High School

Olympic High School

We would like to expand lessons in the garden to our entire school. Currently, the life science class and earth science class are currently using the garden. We want to bring our English classes and Art classes into the garden this year. We also have a small school on our campus for teen mothers and we want to integrate their nutrition lessons with the food we grow in the garden.

Laupahoehoe Community Public Charter Scho

Laupahoehoe has been home for 130 years to a historic school system that has served the agricultural communities of North Hilo and Hamakua districts of windward Hawaii Island. Laupahoehoe Community Public Charter School (LCPCS) has developed a robust Farm to School program with the goal to connect students to healthy locally sourced foods through the cafeteria food programs, classrooms, and agriculture projects. This year we will expand our farm to school program garden and implement our “environmental food awareness project”.

Sequoia Academics and Arts Charter School

Considering that we currently have a garden but it has not been successful, we realized that we did not have a mission initially. Our mission is to, 1) develop children’s understanding of vegetable production, 2) raise children’s interest in a more varied diet, 3) help children to learn to produce vegetables, 4) produce foods appreciated by our families and students, 5) provide opportunities for our students to consume the vegetables they produce, 6) encourage children to acquire attitudes of cooperation, responsibility, self-esteem, motivation and the value of work.

Wapahani high school

Five years ago the science department at Wapahani High School in Selma, Indiana, raised money and materials to build a greenhouse. Shortly thereafter, we began offering botany classes. The botany classes partnered with a local engineer who developed an environmentally controlled sustainable integrated agricultural system. As a result, the greenhouse provides one-third of the fresh produce used in the high school salad bar!

Red Lion Christian Academy

The goals of the garden program are: to improve classroom learning by providing a fun, hands-on outdoor experience that offers real world examples of math and science; to foster awareness of the students’ footprint on the world; to enhance student eating habits and overall health by providing healthy snack options that may be prepared at school; and to build the students’ self-esteem and sense of achievement. In addition, this school-wide project fosters community and collaboration within the school and teaches the students to look beyond themselves in support of their local community.

Aquinas High School

Our teachers, students and community leaders wish to build a Learning Community Garden near Aquinas High School's main entrance. On the east side there will be fruit trees including four varieties of citrus, apple trees, peaches, apricots, nectarines and avocados. We plan to include a produce garden. We will have a tool shed, shade structures, and a solar unit for power.

McIntosh High School

McIntosh High School is involved in several initiatives to improve student performance in math, science and language arts. McIntosh is also involved in a history project to preserve the heritage of our community through the creation of a cookbook which will include a historical account of food, cooking and recipes from McIntosh. The goal of the McIntosh High School garden program will be to combine these two initiatives and take science, math and history one step further with a garden featuring heirloom and other edible vegetables and fruits.

Joseph Charter School

Our rural school is in picturesque Wallowa County, OR. For decades, upon entering the school grounds, visitors saw weeds and a fenced tennis court in disrepair. With new energy from committed faculty, students, and community volunteers, a transformation of the area is currently underway. Part of the area is designated to be an edible school garden. We have had an edible garden, but with fewer beds and in an area that isn't ideal for watering and growing starts. Our new Magic Garden space will be larger (12 beds), located next to our school’s greenhouse, and will have improved water access.

The Children's Home Schools

Students in our therapeutic schools (grades K-12) have special educational needs and behavioral and learning challenges. For many, these challenges are compounded by physical ailments like obesity, Type 2 diabetes, lack of exercise, and difficulty accessing health care. Our school garden provides hands-on learning that complements daily educational activities and underscores our commitment to physical fitness and holistic health.

Stewpot Community Services

Through participation in a community garden program, we hope to achieve the following: 1)Teach our children where food comes from, the work it requires and how to grow things themselves. 2) To provide fresh, nutritious foods to our children, their families and our community. 3) To inspire others in our community to start their own foods gardens either individually or as a community.

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