Lower Elementary

Lapham Elementary School

Our goal is to offer outdoor experiential learning opportunities in order to encourage exercise and healthy eating; expose students to the concepts of sustainable living and conservation; connect students to the natural world to inspire appreciation and respect for nature; encourage the integration of garden activities into classroom curriculum; and build community.

Withrow Avenue Jr. Public School

Our Goals for the Spiderweb Garden are basic: to continue to offer a teaching garden, led by a Garden Educator who offers specialized knowledge of garden-based and environmental education to support teachers in creating and delivering hands-on learning opportunities linked to all subject areas in the Ontario curriculum. A grant will help us to sustain the salary of our garden educator, Elin Marley. We want to contribute to teacher Tom Mandel

Sandcreek Middle School

First and foremost is the goal to engagement of our students in the agricultural process. Our school is very involved in S.T.E.M. activities/interventions (science, technology, engineering and mathematics). The projects will be looked at from both an agricultural and a scientific approach. We intend that all of our 779 students participate during our S.T.E.M. activity rotations (weekly). In addition, we have several schools that are close enough for walking field trips (three elementary schools and a high school). These other schools have a combined population of 2,600 students.

Ecole Marie-Curie

We are a small, urban, French-speaking school serving grades JK-Grade 6 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. We have a very diverse student population with a high percentage of new immigrants and first-generation Canadians...So our garden not only helps feed our students, but also allows us to have a cultural-exchange wiht our students and their families at the same time.

North Branch School

The North Branch School garden is a teaching tool for students. The garden incorporates math, science, environmental education, social studies, art, & physical activity into the students' school days and our goal is to deepen their understanding of & connection to the growing cycle & the community. The garden currently has three 10' x 6' beds, so that students not only learn about gardening & sample the vegetables they have grown, but donate produce, or money raised from selling produce within the school community, to our local food pantry.

PS 24 - The Dual Language School for International Studies

With individualized help from caring volunteers, children at P.S. 24 K will learn how to tend to vegetables in their school garden, and how to use the vegetables and other healthy ingredients that are available at local grocery stores, to create healthy meals and snacks. The students will share with their families and community their knowledge and experience, and advocate for others to take the same steps toward a healthy diet.

This program is supported by New York Cares.

Dooley Schools at St. Joseph's Villa

The Villa offers special and alternative schools for students K-12 who have intellectual and developmental disabilities, including Autism Spectrum Disorder; emotional and learning disabilities; are on long-term suspension from public schools; or who need a smaller and more flexible learning environment. The large majority of these children are from low-income urban neighborhoods and have little opportunity to garden or even be outdoors in a natural setting, other than at the Villa. 

Arsenal Technical High School

The John H. Boner Community Center and Chase Near Eastside Legacy Center inspires neighbors and partners to improve the quality of life on the Near Eastside by providing tools for change and growth. Ultimately, we hope the garden and the learning opportunities made available through it's existence help play a small part in achieving this mission.

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