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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.

Vine Street Elementary School

This grant will help fund a compost bin. This will help teach the students about decomposition.

Rosa Parks Elementary School

The goal for our Rosa Parks Elementary School garden is to promote environmental education through outdoor learning for youth ages 5-11 years old. Youth develop respect for their garden and the environment through weekly garden classes during the Spring, Summer and/or Fall program sessions. Youth bring science knowledge up to grade-level standards by participating in weekly garden classes during these sessions. Youth also learn teamwork through maintaining these gardens.

Southern Penobscot Regional Program

Our school is unique in that it is a program serving some of the most challenging students who are still in public school. All of our kids are recognized as special education students and are here working on anger management, conflict resolution, impulse control and cooperation in a life skill setting. Our class is composed of an amazing set of kids from grades 7th to 12th with Autism. We are calling our garden "The Autism Garden: Growing Community Awareness". I will first explain the community needs we hope to serve and then discuss the goals of the garden.

Kensington Community School

We want to use the Whole Kids Foundation Garden Grant to:
-Operate the greenhouse, positively impacting both our snack program and curriculum
-Expand the use of our existing Vermiculture Compost System
-Engage inner-city children with urban organic agriculture, increasing their ecological literacy and environmental knowledge
-Break down barriers and empower children to make educated, healthy food choices and integrate fresh produce into their daily experience

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