High School

Johnson College Prep

This garden has two goals: first, to serve as a teaching garden for the students of our school. Second, to serve as a community service and outreach opportunity for the students of our school. Our students are required to do 40 hours of community service in order to graduate from our school. This garden provides steady, accessible, and meaningful hours of service for our students. While they serve they are also learning gardening skills and interacting with members of the school community.

Dr. Pedro Albizu Campos High School

For 2013, growing season we were able to grow close to 500 lbs. of various vegetables, for our next growing season would like to grow more than 1000 Lbs. This could not be possible without the help of the students of Pedro Albizu Campos High School and their work in the rooftop green house. The gardener wants to increase the amount of land for gardening. It is the goal to create an orchard of fruit trees to the gardens, which will include apples, peaches, and pears. With the increase of cultivation, the farmers market can be expanded, with invitations for more vendors.

Norview High School

The goal of the Green Thumbs' raised garden beds is to provide school and community based work experience for all students with disabilities. With the addition of 4 raised beds, the garden will be accessible to more students, especially students with physical disabilities. Through their work in the garden, students will acquire work behaviors and marketable job skills while learning about the food chain.

Saint Paul School

The goal of this garden is serve as a practical and hands-on learning environment. Kids will maintain fruit and vegetable plants, caring for plants from seed to harvest. The process of growing will provide opportunities for teachers to incorporate subjects such as math, science, art, and health education in the classroom. Students will also complete gardening activities in the after school 4-H club. This grant will provide funds for equipment, soil and plants in order to start the garden off with a variety of crops. The community has donated some equipment to build a raised bed garden.

Windsor Secondary

The goal for our garden is to engage and educate all 940 students at Windsor Secondary about where their foods comes from and most importantly, creating a sustainable food system.
Much of the Growing and Harvesting will be done by students in Foods&Nutrition Classes and used to create healthy meals.

Damar Charter Academy

Our garden is one of the most popular activities on campus because it combines fun with academics, physical activity and learning in an outdoor setting. Many children with developmental disabilities learn best when engaged in hands-on activities. Our teachers report the garden program increases learning retention, builds relationships and develops positive socialization. Wellness, good nutrition, recycling, physical work and community service are taught and modeled by staff.

Santa Fe South Schools

The goal of the school's garden is to provide a space for education both to supplement existing courses as well as facilitate the creation of additional opportunities for students and their families. Initially the garden will supplement science courses providing additional avenues of study. An after school garden club will be established to give students an opportunity to interact with the garden more intensively. This will enable students to pursue personal projects while learning alongside others.

The Leake & Watts Biondi School

The Leake & Watts and Food Bank for Westchester Youth Gardening Program maintains two gardens at Leake & Watts

Polaris K-12

Our goal for the garden is to make it an aesthetically exciting and interactive extension to the classroom. We want to add apple trees and honey bees to provide a more interactive garden. Over the years, our students, teachers, and parents have slowly added to the garden. We want to ultimately expand our greenhouse and grow food year-round which would be served in the lunchroom. Our greenhouse would be heated and large enough for a class to be inside working comfortably.

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