Lower Elementary

Portland Elementary

The primary goal of our garden is to teach students how to grow, tend, and harvest their own food and to teach healthy eating and healthy decision making around food. The gardens are connected to science and social studies classes at our school. Students examine insects in the garden and compare them with insects in other parts of the outdoor classroom. Besides healthy eating and scientific knowledge, the theme gardens are connected to cultural studies in our social studies classes to teach students respect for and awareness of other cultures.

Poolesville HS

First Fruits Farms at Poolesville HS goal is to provide a working farm of the future to engage our students in exploring and solving broad societal challenges like hunger, childhood diabetes, dwindling resources and climate change as well as narrow technical challenges of a robotic renewable powered urban farm.

Poolesville's Global House program is the countywide magnet for environmental studies. Agriculture is the number one producer of greenhouse gases and uses 75% of the fresh water consumed.

Ponderosa High School

Ponderosa High School (PHS) has an established greenhouse, outdoor garden, and sustainability program which includes renewable energy, storm water harvesting, native and water wise landscaping, and composting. We are in process of building an additional 800 sq. ft. hoop house that will enable "three season" growing. The greenhouse serves as our classroom, water catchment and aquaculture system, place for seed starting and vermi-composting, and art room for design & planning. In the hoop house we will focus on food production.

Pathfinder K-8

Our garden exists to serve as an outdoor classroom that supports and extends curriculum in the school, builds school community, and encourages awareness around growing and eating nutritious food.

Oxford Elementary School

Roberts Farm has three major goals and community gaps which it vision addresses. These are:

Goal 1 - The major community goal for students participating in the Roberts Farm is to grow 4,000 pounds of fresh produce each calendar year to donate to

North West Junior High

1) To provide a safe, fun place for a diverse group of young people to gain cognitive and non-cognitive skills

2) To instruct students in the tending and growing of nutritious fruits and vegetables, and the care of our land.

3) To foster the mentor relationships between high-school and middle-school aged students, and middle and elementary aged students in a

Nava Elementary School

The garden at Nava Elementary School is a space for students to learn about the food system, environmental sustainability, and the life sciences. Learning in the garden scaffolds the learning that takes place in the classroom.

Our current school garden is small, and includes four raised beds with season extension capabilities and irrigation, and a straw compost. Twenty saplings were also planted by students on school grounds in the spring of 2012 as a service learning project on Earth Day.

Naramake Elementary School

The primary goal of our garden is to create an awareness for students of where their food comes from, and encourage them to eat healthy foods.

All 4th grade students have been involved in the Youth Farmers Market (YFM) program since last summer. Our 4th grade teaching staff, and Norwalk Grows, have developed a curriculum that uses a Youth Farmers Market model as a teaching tool. Students engage in curriculum based learning in science, math and literacy while working in the garden. This Fall, we had one market that was a huge success and sold out in 20 minutes!

Mountain Christian School

1. Students at Mountain Christian School will work together with the two school coordinators to develop a garden that will grow vegetables, fruits, and herbs. We will also plant fruit trees around our new school building which should be completed before Fall 2013. The students will plant the gardens and raise, harvest, and eat the crops. The two school coordinators will develop science curriculum to include nutrition, plant growth, gardening skills and local planting and harvesting seasons.

2. Additional activities we would like to include:

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