Middle School

Edutopia

Edutopia is a resource website for educators, dedicated to improving the K-12 learning process by documenting, disseminating, and advocating for innovative, replicable, and evidence-based strategies that prepare students to thrive in their future education, careers, and adult lives.

We offer some resources and videos around green education, school gardens, and student nutrition on our website.

 

Nourish

Nourish is an educational initiative designed to increase food literacy and build healthy communities. Nourish offers a rich set of resources to support educators who want to open a meaningful conversation about food and sustainability, including K-12 teachers, school administrators, farm-to-school and garden coordinators, food service staff, health professionals, and nonprofit support providers.

Sierra Madre School Community Gardens

HI,

I am the chairperson for the garden committee at Sierra Madre School in Sierra Madre, California. 

The Edible Gardens by Green City Market

Chicago’s Green City Market is home to The Edible Gardens, a 5,000 square-foot urban agriculture project growing in the heart of Lincoln Park Zoo’s Farm-in-the-Zoo. As Green City Market’s primary educational outreach program, The Edible Gardens’ mission is to connect Chicago youth with their food hands-on, and to ensure that families have the knowledge, experience, and inspiration to help support a sustainable food system.

MMCA Organic Garden and Outdoor Classroom

Maria Montessori Charter Academy is a public charter school in Rocklin, CA. We serve about 300 kindergarten through 8th grade students from a variety of cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds from school districts throughout the surrounding area. Teachers at our school employ a hybrid educational model, utilizing the Montessori philosophy and methodology to achieve state content standards. As a public school, we charge no tuition and students are selected by lottery from the pool of applicants.

 

Gopher Garden

Sam Brannan Middle School’s garden serves the entire campus community through botanical and health education, consumption of healthy food, and appreciation of physical labor. For over a decade, the school garden has been used by numerous students and classes in order to gain a better understanding of how food is grown: from seed to harvest. Topics explored and include: irrigation, fertilizing, pest and weed prevention, pruning, weather, composting, and health benefits.

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