Middle School

Greiner School Garden (Proposed)

Our proposed program for SY 2016-2017 is a school garden. Our goal is to establish a living laboratory/learning environment for our middle school students where they can learn in the various content areas such as Science, Health and Home Economics. We also envision it to become part of our overall sustainability program for the school. We've already begun our energy audit and we plan in the next few years to cover recycling and water conservation as well.

Cindy's garden to Table

Cindy's Garden to Table is a business interested in educating youth and adults about the importance of nutrition and health for the family and individual. Cindy's mission is to educate children and adults about the importance of diet to their overall health. By eating a whole foods plant-based diet we can heal our bodies and achieve optimal health. By teaching a love of organic gardening and cooking that uses fresh, seasonal ingredients, we can learn to enjoy our food choices, and heal our bodies and our planet.

Apple Seeds

Apple Seeds is a non-profit whose mission is to get students excited about fruits and vegetables through garden nutrition education. 

We have a farm where we host common-core aligned field trips and farm to table events with students. 

On our farm we grow produce for our school farmer's markets, which are a cheap access point to fresh food and a great learning opportunity. Our produce is also sold to Fayetteville Public Schools' Seed to Student Program. 

Upper Canada College Learning Garden

The UCC Learning Garden began in 2005, based on an initiative among the students, staff, teachers and community.  Our mission in the garden is to integrate food, culture, curriculum and culture.  We are an urban, all-boys independent school, from sk-grade 12.  Our 35 acre campus was filled with manicured green spaces, but there were no places for children to explore and connect with earth.  While our student population is affluent, conversations about food revealed that most boys only saw food coming from groceries stores.

Mollen Foundation-Garfield's Garden on the Corner

The Mollen Foundation, a 501 C(3) non-profit organization since 2008, is dedicated to educating and empowering schools and communities to transform their lives by adopting healthy habits to achieve life-long benefits. The Mollen Foundation offers a comprehensive approach to healthy living through food education, physical activity, leadership and resiliency skills. Our Farm to Table collaboration began in 2012 as a project with a passionate group of high school students, called Newtrition, after a protest in the cafeteria to bring healthy food to their campus.

Meadowbrook Waldorf School

Meadowbrook Waldorf School offers Waldorf Education for children in prekindergarten through Grade 8, with additional programs for younger children and their caregivers. Waldorf Education was founded in 1919 and is distinguished by its unique, interdisciplinary approach. MWS has been offering this rigorous academic curriculum, infused with rich artistic activities and engaging practical experiences, to students in Rhode Island and Southeastern Connecticut since 1979.

Green School

Boca Raton Christian School maintains several gardens on campus.  Teachers and students are encouraged to grow food and enjoy organic vegetables.  

Composting is used on campus with two worm chimneys built into our gardens.  

We also have a butterfly garden attracting six different species.  Students learn about the life cycle of the butterfly through first hand experience . ( Egg, larva, pupa, adult)

Scholars With Shovels at The Grande Innovation Academy

Scholars with Shovels is a community garden based out of The Grande Innovation Academy Schoolyard.  It is currently 2000 sq/ft with 10 garden boxes measuring 2x6.  We also have 6 chickens that were raised from chicks and are fed daily from the garden scraps (radish tops, pepper plant leaves, etc).  They roam free for about 5 hours during the school day and scholars are responsible for herding them back into their coup.  All grade levels have planted in the garden and continue to plant and harvest produce.  Recently we added an aquaponics garden, complete with Tilapia.

Nourishing The North Shore

Nourishing the North Shore (NNS) is a collaborative effort of the Newburyport Health Department, YWCA of Greater Newburyport and the Newburyport Learning Enrichment Center. Our mission at NNS is to build a resilient and connected community and ensure access to fresh healthy produce for all of those in the greater Newburyport area. Hunger affects our health in more than just a physical sense; it has a major impact on mental and social well-being.

Place-based Learning and Community Engagement in Schools

Who We Are

PLACES is an exciting collaborative venture between schools along the Wai'anae Coast of Oahu, Hawaii, the University of Hawaii, Manoa's Office of Student Equity, Excellence & Diversity (SEED), and the local community of Wai'anae and Oahu. The project is funded through the Department of Education, Native Hawaiian Education Program.

 

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