Lower Elementary

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.

Pittsburgh Faison K-5

Our garden's goal is to provide all students at the school an opportunity to connect science classroom learning with experiential food-based education in the garden. We believe that through weekly classes in the garden we are able to promote healthy eating habits, invest our students in the school community and enhance academic achievement.

Forest Knolls Elementary School

Our goal is to have a vibrant Outdoor Classroom at our school where teachers engage students in hands-on explorations of plant science, nutrition, and service learning. In striving to keep our gardens as simple and low-maintenance as possible for all of our teachers and students, we will continue to focus on growing salad greens in wheelchair-accessible container gardens during the fall and spring growing seasons through six-week units that culminate with "make-your-own salad" parties.

Evansdale Elementary

Evansdale's vision for the school garden is a thriving garden and "learning lab" where students and community members come together to learn and grow. The goals are to expand on the rich educational and cultural offerings that are already part and parcel of the Evansdale educational experience. As a Science Magnet school, Evansdale is in a unique position to connect the school garden to science education. For years the school has had a thriving "green team" program that focuses on "reduce, reuse, recycle" and values conservation and sustainability.

Amigos School

During the school year, CitySprouts program integrates the school garden into the curriculum. A partnership with the City of Cambridge science department means that many Massachusetts framework science lessons have garden extensions written into them so that teachers have the option of teaching lessons in the garden. For example, the unit Living Things has a garden extension so that a teacher has the option of working in the garden.

Bronx Charter School for Better Learning

Goals for our garden are to promote nutrition education, social responsibility, and environmental awareness through a project that supports our school

Louise Troy PK-3 School

The garden at Louise Troy will support each of the three goal outcomes of After-School All-Stars Dayton.

1. Increase students' academic press. We will partner with the faculty at Louise Troy to learn how we can reinforce science standards and other school day learning to positively impact students' motivation and academic confidence.

William Lipscomb Elementary

The students at William Lipscomb benefit most from the hands-on learning opportunities and exposure to healthy food and fitness choices offered by the school garden. Through sensory observations and inquiry-driven methods, math, science, and other subjects come alive in the outdoors. As a result, students develop content knowledge and learning strategies for the long-term, helping them achieve far more than just passing scores on standardized tests.

Shortlidge (Evan G.) Academy

The goals of the garden program are to improve classroom learning through hands-on outdoor experience, enable students to develop agricultural and environmental literacy, enhance student eating habits and overall health, build self-esteem, and instill a sense of achievement. This grant will facilitate the continuation of a successful gardening program which provides a valuable resource to the school and surrounding community. Specifically, the money will be applied toward a chain link fence that will keep animals out of the garden, therefore increasing its sustainability.

Keene (William B.) Elementary School

The goals of the garden program are to improve classroom learning through hands-on outdoor experience, enable students to develop agricultural and environmental literacy, enhance student eating habits and overall health, build self-esteem, and instill a sense of achievement. This grant will facilitate the continuation of a successful gardening program which provides a valuable resource to the school and surrounding community. Specifically, the money will be applied toward a chain link fence that will keep animals out of the garden, therefore increasing its sustainability.

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