Middle School

Buttonwillow Elementary

In the spring of 2014 we began our outdoor learning classroom on a vacant lot on our school campus. With the support of parents, students, faculty, and community members we turned a vacant lot into a garden space that includes 10 raised beds and and enough space for 6 in-ground rows, each 30 feet long. We have supplied two garden sheds with tools and equipment. During the summer 9 of our teachers attended extensive workshops to develop knowledge and understanding of implementing gardening and nutrition into their classrooms.

Marinette Middle School

The goal of Marinette Middle School is to incorporate a raised bed vegetable garden on the property that is available to all students (grades 5-8) and staff as well as community members who would like to volunteer. The garden would be available for educational lessons and integration of multiple disciplines during the school year, formation of a gardening club, k-8 summer learning programs held at the middle school, CCS program (Comprehensive Community Services) located on site for students and families year round and a variety of extra curricular clubs.

Treadwell Middle School

Our mission at Treadwell Middle School is to teach, every day. Period. Over the past year, we have successfully forged a community alliance that has allowed us to renovate neglected outdoor areas of our campus, instilling pride in our students and neighborhood while teaching kids about horticulture, teamwork and pride in doing a job well. Receiving the Whole Kids/Food Corps grant would allow us to reach our goal of continuing our momentum, by taking the teaching and learning experience to a whole new level.

Kingston Middle School

Kingston middle school will use this grant to provide a quality learning environment for all middle school students. With this grant students will learn how to grow and maintain a garden, During the growth process students will learn how to test soil, plant seeds properly and how to maintain proper irrigation. Students will use the scientific method to determine the growth span to learn the proper planting methods of the southeast Oklahoma region where the Kingston middle school is located. Students will also learn how the plants effect our ecosystems.

Hart Middle School

The goal of this garden is simple: to provide sustenance and healthy choices for families who need options for food at no cost. Hart serves about 10% of its population free and reduced lunch. Those same families are frequently in need of assistance with groceries throughout the year. The idea was to plant a garden that was sustainable, but that would also represent out own students helping other students an dour own families helping other families at Hart.

Morey Middle School

The garden plots are used in classroom and in the after school club with the Garden to Cafeteria via Slow Foods. The after school club is in need of cooking utensils to learn how to prepare the foods grown. This list is detailed in their manual for 600$ Having a highly gifted program within the school, students are matched with a professionals from their choice of career to explore a topic of passion. One student designed an outdoor classroom setting that would operate as a meeting/gathering place for classrooms to discuss and reflect upon the activity/lesson in the garden.

Coyle School System

Coyle schools fundraised for years to purchase a greenhouse. Our dream is becoming a reality
in December 2014. Our goal is to provide hands-on learning experience for not only the 50
students in our Agricultural Education Courses (AECs) and Future Farmers of America Chapter,
but begin a culture of garden involvement throughout our school of 297 children, many of which are
low-income.
These funds would help to:
● Expand the reach of our garden to students outside of AECs

Leonard Middle School

We have an existing garden we started last year. This grant would make it possible for us to add our 4th L shaped raised bed and fill it with organic matter. We would also like to purchase a wheel barrow. Our students are very excited about the garden and we have used the produce from it to support our school lunch program with fresh vegetables. We learned about what is happening with growing plants, climate, pest and weed control issues. Our Art teacher is using the garden as a vehicle for natural art projects and has created an outdoor learning environment.

Yuba River Charter School

Yuba River Charter School (YRCS) gardens currently serve 30 third graders (3 hrs/week, plus 2 hrs cooking/week) and 60 kindergartners (daily gardening/cooking). The school plans to expand edible programs to serve at least 3 more grades (90 students by Fall '15) as they work with Sierra Harvest to design fully integrated K-8 edible programing for all classes (by Fall '16). Free and reduced lunch rates at YRCS are on the rise--from 31% to 55% since 2010. The challenge to fully integrated edible garden programing at this school is scheduling.

Arthur D. Healey School

Our goal is to expand opportunities for more students to do real hands-on work in the school garden. Using tools, understanding how to plant, care for and harvest produce, and preparing, tasting and sharing their produce can promote independent thinking and problem-solving, shared responsibility for their school, team work, and instill a lifelong interest in learning about and caring for living things and their environment.

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