Lower Elementary

Eliot K-8

Goals of the Eliot garden program are to promote health and wellness and decrease obesity, decrease the academic achievement gap, and build connections between the Eliot school families and neighborhood community. We aim to decrease obesity among Eliot students and staff by increasing fruit and vegetable consumption, increasing awareness of the relationship of fresh, local produce and health, and increasing awareness of sustainable agriculture and local production of food. We aim to decrease the academic achievement gap by incorporating equitable experiential learning into core subjects.

Mountain Vista Community School

Our goal for the garden is to use it to increase students' knowledge about where their food comes from, as well as increase their access to fresh, unprocessed food. Student involvement in the garden will also support the district's math and science curriculum and allow students to contribute to the school in a way that will make them feel more invested and connected. We intend to use the harvest to support a school-based farmer's market where families will be able to purchase fresh food at very low prices.

New York School for the Deaf

This program will provide the opportunity for our students to: *Make the connection between a seed to the vegetables grown for consumption and to understand first-hand the concept of Farm-to-Market. *Participate in a hands-on science & nutrition instructional program. *Try vegetables that they have actually grown themselves. *Cook/bake with organic, fresh vegetables that they have grown *Work in the garden as part of their vocational training. *Participate in the greater cause of feeding those members of the community that are in need.

Kershaw Magnet Elementary School

Our curriculum at Kershaw Magnet an International Baccalaureate World School focuses on having a balance between learning about the subject areas, and learning beyond them. By creating and growing a garden the students of our school will be able to go beyond the traditional learning into hands-on, inquiry based learning. The funds provided by this grant will allow us to purchase the lumber to make the garden boxes, the soil, seeds and supplies.

Randle Highlands Elementary School

Construction of 10 raised beds with organic soil, vegetables, and herbs, including an ADA bed and accessible pathway, utilization and construction of 10 cold frames for year-long growing potential, installation of solar powered irrigation system with rain barrels, training of 25 teachers and school staff on how to use environmental curriculum and garden for learning and shared purposes, engagement of 384 students on weekly basis ( minimum of 43 lessons per school year) for year-long environmental education curricula (soft skills) and best gardening practices (hard skills), creation of small

The Lionheart School

The onsite garden that the Whole Foods grant would provide will be a setting to reinforce garden and classroom curriculum as well as an opportunity for students to grow as independent individuals through starting seeds, cultivating the beds, and harvesting the fruit of their labor. Goals of the garden are to:
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Lincoln Elementary

The goal for our garden is to create a project that involves the community, teachers, and students in the common purpose of learning the benefits of locally grown produce and the advantages of having greater control over the foods that we consume. Students will engage in designing the garden, raising seedlings each planting season, organizing the planting arrangement, watering and weeding the garden, and practicing organic methods of maintaining the health of the plants.

Tamarack Waldorf School

Tamarack Waldorf School's School Garden goals include:
1. Helping our students create, support and sustain a community garden so they learn to connect with nature in engaging, nurturing and inspirational ways.
2. Strengthening indoor classroom curriculum and lessons through the integration and development of our garden.
3. Increasing our student's fruit and vegetable knowledge, preference and consumption.

Sherard Elementary School

Sherard Elementary School envisions a schoolyard garden that students and faculty show off with pride, not only because of its beauty but because it enables a whole new set of learning experiences for students. The school has the potential to enhance student learning outside of the classroom as much as it does inside. A curriculum-based school garden would serve as a living laboratory and outdoor classroom for subjects across the curriculum right in our own schoolyard.

C.T. Sewell

The school garden will serve as an outdoor classroom and living laboratory that will provide unique learning opportunities for students across the curriculum, including: science, math, language arts, environmental studies, health, and nutrition. Interdisciplinary approaches foster the talents and skills of all students while enriching the students' capacities of observation and thinking.

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