Lower Elementary

SONMAT GREEN THUMBS GARDEN Ministry

We have fruitful fields, garden towers and raised bed edibles at our school. We meet weekly to nurture and grow our garden.

Our Lady of Guadalupe School of Peace

 Our program was created to help support the working  class families of our parish.  We provide lost cost summer daycare for children ages 5 - 10 years old.  Our students come from a mixture of middle and lower income families with various cultural backgrounds.  Our hope is promote healthy, nuitriious diets and an encouraging, enthusiastic introduction to gardening.   

Undecided

At this point, we aren't sure what type of program to embrace.

UT Elementary School Wellness Program

The UT elementary school is developing a new course in Health and Wellness studies for students in pre-K through 5th grades. The curriculum will include four components: Social and Emotional Learning, Nutrition, and Gardening and Cooking. A new cafeteria and teaching kitchen is being built. Garden plots for each classroom have been established. A new teacher will be hired in the next few weeks to develop the curriculum and start teaching it in August 2012.

Wesminster CCS - Watch Our Garden Grow!

I am the Executive Chef of the Westminster Community Charter School in Buffalo, New York.  It is a very low-income area and we have an 88% Free & Reduced lunch rate.  We have three chefs on staff, as well as 5 part-time employees.  We prepare fresh, from-scratch meals for about 500 children every day.  I took over the kitchen in 2010 and changed the lunchroom from a processed foods only kitchen to one that only prepares homemade and fresh foods.  We make our peanut butter and strawberry preserves, pizzas, granola, as well as every dish on the school lunch menu.

Tappan Zee Elementary

Tappan Zee Elementary (or "TZE" as we like to call it) serves the 2nd and 3rd grade students of the South Orangetown Central School District.  TZE has a thriving school garden thanks to the support of great teachers and staff at the school, parent volunteers, some guidance from Cornell Cooperative Extension of Rockland and -- of course -- a great crop of kids!

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