Lower Elementary

Andrew Jackson School

We are engaged in a multi-staged project to develop an innovative "green" curriculum that will not only be a vehicle for academic excellence for our school, but a low-cost model for other under-resourced public schools in Philadelphia. This garden will be a resource for hands-on learning that will engage and inspire our students to master testable skills in order to engage with deeper learning. Our garden will be a special place, where our students will grow plants they can eat.

John F. Kennedy Magnet School

The $2,000 will help us run the expansion of our JFK Garden after school project, as we started our program last year with 24 3rd graders. This year they are 4th graders. We have created a new curriculum for this cohort and will begin fall planting next week, along with recitation. In the Spring we will bring in a whole new cohort of 24 3rd graders, thus doubling the size of this project. The $2,000 will support our expansion.

PS 150 Tribeca Learning Center

Since PS 150 began in 1987, students, staff, and families have been brainstorming ways to grow their own food. The location of the school is on a concrete plaza, two stories up from the ground. The school shares the plaza with area residents and does not own a plot of land to use for growing food for students. Furthermore, it is possible that the school will be forced to relocate in several years. Thus, an indoor hydroponic system could move with us if this transition occurs. We hope to install two small hydroponic gardens in the Pre-K and Kindergarten classrooms.

Molalla River Academy

In each grade our goals are as follows: 1. Kindergarten: To use the garden as a tool to teach all five senses. Garden projects will be centered around art. 2. 1st/2nd Grade: The focus will be on recording observations and the understanding of basic requirements for life (sun and water). They will study annual and perennial plants and record what they notice about garden insects. Their garden job will include starting seeds and transplanting seedlings into the raised beds. 3.

Eutaw Marshburn Elementary School

The courtyard garden is situated in a public elementary school in a very marginalized area of Baltimore. There is very little green space for children and families to learn about "growing" things. It is our hope that this garden will be a laboratory and an educational center for the parents of school children. It will be a way to learn about making healthy food choices.

Briargrove Elementary

Our garden's goal is to bring learning outside and teach the wonder of nature. Our school is a candidate for the primary years programme of the International Baccaluaureate Organization. As a result, the curriculum is no longer taught in silos but integrated through the subjects. Per this new education model, the garden is an opportunity to not only observe and discuss science, but also to inspire writing exercises, art projects, talk about the geographical origin of the plants, math through measuring, and so on.

Castlebridge Public School

The Castlebridge Public School Gardening Project will provide meaningful, hands-on support for teachers, students and community members to realize the impact of growing fresh food. The school-wide gardening and outdoor classroom initiative in 2014, will build on the planning and learning undertaken by the school staff through the Ecosource-York University Sustainability Education program in 2012/2013.

We plan to build an outdoor learning garden with rock seating (for 30 students), native trees and shrubs. We also plan to build 3-raised beds in which to grow vegetables and herbs.

Riverfield Country Day School

The goals of this Rainwater system will be in conjuction with obtaining certification and grants as a "Green School" through Project Learning Tree and the Oklahoma Green School Program:
The Green Works project will be assessing needs for water conservation and how the school can produce it's own water source from buildings to be used in areas of the school such as gardens, farm animals, and irragation for practice facilities. This project wil be:
* Linking community action with classroom activities

Allison Park Elementary School

Our goal is to build and maintain a vegetable garden at Allison Park Elementary that will serve multiple roles in our community:
I. The garden will introduce young children and their families to the joy and excitement of growing food.
II. The garden will be a hands-on laboratory for learning about science, the
environment, and nutrition for both children and adults.
III. The garden will serve as an educational model for other Washington County communities.
IV. Ultimately the garden will be a point of pride for our community

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