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Omaha Public Schools: Life's a Garden! Can You Dig It?

Mission Statement:  Our mission is to engage students in sustainable gardening practices that contribute to the nutrition of their families and community. 

Goals:  Student academic achievement will increase through the implementation of healthy food options.  Students will demonstrate the value of nutritious food choices to their families and community.  

Growing the Garden - Roses in Concrete Nature Program

Roses in Concrete Community School (RiC) is a K-4 school in East Oakland that opened its doors this academic year with 200 students enrolled: 40% Latino, 40% African-American, 10% Asian and Pacific Islander, 8% multi-racial, and 2% European-American. Over 50% qualify as socio-economically disadvantaged. Our school emphasizes knowledge of self, character, and intellectual growth to prepare students to fundamentally impact global society beginning with actively participating in their own communities.

Scholars With Shovels at The Grande Innovation Academy

Scholars with Shovels is a community garden based out of The Grande Innovation Academy Schoolyard.  It is currently 2000 sq/ft with 10 garden boxes measuring 2x6.  We also have 6 chickens that were raised from chicks and are fed daily from the garden scraps (radish tops, pepper plant leaves, etc).  They roam free for about 5 hours during the school day and scholars are responsible for herding them back into their coup.  All grade levels have planted in the garden and continue to plant and harvest produce.  Recently we added an aquaponics garden, complete with Tilapia.

Nourishing The North Shore

Nourishing the North Shore (NNS) is a collaborative effort of the Newburyport Health Department, YWCA of Greater Newburyport and the Newburyport Learning Enrichment Center. Our mission at NNS is to build a resilient and connected community and ensure access to fresh healthy produce for all of those in the greater Newburyport area. Hunger affects our health in more than just a physical sense; it has a major impact on mental and social well-being.

CHESTER COUNTY FAMILY ACADEMY- Nature's Abundance School Garden Program

Nature’s Abundance Garden Program (created by Anne Stabb) was started in 2014 as a pilot program at Chester County Family Academy (CCFA), West Chester, PA.  With the support of the CEO, the Chester County Food Bank, and myself, we were able to provide hands on gardening lessons as well as fresh fruit and vegetables to low come income children and their families.

Place-based Learning and Community Engagement in Schools

Who We Are

PLACES is an exciting collaborative venture between schools along the Wai'anae Coast of Oahu, Hawaii, the University of Hawaii, Manoa's Office of Student Equity, Excellence & Diversity (SEED), and the local community of Wai'anae and Oahu. The project is funded through the Department of Education, Native Hawaiian Education Program.

 

What We Do

New Heights in Learning

New Heights in Learning creates hands-on, real-world learning environments in a wide range of settings. Our model of learning is centered on motivating and engaging both achieving and underachieving students by connecting meaningful hands-on learning experiences to classroom activities and state standards. This is done by connecting education to the context of real world experiences.

Green City Growers

Green City Growers transforms unused space into thriving urban farms, providing our clients with immediate access to nutritious food, while revitalizing city landscapes and inspiring self-sufficiency. We envision a world where rooftops and vacant lots become common and productive places to grow food – an agricultural revolution for a healthier nation.

Lowery Elementary School

The Lowery Elementary School Community provides a safe, caring and positive environment, where all teachers and students are educated to their maximum potential through rigor, relevance, and relationships. 

Lowery Elementary is located in rural Donaldsonville, Louisiana. We serve a high poverty area, mostly students of color, and our students and parents are hard-working individuals and are amazing. My kids overcome so many obstacles everyday even before they walk into my classroom. They deserve the to have a edible education.  

Green Animals Edible Schoolyard

Green Animals Topiary Gardens is the oldest and most northern topiary garden in the United States. It is among the exceptional collection of house museums and landscapes protected, preserved and presented by the non-profit organization, The Preservation Society of Newport County. Green Animals remains as a rare example of a self-sufficient estate combining formal topiaries, vegetable and fruit gardens, and a Victorian house overlooking Narragansett Bay in Portsmouth, RI. 

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