored in Agricultural Science. Graduating from Texas A&M in 2014 allowed Mr. Clay to swiftly return to work at his alma mater in 2015 as an Ag teacher. Mr. Clay runs our greenhouse, coaches FFA teams, and handles all poultry and horticulture projects. In 2018 Mr. Clay graduated from Texas A&M University Kingsville with a master's degree in Agriculture Science. Brian also serves as the chair of the Former Students of O'Connor FFA organization which works to reconnect alum to the program & current students by fundraising and volunteering. Mr. Clay is a man with many accolades including Texas A&M poultry judging national champion, Texas High School Poultry Judging Champion, Texas A&M Poultry Judging Champion, and has trained with the National winning team. Mr. Clay was also Northside ISD's 1st-year teacher of the year in 2016. Mr. Clay is married and is the father to two little girls, Emily and Catherine. In his spare time, he loves to saltwater fish, hunt, and go hiking. The aspect of being an Ag teacher that Mr. Clay enjoys the most is working with the students on FFA teams. He believes the skills they learn while participating in these events set them up for their future in public speaking, decision-making skills, responsibility, and obtaining a competitive edge. We are lucky to have Mr. Clay on staff and we thank him for all that he does!

Mr. Chase Carroll was born and raised in Grand Saline, TX where his family owned a feeder cattle operation. Mr. Carroll attended Texas A&M University and graduated with a degree in Agriculture Science in 2009. Mr. Carroll obtained his master's degree from Texas A&M Kingsville in Agriculture Science which has allowed him to teach our dual credit ag courses through Palo Alto College. Serving as an Ag teacher for 11 years, Mr. Carroll has worked at O'Connor for the last 7 years as the steer project manager, and the coach for the chapter conducting team, horse judging, and wildlife judging teams. Mr. Carroll's favorite breed of cattle is the polled Hereford, and his hobbies include golfing, hunting and fishing.

Mr. Wes McFarland was born in Pratt, Kansas, and grew up in Canyon Lake, Texas where he attended Smithson Valley High School. Mr. McFarland participated in agriculture by competing with showing pigs, parliamentary procedure, meat judging, and ag mechanics teams. Following high school, Mr. McFarland attended Texas A&M University (WHOOP) and majored in Agriculture Science, and graduated in 2009. Mr. McFarland also holds a master's degree in Educational Administration from U.T. Tyler.

Teaching began for Mr. McFarland here at O'Connor where he completed his student teaching. Following student teaching, Mr. McFarland worked as an Ag teacher in Jacksonville, Texas for three years and then made his way here back to Helotes and has served as an ag teacher at O'Connor ever since. Currently, Mr. McFarland is our Ag Mechanics teacher and you can find him out in the "Q" shop working with our upper-level Ag Mech students.

When Mr. McFarland is not on campus in the shop he enjoys spending time with his wife Catilin and their 3 children. Mr. Mcfarland loves being a Dad, building stuff, being outside, and listening to live music. Something you may not know about him is that he LOVES playing the drums and listening to heavy metal music. When I asked Mr. McFarland about his infamous beard he shared that it began due to sleep deprivation caused by his newborn child. He then stated the pediatrician told him that he should not shave it for two reasons: 1) sun protection and 2) if he does shave it his baby may not recognize him. The beard has remained since Mr. McFarland's firstborn child for these reasons.

Mr. Colton Pouncy was born and raised in Temple, TX where he was very involved with agriculture. Mr. Pouncy raised rabbits, lambs, steers, pigs, and chickens during his youth. Mr. Pouncy has many claims to fame, two of them being a state champion in agronomy judging, and also a state champion for his science fair project involving nozzles, droplet sizes, and dispersal rate of large-scale sprayers in agriculture fields. Mr. Pouncy is also not to be messed with as he has a black belt in karate. Following high school, Colton went on to obtain his degree from Texas Tech University in agriculture education with a minor in plant & soil science.

This is Mr. Pouncy's third year working as an ag teacher and while in the classroom, you can find him teaching our advanced animal science, career prep, and ag practicum course. Durocs are Mr. Pouncy's favorite livestock species and he is on a mission to get more students to share the same affinity for the red-haired, floppy-eared pigs. If Mr. Pouncy had more time, he would love to be in the outdoors hunting, fishing, playing golf, and working out. He tries to participate in these activities as much as he can! One of Mr. Pouncy's goals is to travel to Europe (he is a huge history buff) to see Greece and Italy and see all the ancient artifacts that are found there.

Mr. Pouncy is much appreciated around here. He is always willing to help and answer any and all of your questions in a knowledgeable and thorough manner. We are lucky to have him on staff.