Lower Elementary

Benjamin Franklin Magnet School

The Labor of Love Sustainability Curriculum Expansion (LLSCE) will introduce new hands-on education components to the SPROUTS Garden at BFEM such as:.1. Meet demand for SPROUTS by increasing student access hours x 2 per student every week.2. Directly address sustainability issues by introducing summer maintenance and stewardship of SPROUTS from seed to plate.3. Provide for a Farmer's Market deepening the involvement of our surrounding community in SPROUTS and the school.

Beeman Memorial Elementary School

All K-5 students have two complete seed-to-fork experiences every year: Fall Harvest Day and spring Salad Days. 

Bayside Elementary School

GrowingGreat will use the grant to complete garden construction and purchase supplies needed to deliver a successful school garden program. Construction of a three-bin compost system will enable students to study decomposition practice waste management and use compost to benefit garden soil. Grant funds will be used to purchase materials to rehabilitate broken and tired garden plots. Finally grant funds will be used to purchase seeds and garden supplies to operate the program.

ESYNOLA, Arthur Ashe Charter School

At Arthur Ashe Charter School students eat their lunch while gazing out a picture frame of gorgeous, native and exotic shade plants, showcasing the school's kitchen herb and flower garden.

Kansas Avenue Learning Garden

Bend a city of over 80 000 has only one school garden and a couple community gardens--currently filled to capacity--accessible to children. Our garden will help fill this gap by serving 400 students each year. Connecting kids with the food they grow and eat will improve their health and provide a practical framework for teaching and learning about sustainability. The garden will also reach adults with periodic educational programs and by increasing capacity for community garden plots.

Alternative School - Indian Oasis Baboquivari Unified School District

The Alternative School in Indian Oasis Baboquivari Unified School district is where students are sent instead of expelling them so Project Oidag members TOCA and our Food Corps members weren't sure what to expect at first. It turns out that these are the sweetest students you could find and they have really responded enthusiastically to our weekly activities. So the garden is more than a garden for these kids. It's an oasis an affirmation and a place to succeed.

Alexander Graham Bell Elementary School

Bell has always wanted a vegetable garden to bring students and the community in touch with how the production of food and the environment are interconnected. The garden will provide an outdoor classroom and teaching tool to help our community: 1) understand in a tangible ways seasons affect vegetable growth; 2)learn the importance of taking care of the earth by showing how clean soil water and air help grow our food; and 3)stimulate a curiosity in different nutritious foods and healthy eating.

The Schoolyard Garden at the Academy for Global Citizenship

Environmental sustainability roots AGC’s education in the natural world. We believe that learning in harmony with nature provides opportunities to understand the relevance of our education. Learning from natural processes is a powerful vehicle for teaching our students about the connection between their everyday choices and the health of the community, the environment, and themselves.
 

A.M. Waddington Elementary School

We develop leadership skills and help the community by growing food for food banks, learning how to conserve energy, and learning about plants and animals, especially insects!  We have a scout-like program called Eco-Warriors to facilitate this. Our credo is:

BE KIND TO PEOPLE, PLANTS, AND ANIMALS

REDUCE, REUSE, AND RECYCLE CORRECTLY

CLEAN MY ENVIRONMENT AND NEVER LITTER

SAVE ENERGY WHEREVER I AM

 

 

96th Street Elementary School

Our goals are to: 1. Educate elementary students of the importance of fruits and vegetables.2. Energize and excite them about produce.3. Introduce fresh produce into the diets of students and their families.4. Give schools access to a variety of resources and support to help achieve Goals 1-3.This grant allows us to maintain the upkeep of the gardens (youth volunteer incentives recruitment etc.) and instruct the Teaching Gardens curriculum (teacher stipends curricular costs etc.)

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