Lower Elementary

Monterey Peninsula Unified School District - Extended Learning Opportunities

The one-acre organic garden/orchard on the grounds of the Hilton Bialek Habitat (at Carmel Middle School) has long serviced students from the Carmel Unified School District and the underserved communities in our broader community. Our garden goal is to bring the organic garden's bounty to high school students of the Extended Learning Opportunities Program of the Monterey Peninsula Unified School District (MPUSD) to teach them to understand sustainable food choices, harvest from the garden, learn about food safety and preparation, and prepare snacks and a family meal.

Ford Road Elementary

The goal of the gardening project has educational value and practical aims focused on community engagement. The primary educational goal of the garden will be to educate the students about agriculture and making healthy lifestyle choices. Equally important is the practical aim to develop a common interest within the community that increases opportunities of family engagement.

This program is supported by .

Paxson Elementary

The goal of the Paxson Outdoor Learning Center is to set public school curriculum in a beautiful, natural space where children can associate learning with real life outcomes.

This grant will make possible the expansion of key pieces of our education component, by providing needed funding for equipment to model plant growth and outfit our existing shed for vermiculture (worm composting).

John Marshall Metro High School

John Marshall Urban Farm is less than 2 years old, part of the new John Marshall Campus Park dedicated in 2011. With vision, planning, design, coordination and hard work it is a school wide service- learning project. During spring break ,after school, during classes and summers the farm was restored and features added. The goal and look of the garden is sustainability.

Live Oak School

Our garden's goal is to highlight the connections between food, health and community and deepen the relationships between each. One, through hands-on garden activities, we provide education on how to grow seasonal vegetables, herbs and fruit. Two, by showcasing innovative ways to reinvigorate the land and our valuable topsoil, using composting methods. Three, with local ingredients and a community of local youth and their families to help, we will harvest our produce and empower community members by sharing methods to prepare our seasonal bounty simply and deliciously.

Point Road School

Students, teachers, staff, PTO families, and community volunteers will transform the barren and unused areas of our school courtyard into a thriving garden with raised beds containing a rainbow of vegetables, herbs, edible flowers, and even berries.

PreK-4 students will plant and care for the garden; sample delicious, nutritious food; share fresh fare with family members (who'll be encouraged to plant seedlings at home); and donate some of our produce to an area food bank.

Linkhorn Park Elementary

Our garden will be at the certain of a diverse program including studies in sustainability, caring for the environment, health and nutrition. Students will learn problem solving skills, communication, creativity, critical thinking, social responsibility, global awareness and much more.

Lincoln Public Schools

Our Garden Project mission statement:

To create an outdoor classroom space in the form of a garden that will foster student connections to and appreciation of the natural world through hands on exploration.

To enrich and support existing K-8 curriculum across all disciplines and provide inspiration for new areas of learning.

Lawrence Family Development Charter School

The goal of the garden is primarily to support the Science curriculum for 2nd, 3rd and 4th graders during the Academic year, to provide Science Enrichment for students in the 6 week Summer School program and to give volunteer parents a space to grow produce.

The grant will enable LFDCS to expand the Raised Bed program, so that each grade has its own dedicated Raised Bed. The school currently has a single raised bed of 225 square feet. The Raised bed Gardens will be located at LFDCS

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