Lower Elementary

First School Garden Program, Good Food Sandhills

 In 2007, NC ranked 5th in the nation for childhood obesity; where 42% of Moore County students were overweight or obese. Moore County is populated by many low-income communities struggling to access healthy food while other areas are lush with manicured lawns & golf courses. The FirstSchool Garden Program was developed in response to that growing childhood obesity crisis in Moore County.

Blake Street School Food Garden

The Blake Street School Food Garden was started in the spring of 2011, as a collaboration between the school, a community health centre and a group of parents.  The garden is primarily a school garden during the school year, and more of a community garden during the summer.  The group of parents helps maintain the garden and also has a significant role in choosing what gets planted, as they are the ones harvesting in the summer.

University of Northern Iowa Center for Energy and Environmental Education / FoodCorps

The The University of Northern Iowa's Center for Energy and Environmental Education (UNI-CEE), located in Cedar Falls, Iowa is home to a dynamic and proven local food systems working group - including Black Hawk county, and the six immediately contiguous counties. The Mission of UNI-CEE is, “to empower Iowans with the knowledge, experiences, tools, and inspiration needed to create a sustainable future for our communities.”

National Center for Appropriate Technology / FoodCorps

The National Center for Appropriate Technology (NCAT) is a national nonprofit with regional offices in six states, including Iowa. Founded in 1976, NCAT’s mission is to help people by championing small-scale, local and sustainable solutions to reduce poverty, promote healthy communities, and protect natural resources. We do this through a wide variety of renewable energy and sustainable agriculture projects, most notably ATTRA, the National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service.

The Giving Field on Liberty Street

 The Giving Field on Liberty Street is a donation garden with a mission of feeding the hungry fresh, organic fruits and vegetables, as well as, provide education on living a healthier and more sustainable life through the garden.  All of the harvested food goes to the area soup kitchens to feed the hungry. 

 

This one acre piece of land is located across the street from St. Anne School that teaches children from pre-k thru eighth grade. The students and parents take an active part in planting, maintaining and harvesting at The Field.

School Garden Resource Center, located at Common Ground High School, Urban Farm and Environmental Education Center

The School Garden Resource Center supports the creation and effective use of educational vegetable gardens in schools. We believe that by using our knowledge and resources to provide services and advice, training garden coordinators in schools and creating a network of educators committed to educational gardens we can help schools build, maintain and sustain thriving school garden programs.

Dishchii'bikoh Community School Edible School Garden

The FoodCorps service member and staff from the nutrtition project team at The Johns Hopkins Center for American Indian Health teach a science-based curriculum weekly to third, fourth, and fifth grade students at Dishchii'bikoh Community School. The community of Cibecue is located on the Fort Apache Indian Reservation--the home of the White Mountain Apache Tribe. Students in the Edible School Garden program are taught nutrition in the classroom and hands-on lessons in the school garden.

Durant Tuuri Mott School Garden

 The Durant Tuuri Mott School Garden Project is a collaboration amongst the school community, the Crim Fitness Foundation, Master Gardeners, and a number of other community partners. The garden is made up of 5 large raised beds that grow herbs and vegetables. The garden is used in a number of classrooms to enhance curriculum and the produce is consumed by students during the school year and donated to local church groups during the summer months.

Whole Kids

Our school is a special school to all of those involved. Our motto is "we help others learn everywhere": we raised over $19,000 and a percentage goes to the children in India.

Our school is a moving school, our kids never stop moving. We just had our girls on the run -- a 5k for all grade levels and they had a great time. The boys felt out of touch so they bugged our principal to create a boys' running club. They had a 5k with the OSU engineering honor society.. What an exciting event.

The Children's School

The Children's School is a Toddler - 8th Grade non-profit, independent, progressive school in La Jolla, CA. Our mission is to inspire each child's unique potential and desire for life-long learning through a strong academic, social, and environmental curriculum.

As a progressive school, we believe three core tenets are vital to educating children:
Academic development and social growth must be equally supported.
Students learn best when they take an active role in their education.
Teaching children how to learn is as important as teaching them what to learn.

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