High School

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.

Jacob Beidler Elementary

Jacob Beidler is located in Garfield Park, a Chicago neighborhood on the west side. It’s a school that has flourished in this neighborhood; where gang activity and violence are sometimes a day-to-day reality. As a new first year science teacher at the school, I see a great need for students living in a city to develop genuine connections with nature and the foods that they consume. On a daily basis, I see students snacking on processed, high sodium junk foods.

Cedar Ridge High School

This project is the final phase of an ongoing legacy project organized by the National Honors Society and Culinary Department at our school. Two years ago, these two groups envisioned the development of one of our courtyards into a collection of raised organic gardening beds that would not only beautify the courtyard, but serve as an outdoor instructional area that would support multiple departments at our school. Two-thirds of the organic beds have been completed, and are being used extensively by the Culinary Department.

WIngfield High School

Wingfield High School is in the process of distinguishing itself from other high schools in the district by offering innovative approaches to its educational based curriculum. One of the many ways we are pushing forward with this initiative is by developing a food based learning incubator that incorporates a farm to table style philosophy. There are several strategic goals that we at Wingfield will accomplish with the assistance of the WholeKids Garden Grant.

Alfred Bonnabel Magnet Academy High Schoo

The highly diverse student population at Bonnabel High School reflects Louisiana’s poor national ranking in all health indicators: obesity, diabetes and hypertension. The Student Wellness Council is highly motivated to help alleviate the problem of obesity through promotion of exercise, healthy nutrition and preventative health behaviors through a garden project. The garden grant will make it possible to maintain our garden through the purchase of equipment, plants, soil and mulch.
The goals of our GUMBO GARDEN are to:

West Central Valley High School

The goal of the West Central Valley FFA school garden is to provide students the hands-on skills needed to successfully plant and harvest fruits and vegetables. Students will build and maintain the raised garden beds in addition to planting and harvesting the produce.

South Plantation High School

Our garden's goal is to build a productive edible garden to share with our culinary department and student body. We are also using the design as a showcase for other schools. We will be integrating computer programming by using arduino moisture sensors to integrate Science and technology education. The design will be a mandala garden and will be posted on youtube for other schools to build.

Thurgood Marshall Academy

Support from the Whole Kids Foundation will allow students and the ward 8 community in Washington, DC to continue to benefit from Thurgood Marshall Academy’s (TMA) organic school garden. TMA has two main goals for its garden: (1) to teach students strategies for well-being through healthy food choices, nutritional literacy, and physical education; and (2) to provide a space for garden-based lessons that support academic achievement.

Sage Hill School

The Sage Hill Organic Garden was originally established through a combination of funding from State Farm Insurance and Savannah's Organic Ranch. Since its establishment, the Sage Hill Eco Club and Service Learning Garden Collaborative have worked to maintain the space for outreach and education for both the students at Sage Hill as well as the larger Orange County Community. The garden is primarily used for Sage Hill's Service Learning program in a private public school partnership.

Saint John Paul II High School

Community wellness requires meeting tomorrow’s challenges with collaboration in sustainable synergy. Let’s improve neighbourhoods using Whole Foods values in harnessing the imagination of the elderly, wisdom of youth, power of the disenfranchised, and partnerships not thought possible.

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