Middle School

Washington Village School

Currently we have 4 raised beds on school grounds, three of which have been in use in recent years. Our primary hurdles have been not having easy access to water and not having a nearby safe place to store gardening tools. With this grant, we intend to pay for a garden shed near the existing raised beds and run an underground water line from the school to the shed for easy, reliable access to water. Ultimately, though not with this grant award, we would ilke to purchase and use rain barrels to collect water for the garden to promote sustainability, as well as compost bins.

Gillis Day Treatment School

Whether bussed here every day from far off school districts, living here in intensive residential treatment or coming to our children

Helping Hand Home for Children

Helping Hand Home is a residential treatment center in central Austin that serves children in foster care ages 4 to 12 who have suffered severe abuse and neglect and are experiencing emotional and behavioral problems. The children receive therapeutic treatment, education and enrichment, and foster and adoptions services. The Home serves 210 children and family members each year, 70 of these in our residential treatment program.

Temple Hill Academy

Our goal is to be able to rotate all 255 of our students through the garden to learn the basics of gardening. This is a skill that very few of our students, all living in heavily populated urban areas, have but one that would not only bring them much enjoyment but a great skill to share with their families and to help contribute to their meals and overall health. We would like to increase the size of our garden to not only fill the entire green house but to a size that will supply enough vegetables to supplement the daily snack we provide for our students.

Ocean Springs Upper Elementary

Our goal is to expand our current gardens to accomodate the larger school population and especially provide easier access to garden spaces and add tall planters for our special needs students. The gardens provide a collaborative effort between the community and school body to enable the success of the gardens. The gardening process lends itself to planning, organization, and leadership skills bringing a relevancy to our curriculum. The creation of our gardens has been a perfect segue to immerse ourselves into the nine Howard Gardner's Multiple Intelligences.

Norton Elementary and Middle School

The goal of this grant is to reach learners of all ages (Pre-k-7) as an innovative way to teach Science standards, create awareness for the benefits of healthy eating, encourage community service by donating vegetables to a local food bank and incorporate the local Farmer's Market as a means of learning about marketing and "real world" business skills.

Dr. Sun Yat Sen Middle School 131

The intended goal of the Dr. Sun Yat Sen School garden is to develop a curriculum that incorporates literacy, math, art and reading concepts to help students with new test taking standards . The garden program at Dr. Sun Yat Sen Middle School has partnered with the Leave It Better reGeneration Program to empower students with video literacy and 21st century technology skills which will help them with college entrance and future job seeking.

Mott Hall IV Middle School

The garden brings students, their families, and community members together to learn about how food is grown while addressing the lack of access to fresh, affordable, and healthy food in the Brownsville community. This garden is a collaboration in the best sense of its meaning. The space, which was previously a vacant lot earlier this year, was secured with the assistance of 596 Acres, an organization helping community members access vacant lots in its communities.

Nathan Hale School

The garden will be used as a way to engage children in the food system process, to encourage physical activity and to implement health and wellness initiatives. Children will help in the development of the garden and what is planted there, helping them to develop organizational and team building skills. The growth of edible plants will help them to understand the process by which we receive our food. In addition to working in the garden, children will have the opportunity to taste some of the produce during lunch periods and after school cooking classes.

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