Middle School

William Dick School

Communities In Schools of Philadelphia proposes to establish an urban garden at William Dick School. Urban gardens provide fresh produce and plants as well as satisfying labor, neighborhood improvement, sense of community and connection to the environment.

St. Stephen's Academy at Glade Run Lutheran Services

Glade Run Gardens serves as a therapeutic, vocational, and educational program for children throughout Western Pennsylvania. Students at St. Stephen's, Glade Run's private licensed school, participate in horticulture programming as part of their curriculum, learning about plants and the natural environment and developing a love of nature. For children in residential treatment at Glade Run for emotional health issues, the gardens serve still other purposes: horticulture therapy and a vocational program.

Bessie Carmichael

The goal is to educate youth about the impacts food has on personal health and the health of the environment, while also cultivating their entrepreneurial skills through business partnerships. Funding would allow Bessie Carmichael to recruit Healthy Planet to help them fully develop their school garden and coordinate a student-run Enterprise Project based around their harvest, where the students want to use real food from the garden for the school cafeteria or snacks. The proceeds produced by the project will go towards the school garden and its maintenance.

John Muir Middle School

The goal of the Teaching Garden is to shift the way students think about food. Through interactive programing and project-based learning students will increase their appreciation and understanding of agriculture, nutrition, and the food system. Teachers will utilize garden-themed lessons to teach 180 students nutrition, science and other subjects. The school Garden Club will teach students how to plant seeds, nurture growing plants, harvest produce and understand the value of good eating habits.

Boston Latin School

We aim to create a hydroponic garden in an urban setting at Boston Latin School (BLS) to raise student interest in sustainable agriculture,to promote eating healthy locally grown produce, and to utilize the hydroponic garden as an engaging learning tool in science courses.

Parkview Junior Academy

Our goal is to expand our initial implementation of the Edible Garden at Parkview Junior Academy, so that it can serve as a four-season garden that provides sufficient fresh produce to feed the Academy's students, and students' families who are in dire need, and, provide teachers with project-based learning opportunities.

This grant will allow Quench & Nourish, Inc.

Crutcho Public Schools

A grant from Whole Kids Foundation would allow the Food Bank to expand its growing program by partnering with Crutcho Public Schools to establish a community garden. Nearly all of Crutcho

Sewickley Academy

Sewickley Academy is Pittsburgh

St. Anthony School

The goal is to sustain the established gardens and continue to integrate the experiences into the curriculum. Since 2009, gardens have been a project based learning opportunity for the school. There is a large garden in middle school, boxed gardens, worm composting, and an aquaponic garden. There is a student garden club that participates in the Grow Hawaii Garden Initiative where students are challenged to use their school gardens as a catalyst for

EcoSPACES @ Philip's Academy Charter School

OUR MISSION

EcoSPACES is a multidimensional co-curricular program designed to give students the tools to lead healthy and environmentally productive lives in the 21st century.  Utilizing unique learning environments, we seek to inspire students to embrace the highest principles of environmental and nutritional stewardship.  It is our hope that students will make informed decisions for living a life that benefits their bodies and our planet, while understanding the interconnectedness of all living things.

 

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