Monthly Archives: December 2010

Happy Holidays

We wish you all a very happy and delicious new year!
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Organizing Our Tools

The first half of the school year is drawing to a close and we’re preparing for winter break in the garden.  As we pack up the tools and put them away for the holiday break, I’ve been glad to see that many of our tools are surviving the heavy use of nearly a thousand young [...]
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Making Pasta

By Ceilidh Welsh, 6th grade student at Martin Luther King Middle School On Tuesday, during my English/History class, I went to the kitchen.   We were making pasta. We made the dough as well, but since it needs to sit for a while we made dough for the next class. Ms. Cook explained the jobs at [...]
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The Garden Meets Mesopotamia

Although 6th graders have ended their fall garden science rotations, Wednesday has become a day in which the garden transforms into a virtual walk of Mesopotamia.  Unlike all other garden days, 6th graders arrive to the garden with their humanities teachers embarking on a journey through three stations in the garden pertaining to the current [...]
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How I Learned to Love Brussels Sprouts

This journal entry is written by Amy Specter. Amy is the 7th grade counselor at Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School, where the Edible Schoolyard is housed. The counselors at King move through the grades with the students, so next year Amy will be with the 8th graders. Amy and her colleagues do incredible work, [...]
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