Middle School

Sonoma Charter School

Sonoma Charter School (SCS) started its school garden in 2009 with the help of the local community. For the past 3 years, teachers and parent volunteers have used it to teach students lessons on a variety of topics related to gardening, the earth and ecology. Now, SCS is ready to expand this curriculum through the introduction of a gardening elective that will increase the students

Shorecliffs Middle School

Our goal is to create a classroom outdoors, in a garden environment where we can teach middle school curriculum through the dynamics of gardening and horticulture. Our garden allows more time outside in nature which helps children grow lean, healthy bodies, and increases attention spans and school performance. We want to create a deeper understanding of natural systems, so students become better stewards of the Earth. Our vision is to provide positive experiences with fruits and vegetables and connect this to academic success through multiple subject areas.

Estacada Junior High School

Expand the number of ways in which students can volunteer, learn through a fun, hands-on garden program, and help feed hungry families in our community.

Over 100 Estacada Junior High students signed up to volunteer at the Estacada Area Food Bank this last year!

Seaview Elementary

Our goal for creating a garden at Seaview Elementary is to develop an organic, educational food garden that can be used as an outdoor classroom for the entire school to deepen the teaching of science, social studies, health and nutrition. Our garden will be utilized by every teacher and student, with each class having their own designated garden bed with which to experiment and explore. The garden will be used to examine plant lifecycles, make predictions and perform experiments, to grow food for cooking classes and encourage the increased consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables.

C. B. Sabbath

The goals of the C. B. Sabbath Community Garden include educating the students about how food is produced, where it comes from, and how we can create healthier alternatives for community. Lessons for these goals will be presented across the curriculum.

Additionally, creating and managing the garden will serve an effective form of project-based learning.

Rio Vista Middle School

At this time our Middle School consists of a beautiful school building with a large baseball/soccer field and basketball courts. What our school lacks at this time is greenery. The perimeter of the school has trees and flowers planted by the City of Oxnard, but once you step foot inside the campus it becomes a different story. Our quad area has had some new trees planted, but they are rather young and small. There are no flowers or plants growing alongside the sidewalks and grass.

Rick Hansen Public School

What is unique about our initiative is that our sister school is also in the process of creating a garden. Together, our plan is to build positive connections with both community members and our environment. Our school is situated in a fast growing suburban area and it is very multicultural. This year, our new community has also been separated by school boundaries. These gardens will be a vehicle to establish positive community ties. Our second goal stems from the fact that our neighborhood has farmer

Smithfield High School Fruit For Though program

There are four major goals for the the Smithfield High School Edible Forest Garden. 1) A built in research element provides long term interactive educational opportunities - There is so much that we need to know about Edible Forest Gardens and so much learning they can offer over their lifespans. Similar gardens at CCRI and URI make a bridge to higher education. 2) Aesthetically Pleasing gardens entice students and visitors into a studious atmosphere. -We want it to be beautiful, and have all the major elements and concepts clearly labeled.

Galway High School / Central School District

The Rural Community Sustainable Farming Project (RCSFP) mission is to develop a self sustainable garden which utilizes an all natural means of organic farming. This requires heating (on site/ off grid), rain water collection, biodiesel production from waste vegetable oil and compost production. No man made pesticides, herbicides, or fertilizer will be used to grow food for the Galway School District and the surrounding community.

North Pitt High School

At North Pitt we have re-launched our Agriculture Program which will use this garden as an interactive, hands-on, and outdoor active classroom.

Using this garden our students will be introduced to various levels of the agricultural sciences curriculum as well as learn a healthy skill that will serve them for years ahead.

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