Lower Elementary

John B. Cary Elementary

Our school population increased this year from 200 to 320. This grant would enable us to increase the square footage of the garden from 105 square feet to 165 square feet. With this additional gardening area, we would be able to increase the number of students tasting healthy foods from the garden from 200 to 320. We would also be able to supplement the student lunch with a salad bar from our garden for at least 3 meals. This grant would enable us to add a rain barrel to our garden which would conserve water and decrease runoff.

Ecole Entre-lacs

Our garden's goal is very simple: to provide a hands-on experience for all of our students (from the preschool to the grade 8 students) and to help introduce them to the concept of farming in town, to provide them with a place to gather outside and discover how to grow your own food. The garden will provide fresh produce to serve a salad bar for our students in May, June and September and will help a few different families in need every summer.

Universal School of Life

Our garden goal is to keep developing our pilot program in order to reach more children in the neighborhood. The program also have an outreach goal where families are invited to participate to learn and grow their own organic food with their children. (and support the school to farm program) The project has a multi-discipline component to make it more attractive and more sustainable. An example of this is a play ground and/or obstcacle course just attached to the children garden area so children can share their time between garden activity and sport or play time.

Lincoln Elementary

Our long-term goal is to have our students help plant, maintain and harvest vegetables throughout the school year. Depending on the amount of vegetables we harvest, we hope to serve them in our school cafeteria for student lunches. In addition, we plan to sell the harvested vegetables to our school community when we have other events in the school, i.e. evening band concerts or open houses.

Samuel Smith Elementary

We are committed to providing our students with a dynamic, varied learning environment while emphasizing lifelong healthy habits. Our school garden will help us reach this goal. Every seed planted sprouts a new opportunity for kids to develop healthy eating habits. Learning about the process of growing food helps children develop a deep understanding of the connection between healthy eating, a healthy planet, and a healthy body. The Smith School garden will offer an opportunity to integrate math, science and health curriculum into a dynamic, interactive setting.

Warner Ave Elementary

Our goal is to expand our K garden to reach all grade levels in our school and provide children with enjoyable education about food, horticulture and their natural environment. We wish to positively influence their food choices, provide life sciences education outside a classroom and begin composting food waste. Our garden will provide edible resources for food preparation. We can encourage children to choose healthy food by engaging them in fun, hands-on experiences growing, harvesting, preparing and sharing food from a young age.

Park Side School

This garden grant will make it possible for our school to improve and repair our existing area and provide educational resources for students and teachers. This grant will enable us to provide the resources to replace or repair garden beds, reinforce shade over the work area, secure fencing, and obtain needed supplies for gardening and educational garden-based activities.

Princeton Friends School

Our garden's goal is primarily to create access for young students (beginning with 3rd grade) to make myriad connections between what happens within the classroom to what happens outside. Our school's Quaker foundation means that we begin this project with awareness of the importance of direct experience and observation as we encourage students to reach a deeper understanding of the value of stewardship and their connection to their inner selves as well as others.

Korematsu Elementary School

This grant helps us expand our gardening program to reach the younger Primary classrooms. It will also add a larger area closer to the playground which will make lunchtime & recess garden activities possible. Local school garden programs have also been talking with District Student Nutrition Services about growing vegetables for school lunches where the district would purchase student harvests. The lunchtime/recess space is integral to that plan.

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