High School

Independence High School

This garden serves to restore land to its natural, ecological state by planting native gardens found in the school's region. This teaching garden will be an instrument to teach the four pillars of learning. 1. The next generation California science standards using the FOSS method and other established STEM education methods. 2. Environmental education using the EEI curriculum. 3. Food and nutrition by hands on citizen science projects focused on garden plants that are high in nutrition and produce outstanding yields with less energy and labor to produce. 4.

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Autism is not a disability, it is a different ability.The ability to teach our students about healthy eating, and teaching them to maintain a better environment for them to live in. If our students were to be granted the opportunity to become gardeners their confidence levels, social skills and environmental awareness would grow tremendously. Additionally, being able to embrace a higher level of responsibility and for the students to build a stronger self esteem which in turn coincides with better relaxation techniques and important sensory skills.

New Kent High School

It is our goal to add aquaponics to our existing horticulture program. This will add a new level of learning for our students as well as add a new production facility to our greenhouses by allowing us to add more vegetable and herb production as well as fish production.

Santiam Christian Schools

Santiam Christian's school garden is housed inside a large greenhouse and consists of eight four foot by eight foot raised garden beds. The garden's goal is to provide the JH/HS cafeteria and the elementary cafeteria with locally grown vegetables for the salad bar including lettuce, kale, carrots, peas and cucumbers. This will provide the school with a high quality product as well as provide education for the horticulture class in the raising and processing of food products.

Monterey High School

1. The students of Monterey High School who participate in Garden Club strive to produce organic and sustainable foods. Our goal is to raise awareness and consciousness about where food comes from amongst our peers, families, and teachers. We also hope to create unity and foster a more nurturing community in our high school by providing opportunity through weekly meetings and weekly Garden Days. Students who participate in Garden Club are also very passionate about the plummeting bee populations and wish to plant native plant species that attract local bees.

Gibsonburg High School

Our goal is to grow enough produce so that we have fruits and vegetables available to share with the student body. We currently only have two above ground beds, which is not enough. If we had appropriate funds, we could build more beds and in turn have more produce so that vegetables were available for students at no cost to them. Currently, we only produce enough for those students involved in the garden to take home and share with their family. We would like to extend this to ALL students!

Rock Solid Refuge

Our garden is a very valuable resource to Rock Solid Refuge. It will be used to educate our students on healthy living and nutrition. It will also provide valuable work experience for students and is a vital source to providing nutritious meals year round within our program.

The Pennsylvania School for the Deaf

From Tray to Table is a multi-grade comprehensive project that will be run by Deaf students with autism and other developmental disabilities at the Pennsylvania School for the Deaf in Philadelphia PA. In this age of childhood obesity, everyone is involved in conversations focused on how we as a nation can get our children to eat healthier foods. Habits of eating fast food developed in childhood of many adults are being passed down to their children.

Larry Guinn Special Programs Ctr.

Larry Guinn Special Programs serves at risk High School students within the Plano district. Many of our students have never interacted with nature and do not have an understanding of what whole foods are nor what it takes to bring food to the table. We have a twofold objective with our garden: First, teach students the basics of how to grow edible plants for food and their benefits. Benefits can include lower grocery bills, higher nutritional content due to freshness, exercise by tending the garden, and a sense of well being and satisfaction from working.

Steelton Highspire High School

The goal of the program is to help participating students become leaders in environmental and nutritional awareness and community service. The garden is where this development occurs. The goal of the garden is to increase productivity through environmentally conscious and creative projects. The garden's products are more environmentally aware youth primarily, and flowers, fruits and vegetables in conjunction. Our approach to achieving these goals is via the use of volunteers.

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