Middle School

Southern Penobscot Regional Program

Our school is unique in that it is a program serving some of the most challenging students who are still in public school. All of our kids are recognized as special education students and are here working on anger management, conflict resolution, impulse control and cooperation in a life skill setting. Our class is composed of an amazing set of kids from grades 7th to 12th with Autism. We are calling our garden "The Autism Garden: Growing Community Awareness". I will first explain the community needs we hope to serve and then discuss the goals of the garden.

Kensington Community School

We want to use the Whole Kids Foundation Garden Grant to:
-Operate the greenhouse, positively impacting both our snack program and curriculum
-Expand the use of our existing Vermiculture Compost System
-Engage inner-city children with urban organic agriculture, increasing their ecological literacy and environmental knowledge
-Break down barriers and empower children to make educated, healthy food choices and integrate fresh produce into their daily experience

El Sereno Elementary School

The goal of the new edible garden is to give students exposure to healthier food, the process of growing their own fruits and vegetables, being in their natural environment and help them build a greater sense of community within their schoolyard. Set in the east side of Los Angeles, this school garden will help students and the community connect with the neighborhood

Noah Webster MicroSociety Magnet School

Every student in this urban, Pre-K - 8 school will discover that healthy, delicious food comes from the earth, not from the cans & boxes found on supermarket shelves. Our FoodCorps member will guide students through hands-on experiences in growing and caring for plants, introducing the principles of ecology, sustainability, stewardship and healthy nutrition. Mentoring chefs will demonstrate new and interesting ways to prepare a wide variety of foods to students who will be exposed to the names & flavors of delicious new vegetables, fruits & herbs.

The City School Waldorf Initiative

The garden grant will bring a deeper understanding of community and how many hands make light work. The process of creating a space for hands on learning and growing crop from seed to the bloom is invaluable in a child's foundation and gives a community a place to thrive. The children will experience an arc of hard work, dedication, failure, loss, and success ; an array of lifetime lessons. This garden will be a tangible dream for everyone involved.

Hermosa Montessori School

The goal of the school garden project is to fully incorporate the school gardens into the lessons for all grade level communities at the school. The Montessori teaching philosophy encourages integration of the student with the natural world, and use of the raised bed gardens encourage and enhance this learning process.

Our Lady of Fatima

Our goal is to provide nutritious local food for our school and neighbouring community. The plan is to build 8 raised garden beds, 4 for school planting use and 4 for local community use. We feel a learning garden will help students to understand where their food comes from and therefore increase their awareness of healthy eating habits. Many families in our area live in subsidized housing. Through the community garden beds we will facilitate families through the growing process teaching them to grow and access a sustainable source of fresh nutritious produce.

Cleveland Montessori

Cleveland Montessori, located in the heart of Little Italy, would like to have more interaction with the surrounding community. Also, while visitors come to the neighborhood for good food, there are few signs available about the history of the area. One goal of this project is for students to involve the community in a Settlers

Kahuku High and Intermediate School

Our goal is to expand our Hawaiian Medicinal Garden that will:
Help create awareness of traditional Hawaiian herbs used for medicinal purposes
Encourage students interested in becoming pharmacists to try Windward Community College and University of Hilo's 6-year pharmacist fast-track program (which saves 2 years of time and requires students to take some AP classes during high school and working in a medicinal garden).
Be a place to grow taro (Hawaiian staple food)
Preserve endangered Hawaiian plants

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