Middle School

St. Luke Catholic High School

Our goal this year is to create a three sisters garden. A three sisters garden consists of corn, beans and squash and/or pumpkin. These vegetables work together to grow well. The corn creates a structure for the beans to grow on. The squash and/or pumpkins create a natural weed barrier. The First Peoples grew their food like this. We offer Native Studies courses at our school and this garden will link with our program.

Lincoln Middle School

The primary goal of the garden will be to teach the children the possibilities that exist for them at their literal fingertips. The second goal is more personal. As we expect the garden to start as a project for a special needs class or grade level, this will provide excellent hands on learning with a clear beginning middle and end. The links from the garden to core curriculum lessons will be direct and easier to plan and teach thanks to the outdoor experience. Finally, we anticipate this garden creating a learning link between our students with special needs and our mainstream students.

Bourne Public School

We would like to incorperate it with our feed the children back pack program so that kids are able to recieve a back pack full of food with some healthy vegetables and herbs.

Ecker Hill Middle School

Our goal: Ecker Hill Middle School is planning on developing and maintaining a school garden as an integral part of the school grounds. This opportunity will give students practical experience on what it takes to grow fresh produce during Park City's growing season.
Gardening and plant-based learning allows students hands-on discovery. Gardening can be both stimulating and calming. The school garden environment offers a unique platform to help kids achieve learning goals that are recommended by the National Science Standards and our state and local educational bodies.

Northside Elementary

The three major goals for this garden project are:
1. Develop and meet the needs of the multiple learning styles and intelligences of our students' while giving the opportunity to develop a life-long hobby and increase social skills traits.
2. To increase and strengthen the relationships between our community members, students, and school district.

St. John the Apostle School

To develop an outdoor learning garden and classroom for all of the students (through 8th grade) at St. John the Apostle School. We would like to educate and raise awareness of our natural resources and the impact they have on the environment.
Goals: Our goal is to make learning more meaningful and more enjoyable as children learn an appreciation of the many components of the world in which they live.
Outdoor education goals include:
- using critical thinking skills
- learning through direct experience
- exploring
- decision making

St. Leo the Great

The goal of our program is to be a model of environmental stewardship by creating a sustainable garden and integrating it into our school and community life. This grant will make it possible for us to:
1) Build a 3-tiered grow light to extend our growing season and save seeds (and money!).
2) Develop a school-wide composting program where students in every grade will learn how to will collect cafeteria waste and turn it into useful nutrients for our plants.
3) Turn our garden into an outdoor classroom with seating and a chalkboard/community bulletin board.

Mount Rose PK-8 Academy of Languages

It is the mission of the Mount Rose School Garden to provide an outdoor garden space for teachers to incorporate into their science, writing and math curriculum as well as provide our diverse student population with an experience that they may not otherwise have access to. Creating a sustainable school garden will engage and educate students, teachers, parents and the community in the importance of fresh local food and ultimately teach them to take pride in themselves, their school and what they are eating.

Collingwood School

Collingwood's goal for implementing garden beds at our school is to provide students and teachers with the opportunity to take learning outside. We feel that having gardens at Collingwood School will give children engaging, hands on experience to plant and experiment outdoors. Nature inspires a sense of wonder and curiosity among children. Through our gardening project at Collingwood School children will develop an appreciation for their environment and a lifelong love of the world around them.

Meridian World School (formerly known as International Academy of Williamson County)

Meridian World School is a publicly-funded tuition-free charter school offering the International Baccalaureate curriculum. Our mission: *We provide an invigorating educational environment that develops responsible citizens who can artfully navigate our complex world and enjoy a good life with others. *Each student engages in diverse investigations, disciplined inquiry, and integrated service learning to cultivate intercultural awareness, creativity and mental acuity.

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