Lower Elementary

Prospect Valley Elementary

We seek to create a learning environment giving students the opportunity to grow as an individual and provide them a hands-on experience learning positive healthy food habits at an early age. The garden incorporates every discipline including science math reading nutrition and health which provides a foundation for students to focus on their specific talents. The garden will also strengthen the connection of community parents and students as it is one of our Healthy School Wellness Goals. 

Munroe Elementary

3440 West Virginia Avenue

Adam Kuperman – adam.kuperman@ucdenver.edu

Munroe’s 2100 square foot garden is located just south of Munroe on the school’s playground. They produce fruits and vegetables for the Garden to Cafeteria program, and also sell to the neighborhood through Youth Farmers’ Markets.

McKinley Thatcher Elementary

Our garden will create meaningful relationships between students and food. It is.important for kids to know where their food comes from who grows it and how to.prepare it. Our garden will engaging students in local food production and economies provide a living laboratory where interdisciplinary lessons are drawn from daily experiences develop greater community interaction and instill the joy of cooking and the pleasures of eating nutritious tasty food. 

Garden Leader: Taryn Kapronica – loveitmadly@gmail.com

Kunsmiller Creative Arts Academy

Garden Leader: Molly O’Malley - molly_omalley@dpsk12.org

Kunsmiller Creative Arts Academy is only two years old (KCAA) and is already winning awards. The new DPS school opened last year as a K-8 public school that will become a K-12 school in the next few years. The school was awarded the top new Art School by the Art School Network. This exciting school has a rigorous academic curriculum that addresses the Colorado State Standards but also has as its mission the integration of the arts in all areas.

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