Kindergarten

Watson Elementary School

The goal of the community school garden is to educate students about sustainability practices. We focus on tying in the garden with school day academics and after school enrichment classes including healthy eating ad focus fitness. These activities are offered to students free of charge as part of a federal grant. The Whole Kids Foundation grant will allow us to continue funding our sustainability instructor over the next year and a half as well as purchase materials for the garden.

Spiritwood Manor

The gardens at Spiritwood Manor will make it possible for the students to utilize this communal space as a place to learn and socialize in a positive way with fellow peers and community members. The garden will be available to all children and their families who attend the Spiritwood Manor Site. As the site is on the grounds of Section 8 apartments there are plenty of families that could benefit from learning about the importance of health, nutrition, and community through a hands on Garden Project focusing on art, science, math, and health.

Spring Creek Elementary

The Todd County School District in Mission, SD is largely encompassed by the Rosebud Sioux Indian Reservation. The reservation is mostly very rural and typically has the dubious distinction of having its major county, Todd, being included in most listings of the "top" 10 poorest counties in the US. Unemployment is epidemic throughout the reservation and the ensuing poverty brings a whole host of social problems along with it. Not the least of these is the affliction of being a food desert.

The Quaker School at Horsham

With this grant, we hope to expand our garden by at least 2 raised beds. Our garden has several goals: a hands-on science learning program; integrated cooperative learning experience; interdisciplinary curriculum. These goals all contribute to our philosophy that our students learn best by doing hands-on work in cooperative teams. These projects involve math, planning, critical thinking, collaboration, construction, as well as environmental science.

Hoover Elementary School

Hoover Elementary School is one of the public schools in Oakland, CA. Working with a student population that is primarily people of color and often economically disadvantaged and oppressed, our school strives to foster strong relationships between people to prepare the whole child – all our children - for future success while promoting health and wellness in and through our garden community. Essential to our core culture, we teach and model kindness, wellness, ownership, perseverance and curiosity.

Chinese Immersion School at De Avila

Chinese Immersion School at De Avila (CIS) is San Francisco'̃

Chapin School

Our goal for our school garden is to allow every child in the school to experience the joy of nature, to use the garden as a learning laboratory across all disciplines and to teach the fundamentals of sustainable agriculture.
I it is hoped that students will be open to experiencing new foods when they are the ones who are planting and cultivating the crops.

Hoosic Valley Central School

>Provide education programs for more classes in elementary school in coordination with Cornell Cooporative Ext, focusing on grades 1-4 with programs led by specialized garden educators, with agricultural programs aligned with NYS learning standards. Garden educators will also help teach teachers how to use garden
>expand story hour/garden exploration program begun this past summer with Diver Library to reach preschool children & students during summer vacation
> provide training for teachers on how to use the garden to connect to their current curriculum

Magnolia Speech School

Our goal is to provide an outdoor classroom and edible schoolyard that educates Magnolia Speech School students, staff, and community about food, nutrition, and the environment. Our vision aligns closely with the MSS mission, which is to enable children with communication disorderŝ

Larkspur Elementary

If Larkspur Elementary were granted these monies, our goal would be to purchase 2-3 complete indoor hydroponic tower gardens including lights that can be rotated between grade levels during the year. Our goal is to give every student the opportunity to learn about alternative ways of gardening. Our Professional Learning Specialist is writing intro lessons for the gardens to get kids acquainted with hydroponics, aeroponics, and vertical gardening. Students will then use the inquiry process to choose seeds, plant, maintain, harvest and take home what they grow.

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