Upper Elementary

Cape Cod Hill School

Cape Cod Hill School’s garden goal is to secure multiple titles and copies non-fiction agricultural books for various reading levels. This will supplement the existing “Book Nook”. The “Book Nook” is a resource for classroom teachers and interventionists to develop educational lessons. This resource increases interdisciplinary connections in our school community. Students will apply and transfer skills taught using literary, scientific, artistic, historic and creative aspects of gardening.

Mountain Discovery Charter School

Mountain Discovery Charter School is located in a rural, under-served region of NC. Located near the reservation boundary of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indian and at the front door to Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the school has made a point to involve its students in environmentally-centered education, with frequent hikes, backpacking trips, and service-learning projects. The school currently has two 3’x5’ raised beds and a 5’x6’ space, hard-scratched in the soil and planted with collards and kale.

Waldorf School on the Roaring Fork

The Waldorf School on the Roaring Fork's Gardening Program and Curriculum has a mission to inspire children to form a living relationship with the earth through gardening and stewardship of the land and animals. Working the land provides an opportunity to develop a sustainable relationship with the Earth. It gives the children living examples of many of their class studies. In the garden their lessons become practical, daily experiences.

The Classical Academy of Sarasota

The Classical Academy of Sarasota opened its doors to 185 students this academic year, beginning in August 2014. Our future school garden's goal is twofold. First, we wish to allow our students from kindergarten through 12th grade to be a part of the process of growing food in order to enrich their science, nutrition, and health educations. At our school, we encourage healthy lunches and snacks, and provide a lunch service that serves healthful lunches that include locally grown and organic items when possible.

NOW Elementary School

The school garden at the N-O-W School District has and will continue to serve as a farm to school “classroom” where students can get hands-on opportunities to grow produce that is served on the school lunch lines! The goals for our gardening program are directly linked to the goals of the district’s 21st Century Community Learning Center (CLC) after school program. It is projected that all 115 students participating in the CLC program will be involved in planning, implementing, and evaluating of the school garden growing and harvesting procedures.

Green Inspiration Academy

The Garden Goal is to share a new and environmental friendly experience with the students. Many, if not most of the student's attending the school live in aprtment units. They typically do not have much "green" to see. Our goal is to provide a completely different setting for students to learn in. the garden will allow the students to have positive and therapuetic experience wathching plants and food grow. The fun part and the expectation being to eat the food and take it how to parents and guardians.

Creative Minds International PCS

In its third year, Creative Minds International (CMI) Public Charter School serves 181 students, with plans to expand through middle school (at capacity, the school will serve ~400 students). CMI has a huge transition year ahead, with a move to a permanent location in the Sherman Building (Armed Forces Retirement Home). A school garden is a great learning tool for teachers to bring science, nature & the environment to the classroom. Through gardening, students can maximize their physical, emotional and social growth.
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Charles E. Teach School

Our school moved to a new campus this year, leaving behind an established garden & program just outside the classroom doors of our previous facility. Creating a new school garden is part of the master plan at Teach's new campus.

Northome School

The school garden committee selected the following as the goals for our garden committee:
1. Provide our students with fun and interesting experiences that are relevant to the real world.
2. Improve student diets with local produce for healthier living.
3. Teach students how to produce their own food.
4. Teach students how to preserve and prepare their own food.
5. Meet Minnesota education standards in science, health, social studies, and math.
6. Demonstrate gardening and diet techniques for parents and the community.

Valwood School

Our current garden is small, and has only 4 types of vegetables. The kindergarten class has had the most involvement. Our goal is to increase the size, and variety of plantings to create a "Rainbow Colors for Health" annual/perennial garden. This will allow involvement of all of our PUpper Elementaryth grade classes. The "rainbow colors" and associated plantings will include (but not limited to):
• Red: radish, strawberries, apple tree
• Orange; carrots, orange tree
• Yellow: summer squash, lemon tree
• Green: cucumber, spinach, lime tree

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