High School

Thomas Jefferson High School

The goal for this year for the Garden of Youth is to complete the infrastructure of our first garden on school grounds. Prior to last summer, the Garden of Youth program operated on the Hebrew Educational Alliance property adjacent to the school grounds. With the help of the Facilities Management/Sustainability Department, the Garden of Youth broke ground in the summer of 2013 for their first ever garden on school grounds. Last summer's program participants installed four 4 by 16 foot raised concrete beds.

Manual High School

The goal of the garden at Manual High School is to connect our students, especially those in our special needs classrooms, with the food and land that sustains them through environmental stewardship, cultivation of plants, cooking and nutrition demonstrations, and integration of healthy choices into our everyday lives. One of the main ways the Manual garden is able to achieve our goal year after year is through our partnership with the DPS Sustainability Office

Ray Bjork Learning Center

The Ray Bjork Learning Center has a very unique population that is comprised of Special Education Pqreschool, HeadStart, and Gifted and Talented students. With funding from this grant, students will be able to design and implement an outdoor learning garden that is accessible to all students. This is a way to bring these diverse populations together.

Western Albemarle High School

The primary goals for this garden are all educational. Our vision is to foster and prepare an academic community of aware students that will become the future stewards of our environment. This garden will be incorporated into several courses offered in our curriculum including; Plant Systems, Agricultural Products, Environmental Chemistry, and Environmental Science. The hands on act of testing, experimenting, growing, and working the soil is vital to our approach of education through authentic experiences.

windermere secondary

Windermere Secondary School is one of the first schools to develop a food-producing garden in the district, which now includes 13 raised beds, 16̃

Desert Oasis High School

The Desert Oasis School Garden has just recently turned a quarter acre corner of our school campus into an outdoor classroom. Our garden project will benefit 275 mentally challenged and physically disabled students at Desert Oasis High School. In addition, 35 members of the Desert Oasis H.S. Earth Club will work alongside our special needs students in maintaining the school garden. Gardening offers our students hands-on, experiential learning opportunities in a wide array of subjects, including Science, Math, Language Arts, Pre-Vocation and Nutrition.

West Seattle High School

2014 Goals:
Create a garden harvest to lunch sample table for two 'veggies' in May/June and two in Sept.
Incorporate school garden harvest, (e.g. kale chips, carrot prep) into thriving culinary arts program.
Incorporate horticulture into the science curriculum.
Rejuvenate weed one small, over-grown area and cultivate.
Strengthen WSHS' school garden by engaging in year round activity.
Improve student health and nutrition education by offering fresh vegetables.

Farming For The Future Academy, Inc

The goal I have with this grant is to build a 18x24 ft 3 season greenhouse. The "Onions for Autism...Veggies for Vets" program is a collaborative program between our students and the veterans residing at the Montana Veterans' Home. The greenhouse will allow both parties, community members, employees and the local elementary school to start seeds early, regardless of adverse weather conditions, to use in the 1/4 acre community garden. Many of our students and the elderly residents need to be outdoor, but have sensory issues to extreme weather.

Knob Noster High School

The goal of our school garden is a simple one: to help build a stronger bond between our school and our community. One of our district goals is to improve the relationship that our school has with parents and community members. This garden could be a helpful tool in allowing us to achieve our goal. By planting this garden we are not only educating our students on where their food comes from, but we are opening up an opportunity to bring the community to our school and share in a joint project. This project will also allow us to strengthen the relationship between our schools.

Rio Grande High School

The Rio Grande Garden seeks to build community and educate our students about real food and healthy living. Our school community struggles with obesity and poverty, so the garden engages students with the rich agricultural and food traditions of the area. Special Education uses it to help students feel pride and ownership while learning hands on skills. The culinary arts classroom uses fresh produce in their recipes and curriculum now explores what sustainable, local and real food looks like.

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