Middle School

Cooper Serenity Garden

We are a very new school gardening program. Our focus is on growing vegetables and herbs in raised beds around the school. The long-term goal is to get all content areas outside of the classroom to learn and engage in the environment with real world experiments and experiences.

Experiential Learning at GREEN Charter with Chickens and Gardens

GREEN Charter's School garden consists of raised beds, 2 greenhouses, butterfly garden, 3 chicken coops with hopes to add a garden fish pond. Our goal is to explore the symbiotic relationship between our community, plants, and animals.

Wilkinson School Edible Garden

Our small by-the-sea garden provides an outdoor educational experience for our preK - grade 8 students. We encompass science, art, english, maths, history, nutrition and much more in our vegetable and herb garden. Our sensory garden adds an extra element for the children. In our meditation corner we encourage peaceful minds and hearts to dwell in the garden. Here we use stories and songs to teach our students about the environment and provide a quiet reading place. 

Fish to Schools

Fish to Schools works toward a sustainable community that offers all school children the health benefits of locally-caught seafood, equips them to understand how this food source is obtained, and empowers them to one day enjoy the full cultural and economic advantages of local seafood resources. Local seafood is served in grades K-12 and is paired with a "stream to plate" curriculum that brings salmon alive in the classroom. Lessons empower students to make food choices that benefit not just their bodies but also their local communities, economies, and environment.

 

Garden Rules to Health

   Childhood obesity rates are out of control and its time for change? To combat childhood obesity, studies show that children who grow fruits or veggies, are more interested in eating them.  Eating more whole food and less processed foods combined with exercise is the path to better health and overall wellness.  A school garden supports that path to positive change in your community.  

Farm Style Cooking For Kids

Kids learn how to create delicious healthy snacks, salads and desserts with seasonal organic ingredients from local farmers markets. Farm Style Cooking classes celebrate the joy of tasting, touching, smelling and experiencing the foods we make and share with others.

Farm Style Cooking For Kids can be found at the Mar Vista Farmers Market and Beethoven Elementary School.

Urban Community School

Almost 50 years ago, the Ursuline Sisters of Cleveland founded Urban Community School (UCS), a quiet gem in the heart of Cleveland’s near west side where a diverse, multilingual population of low-income students, (74 percent qualify for the Federal Food Assistance Program, with more than 2/3 of our student body qualifying for free lunch), concurrently learn academics and social justice.  Our commitment to differentiated instruction, multi-age learning, health and wellness, field trips and peace typifies our unique approach to student learning and success.

Farm Field Studies

THE MARIN ORGANIC FARM FIELD STUDIES PROGRAM brings children and young adults from around the Bay Area to local farms. Students have the opportunity to engage in hands-on learning where they make connections between the environment, agriculture, and the food they eat. Our goal is to empower young people to make food choices that will positively impact their long-term health. Knowledge of where food comes from is a powerful tool for teaching good nutrition.

Lhomon Education

Lhomon Education (LME) is a grassroots initiative fostering the development of innovative curricula designed specifically for Bhutanese students. The basis of the LME initiative is an alternative model of teacher training and project-based curriculum development that integrates principles of Gross National Happiness (GNH) in the truest sense of the term.

The Orchard School - Outdoor Education

A hallmark of an Orchard education, Outdoor Education is education in, about, and for the out of doors. In an increasingly urban world, nature plays a central part in the education of the whole child. Direct experiences help students gain a deeper understanding of life around them, foster respect and an understanding of the interrelationships within the natural environment, and develop an appreciation of people's interdependence with the natural world.

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