Middle School

Monroe Elementary

The garden at Monroe Elementary is a project that students, teachers, and community alike, have taken ownership of. It is our plan to continue to make improvements to our garden to ensure that it endures for future classrooms at Monroe to enjoy and learn from. One major component of the vision for the garden that has not yet been realized is to provide an irrigation system. Currently Monroe is the only Santa Barbara School District school participating in the Explore Ecology Garden Program that does not have a drip irrigation system.

Blackburn Laboratory Middle School

Rather than a simple beautification project, the Community Learning Garden and Outdoor Classroom is intended to provide curricular support for BLMS faculty, and hands-on learning opportunities for students. In addition to supporting standard general education subject areas, the garden will provide educational programming focused on nutrition and healthy lifestyles, as well as environmental sustainability.

Gerard Elementary School

This project is a unique collaboration between Gerard Elementary School and Hill College (a 2-year college). Biology students from Hill will assist the elementary students in installing and maintaining raised bed gardens on the Gerard campus, while also teaching them how to use available recycled items such as pallets, cardboard, newspaper, and trash cans in order to create gardens, compost bins, and rain barrels. Hill students will also create guidance books for each plant, teaching organic methods for weed and pest control, planting, and fertilizing.

Colorado Springs Charter Academy

Our goal is to make possible a “Grow to Learn Garden” for our students - that is sustainable for years to come. The vision is to impact all 505 of our students, 55 staff members and 1000’s of parents and community members. We are a K-8 school, with a 30% free and reduced lunch rate. Our garden will built by March 2015 by our 6th-8th grade classes, supported and supervised by our PTO and Booster Parents and Science Teachers.

Scott School K-8

Scott School is a K-8 and serves a diverse population in NE Portland, Oregon. In 2013, 84% of the students qualified for free or reduced lunch; the majority does not speak English in their home; and over 40% are active English language learners including significant Latino, Somali, and Vietnamese populations. A school garden is popular among the community regardless of ethnicity or language, making it a potential bridge for this diverse community.

Indianapolis Lighthouse Charter School

Our garden’s goal is to engage the school and greater community to embrace health and wellness by showing them how wonderful fresh fruits and vegetables can be when you get to grow them and eat them straight out of your own garden. First grade teacher, Sara Hacker, is already doing this in her own classroom but is excited to spread her knowledge and enthusiasm for integrating gardening into her curriculum. Together, with Title I Teacher, Kimila Brown, they will invite teachers, students, parents, and community members to tackle questions such as, “What is the best use of our garden area?

Parkway Montessori and Community Middle

Parkway Montessori is located on the East Side of St. Paul in a neighborhood school that opened in the 30s. It is both a Montessori AND community school, serving the residents in the first St. Paul Public Montessori Middle school. It opened in 2013 and is dedicated to educating the whole child.

Arcadia Neighborhood Learning Center

For two years we've had the opportunity to have local chefs harvest a small portion of food from our multiple gardens and share their famous recipes. Not only do the visiting chefs volunteer their time, they also supplement their recipes with food they donate. Additional supplies needed such as cooking utensils, basic pantry items, additional food, drinks and paper products were all donated by a private citizen.

Brooke Charter School East Boston

Our garden would be located on school grounds and be accessible to students as well as community members. We envision our garden as being a part of daily life at our school. Students would compost materials from lunch, weed the garden as a volunteer or leadership activity, visit the garden with their classmates during lessons and tend to the garden as part of an after school program. In addition to providing educational opportunities for our students we will use the garden to actively engage parents and community members in healthy living discussions.

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