Middle School

San Miguel School

The San Miguel Garden Project started in 2013 with the help of volunteer, Sue O’Malley. Sue is a volunteer from St. Sebastian’s, a private school in MA that has adopted San Miguel as part of their community outreach. Sue has donated time and treasure to create a garden with annuals, perennials, fruits and vegetables. She has worked closely with the students to create a garden that will support the students’ academic learning as well as provide some nutrition for growing boys. In 2013, the students planted cucumbers, tomatoes, beans, lettuce, blueberries, strawberries, and sunflowers.

Montessori Hale O Keiki

Montessori Hale O Keiki (MHOK) School Garden program aims to:

Stonecreek Montessori Academy

The goal of the Stonecreek Montessori Academy garden will be to provide an outdoor educational experience for the inspiration and cultivation of children's inherent curiosity about their natural world. The garden will provide a nurturing environment where each child can become fully aware of and engaged in their natural surroundings. While being involved in the planning, planting, harvesting, and maintenance of the garden, the children will learn many important lessons about plants, seasons, life cycles, and weather.

Pittsbugh Pioneer

Pionner Education Center is a special education facility that services students within the Pittsburgh Public School District and surrounding districts that place students with us. Pioneer provides a wide range of services to students who have physical/multiple and medical disabilities. Our Sensory garden was created in the spring of 2010 when Pioneer was awarded $100,00 from the Edith L. Trees Charitable Trust. Our garden was designed and created by MTR Landscape Architects. In partnership with the Western Pa Conservancy the sensory garden came to life.

Oakwood Avenue Community School

Our gardens goals include:
-Allowing students to be physically active through gardening.
-Creating learning opportunities outside the class room.
-Teaching students about personal and social responsibility.
-Teaching students about health, nutrition, and how to care for their bodies.
-Teaching students the importance of caring for the Earth and environment.
-Teaching students about hard work and how to care for their property.

Edward Russell Elementary

We currently have an existing school garden that the American Heart Association funded. Their commitment to us is three years. We are in the second year. We have 10 boxes that the students constructed, filled, and planted. Our goal is to increase the size of our garden and involve more community members as well as student and staff. We would be purchasing more boxes to increase the size of our existing garden if we are awarded the grant money.

Torah Academy of Jacksonville

The main focus of building our garden is to teach our students how to own an idea, from concept to fruition. We constantly strive to instill the trait of responsibility in our students - teaching each class to be responsible for their own area of the garden, responsible for finding recipes we can try with the vegetables they grow and to ultimately take ownership of something that they created, nurture and love.

Stony Brook School

Westford is a typical American community whereby the youth has been exposed to the convenience of processed foods and fast food culture. The goal of this garden is to educate our students on where food comes from, to appreciate real food to improve children’s health and wellness through nutrition.

Pan American Academy Charter School

Pan American Academy Charter School (PAACS) is a bilingual, International Baccalaureate (IB) K-8 school balancing a rigorous curriculum with an attention to the physical and mental health of students; nutrition and wellness are integrated into the classroom. PAACS serves a highly impoverished community that is primarily Latino.

Akiva School

At Akiva School, the 5th and 6th grade students have been learning about sustainability and the environment. The goal of our school garden is to build our own sustainable microcosm. By designing, researching, planning and maintaining the garden, the 5th/6th graders, and the rest of the student body will be immersed in creating something sustainable that gives back to the community. Each student is becoming an "expert" by researching either composting, lasagna gardening, invasive species, raising chickens, and which vegetables, herbs, and plants grow well in our region.

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