Middle School

Silver Spring International Middle School

We are seeking your support to help us start a school garden program for our middle school, which serves students in grades 6-8 in a highly diverse and urban area of Montgomery County. As an authorized International Baccalaureate World School that offers the IB Middle Years Programme (MYP), we are committed to providing our students with inquiry-based, real-world problem solving in an international, intercultural context.

Jefferson Middle School

The garden at Jefferson is part of Kid Power's VeggieTime program, in which students connect academic lessons on nutrition and the environment to hands-on urban gardening activities. Kid Power students maintain 3 garden beds at Jefferson Middle School. Currently, students use the crop yield for 3 main purposes: 1) cooking lessons and demonstrations; 2) sale at local farmer's markets; and 3) home use for families. Revenue from produce sales fund youth-led nutritional service-learning projects. Due to funding limitations, Kid Power has not been able to expand the garden beds at Jefferson.

Arsenal Technical High School

The John H. Boner Community Center and Chase Near Eastside Legacy Center inspires neighbors and partners to improve the quality of life on the Near Eastside by providing tools for change and growth. Ultimately, we hope the garden and the learning opportunities made available through it's existence help play a small part in achieving this mission.

Fugees Academy

We have two primary goals: the first is to create and maintain a healthy, sustainable garden in which all (56) students in our academy of sixth through ninth-grade students will have the experience of producing food from the soil, and to use our produce in school lunches. We cultivate six five-by-ten-foot raised beds, as well as herbs in containers. Because we are located in central Georgia, we are able to produce vegetables all year. We serve most of our produce in the school cafeteria and donate 5% to the Atlanta Community Food Bank.

Amigos School

During the school year, CitySprouts program integrates the school garden into the curriculum. A partnership with the City of Cambridge science department means that many Massachusetts framework science lessons have garden extensions written into them so that teachers have the option of teaching lessons in the garden. For example, the unit Living Things has a garden extension so that a teacher has the option of working in the garden.

Springer Middle School

The goals of the garden program are to improve classroom learning through hands-on outdoor experience, enable students to develop agricultural and environmental literacy, enhance student eating habits and overall health, build self-esteem, and instill a sense of achievement. This grant will facilitate the continuation of a successful gardening program which provides a valuable resource to the school and surrounding community. Specifically, the money will be applied toward a wheelchair accessible garden that will make gardening easier for students with disabilities.

Eden Autism Services

The goal of our Green Thumbs for Autism garden program is to offer a unique teaching opportunity for our students, all of whom have autism. With the help of their teachers, students learn to plant, water, weed, prune, harvest & compost waste from vegetables planted in the garden, as well as take inventory & create shopping lists used for trips to local businesses to purchase plants & supplies.

Holt Middle School

The garden was created to supply local, organic food to the cafeteria to improve student nutrition; to give students opportunities for experiential learning and application of ideas learned in the classroom; and to connect students with their families, role models, and community.

Camelot Intermediate School

The goal of our gardening project is to teach youth to utilize their resources, understand how to care for the environment, and create a sustainable garden that provides for the needs of those around them; all while learning about nutrition and healthy lifestyles and the science behind gardening. This grant will help our youth gain an in-depth understanding of the importance of conservation and sustaining plant life, through hands-on educational experiences.

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