High School

BCOPE

Our garden's goal is to provide all of the annual produce needs for our school as well as some surplus to be distributed by the nonprofit Healthy Waldo County (associated with Waldo County Hospital). We also aim to give our students the skills necessary to apprentice at local farms and/or create and maintain gardens for their own families now and in the future. We have a greenhouse, built by our students under supervision of our faculty, and we have some tools. Our garden has thus far focused on vegetables and herbs.

Washington Institute for Specialized Educ

Washington Institute for Specialized Learning (WISE) has an existing school garden. WISE serves grades 6-12. The garden is managed by instructor Bruce Mathis. Students have a curriculum, practicums, and also watch the cooking of the food they harvest, then enjoy the bounty of eating. Students learn about organic, sustainable gardening practices (which are implemented in their school garden) and are encouraged to start gardens at home. Extra produce is shared with the students to take home, share with their families, and encourage healthy eating.

Paint Rock Valley High School

We are a small, rural school with 100 students preschool through 12th grade. Our garden is a component of a larger project to develop an agriculture and agribusiness curricula with aquaponics and integrate these with a home economics curriculum. We hope that this will provide our students with viable alternatives to or to augment row crops and teach them to grow, prepare and eat healthy, locally-grown food. We plan to build greenhouses for the garden and fish tanks so that the programs can proceed throughout the year.

Athens Christian Preparatory Academy

The purpose of our school garden will be three-fold. First, and most importantly, the garden will be used to teach students where food comes from. We want our students to understand that food comes from the land and the labor of those who work the land. Our first goal in anything we do is to teach our students responsibility. In the case of our garden we will instill responsibility by emphasizing the importance of sustainability and community awareness.

Agnes L. Mathers Elementary Secondary

The community of Sandspit consists of approximately 250 people. The school is an integral part of the community and many community members have helped to volunteer with the construction and maintenance of the garden. The garden and greenhouse are an integral part of the school community and are greatly supported by the community. We would love to be able to upgrade our current garden site. We are hoping to extend the current size of the garden and repair the plastic that has been damaged. As well, we are looking to purchase plants and seeds that can be grown in our garden area.

Saint Augustine Academy

Our garden goals are:
* To teach our students to love and enjoy good food.
* To teach our students the skills to feed themselves and others.
* To awaken our students' love of being outside with nature as they experience the thrill of watching their plants grow into food.
* To teach our students how to successfully and responsibly maintain a sustainable garden.

Alternative Family Education

We have five raised beds that students currently use to grow vegetables and edible herbs. We want to expand our garden teaching to include more urban agricultural techniques by building vertical gardens, using low-cost, easily-accessible materials. We also want to incorporate a rainwater harvesting system to irrigate both the existing raised beds as well as the proposed vertical gardens. Irrigation with the rainwater would be powered by two treadle pumps, which would be built by students and their families as a science project.

Holy Family Academy

A grant through the partnership of the Whole Kids Foundation and Food Corps will help to expand upon the mission of Holy Family Academy. Holy Family Academy is an independent private Catholic high school with the philosophy of the school based on the dignity and value of work as necessary to live a meaningful life.

Evans High School

The goal for this garden is to educate the youth at Evans High School to grow, transplant, and harvest plants in order to increase health literacy, while increasing access to healthy plant derived foods. Not only will this involve the garden club but other curriculum will also be included in the development. For example the science department will help with the hydroponics. The math department can assist with scaling. The marketing of the produce will enhance learning from an economical standpoint.

George Washington High School

George Washington High School will be the 5th high school at Denver Public Schools to initiate a Garden of Youth. The DPS Garden of Youth(GOY) program enables high school students with disabilities to experience themselves as active, vital participants in their community by bringing healthy, fresh food to local residents and businesses while simultaneously learning about sound nutrition and healthy lifestyles.

Pages