Upper Elementary

Salem Middle School

The garden would open up a new world to students who have not had the opportunity to garden/experience what they plant grow and harvest. They will take pride in donating to community. The garden would provide hands on food education to bridge the gap from classroom to lunchroom. We are also dedicated to providing fresh fruit and vegetables to populations that do not have access to these. Our partnerships with Whole Foods Market, The Jamie Oliver Food Revolution and the Wake County PTA Council will ensure a great connection with our community.

Edgerton Elementary

The garden will provide an educational resource for teachers to expand the diversity of their teaching methods, student excitement for their lessons, and retention of the material. The students will become more knowledgeable about how food is grown, be more likely to eat fresh vegetables and excited by the seasonal changes in the garden. Consequently, student participation as well as health will improve, allowing the children to learn more and bring gardening knowledge and new ideas home to their families.

Oakdale Elementary School

The overall goal of our garden is to give students an opportunity to interact with nature while learning our district outcomes. The garden has facilitated various lessons in new and exciting ways. Oakdale's school community has also become more engaged in school events through the use of the garden and other outdoor classroom events.

This grant will assist the garden in the following ways:

- increasing accessibility of planting to all students through ADA-facilitative, raised pots

- spring planting

- summer upkeep

- fall planting and harvesting

Daniel Webster Elementary School

The garden at Webster Elementary will provide students and families with a place to educate and spark interest in healthy living. In addition to nutrition and healthy living choices students will use the garden to expand on school day learning in math and science. The garden also allows for lessons in responsibility, leadership, environmental education, and team building. Camp Fire and the Webster campus have been chosen by the American Heart Association (AHA) to start a Teaching Garden program. The AHA will be providing the start up supplies for the garden and plants for two years.

Milwaukee Environmental Sciences of Milwaukee Teacher Education Center

Milwaukee Environmental Sciences (MES) is focused on food, fitness, and environmental sustainability. The goals of our Food, Farm and Fitness (F_) program include: improving child health, enhancing academics with hands-on learning, and becoming a hub for family and community wellness. The MES salad bar garden will allow us to grow select items for the salad bar and incorporate them into lessons. This will influence the diet of our students, as it has been shown that salad bars in school lunchrooms increase students' fruit and vegetable consumption by 1.2 servings per day.

Dunnellon Middle School

The goal of our school garden is threefold; to establish a garden space that can be used for teaching in multiple disciplines, teach our students how to budget and construct an aquaponics system that they can set up in a limited space, and finally, the benefits of home gardening for a healthier lifestyle.

Roseland Elementary Montessori

Using nature as a teacher - The students will learn to appreciate the wonder and power of nature which is the core of an environmental education. The school garden will give students and understanding of their own place in the cycle of nature.

Using the garden to learn responsibility and teamwork - The fundamental rule of farming is that it takes responsibility and teamwork. Students working together on the garden can build self esteem and watching their garden grow is a sign of their success.

Franklin Elementary

Recognizing that 75% of our students are on free or reduced lunch program, our goal is to grow food in our school garden that low income families in our community can use. Students will learn how to grow food and be encouraged to start gardens at home.

Another goal is to teach seed-saving techniques that will produce pure seed for sustainability of our school garden as well as for student gardens at home.

Central Middle School

The goal of our school garden is to educate students about healthy food choices and sustainable food sources.Students will benefit from this garden by learning how to grow their own food, and to make healthy food choices. Produce from our garden will subsidize our backpack program, which supports students by sending home enough food to feed each participating student' for the weekend, ensuring that the students have vital nourishment. This is vital for a number of students. However, many students are not being served because we do not have the resources.

Stone Bridge School

To connect our children with the world of nature and increase conscientiousness of ecology is a main goal of our garden. Our hope is that our school gardens gives young people an opportunity to better understand their relationship with nature thus creating a dynamic environment for learning core subjects while promoting cooperation through group activities. The children will be taught to conserve natural resources and preserve the environment. A garden often encourages self-confidence and a sense of responsibility and belonging to one's community.

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