Middle School

North West Junior High

1) To provide a safe, fun place for a diverse group of young people to gain cognitive and non-cognitive skills

2) To instruct students in the tending and growing of nutritious fruits and vegetables, and the care of our land.

3) To foster the mentor relationships between high-school and middle-school aged students, and middle and elementary aged students in a

Mountain Christian School

1. Students at Mountain Christian School will work together with the two school coordinators to develop a garden that will grow vegetables, fruits, and herbs. We will also plant fruit trees around our new school building which should be completed before Fall 2013. The students will plant the gardens and raise, harvest, and eat the crops. The two school coordinators will develop science curriculum to include nutrition, plant growth, gardening skills and local planting and harvesting seasons.

2. Additional activities we would like to include:

Morada Middle School

We are working in conjunction with CNGF (California Native Grant Foundation) to create a 21000 sq. ft. Biodiversity Science Life Lab. CNGF is designing, planning and helping us to implement this garden to use as an interactive educational ongoing project, to be used along with the California Science Standards.

Mesa Preparatory Academy

The goals of the garden include helping students become aware of our natural resources and their limitations, raising awareness for health and nutrition by eating fruits and vegetables each day, raising awareness for environmental issues such as reducing fossil fuel emissions by growing food locally which decreases the need for transportation of goods across states, giving students the skills to grow plants and take care of land which will help them develop pride in themselves, developing a long-lasting bond among the students with the Earth, and finally sharing and spreading the lessons an

Mendez Middle School

Our primary goal is to educate the community on healthy food choices and how to produce healthy food as cost effectively as possible. Mendez Middle School is located in the Dove Springs Community, which has the highest obesity rate in the City of Austin. The area has no farmer's market in surrounding neighborhoods, and the area is a food desert, lacking adequate access to grocery stores for residents.

Meadow Glen Elementary School

We want to start a garden that encourages a healthly lifestyle to the school and surrounding community. Our health and wellness committee wants to promote and educate a healthy diet by providing an opportunity for the students, faculty, and parents to learn about gardening, sparking an interest in vegetables and fruits of our garden, and educating the healthy benefits of various fruits and vegetables in our garden.

Lana'i High & Elementary School

We started our garden last year. We are very food insecure. More than 90 cents of every dollar is spent on food imported from out of state. In a disaster, our town would go hungry in less than a week.

Our long range goals include growing a substantial supply of fresh fruits, vegetables and raising chickens for eggs to supply our cafeteria, support students' families and/or to sell at the local Saturday farmers' market.

Homewood Middle School

The goals of the HCS Community garden are numerous and include: increase the community's interest in and use of fresh vegetables, encourage healthier eating habits, educate students and adults in the art and science of gardening, help support natural science education in the schools with an outdoor classroom to study entomology, botany, soil science, encourage community and outdoor excercise and to turn an existing eyesore into a vibrant, beautiful working orchard and garden.

General Wolfe Elementary School

1. We want to increase the number of planter boxes for classroom 'crops.' 2. We want to continue vegetable crops in a garden near the gymnasium building 3. We want to create a safe, better access garden near the annex and tennis courts. 5. With all day kindergarten, we would like more tactile and naturalized spaces 6. We would like to add Rain Barrells for easier watering 7. We introduced winter crops Goals: 1. More locations to grow

Elmhurst Community Prep

The goal of this garden is to increase food access and nutrition information for the students of ECP and the East Oakland community. The garden provides an interactive learning space where classes and after-school programs can incorporate biology and food justice lesson plans. In addition, the garden creates a safe and comfortable environment where students are encouraged and excited to learn about new, healthy foods and the ways in which they are grown. This space also welcomes student families and general community members to participate.

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