Middle School

Cherryfield Elementary

Cherryfield Elementary seeks to increase the size of our school garden, incorporate season extending modifications and begin vermicomposting to increase fresh food production for our school lunch program and increase educational opportunities for our students. We will expand our school garden from three, 4x8' raised beds to nine so that each class K-8 is able to plant, maintain, harvest, and plan curriculum around their individual beds.

The Ivy School

Here at The Ivy School, we believe children have the inherent right to a true nature connection, that this connection is not only imperative to each individual's identity, but to our future as a human race. It has been said before that children do not suffer from A.D.D.(attention deficit disorder), but rather from N.D.D.(nature deficit disorder), and we truly believe that this is the case for many individual students of our current paradigm. We live in a very urbanized and gridded section of Portland.

Meeting Street

The goal of the Meeting Street school garden program is to improve academic outcomes for our students by integrating different curricular areas into an outdoor learning environment. A Whole Kids Foundation grant of $2,000 will provide Meeting Street with the means to expand our current school garden program into a centerpiece for an integrated community-based curriculum.

Moanalua Elementary School

Moanalua Elementary School is requesting $2,000 to support the school’s vermicomposting bins and vegetable garden that is part of the third grade student’s science curriculum.

Woodstock Union Middle High School

This project represents the synergy between Farm to School and the Horticulture department at Woodstock Union Middle and High School. The goals of our groups are 1.) To increase local food options being served in the cafeteria 2.) To facilitate a working school garden and greenhouse 3) To build relationships between the school and the greater community 4) To integrate food education through the discipline. We currently have an operating garden and greenhouse that serve as classroom extensions for many disciplines and student groups.

Doctors Charter School of Miami Shores

The goal of our garden is to involve our students in the creation and ongoing maintenance of an edible garden. Our garden is used as an educational resource for our classrooms and lessons and curriculum are tied to the growing of vegetables, trees and plants by both the middle school and high school programs. The students will also be introduced to healthier eating options as they will be picking the produce and taking it home to prepare for their families. The grant will afford the funds to allow the purchase of additional tools and a larger safe storage place for them to be kept.

Lynn Food and Fitness Alliance

The goal of this garden is to provide a safe space for the children to have an opportunity for experiential

hands on learning. They will also be able to learn from this garden where their food comes from and the

benefits of growing their own food. The opportunities go much beyond just the food from the garden.

It will be used in curriculum projects and for after school clubs to participate in. If they grow it, they will

eat it and this garden will promote the students to try new foods. This grant will give this school

Hazard Middle School

The Hazard Middle School 7 and 8th grades will utilize cross curriculum studies involving science, health, social studies, and Language arts.

Franklin Elementary

This grant will enable us to repair our existing irrigation system, expand our irrigation to our small orchard, and add a solar-powered timer. There is no electrical access in our garden and we are currently operating a manual system. These repairs will allow us to maximize our water use and provide consistent irrigation to our entire garden. Our vision is to have a community garden in which students, their families, and community members work collaboratively to create a sustainable garden and provide experiences to promote good health and nutrition, and social responsibility.

Prospect Hill Academy Upper Elementary

Our goal with this garden is to provide students with hands on opportunities to learn about plants and the growing of healthy foods. Additionally, by taking care of the garden they will learn lessons about responsibility and will see that even though they are young they can impact the world around them and make it more beautiful!

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