Upper Elementary

J. W. Sexsmith Elementary

The long term goal of our garden program is to grow the students understanding that their choices will impact their future and the future of their planet. This understanding will be fostered by the short term goals of how healthy food choices impact their bodies; the joy and art of gardening; growing and preparing healthy food; purchasing locally grown foods support local economies and produce jobs for themselves and their communities; recycling and composting reduce waste and pollution - basically - how to integrate healthy living and sustainability practices into their lifestyles.

Holy Rosary - Wea Catholic School

We have long recognized the many benefits of incorporating a garden into our curriculum at school.

First, we hope to utilize our garden as the centerpoint for our Wellness Plan. It will provide so many hands on opportunities to continue our teaching about healthy eating and physical activity. It will help reinforce our Power Panther program, "Eat Smart, Play Hard" , by involving all of our students in planning, creating, maintaining, and harvesting our garden.

Susick Elementary School

The original garden placed at Susick school was approximately 1,000 square feet in size and configured to produce approximately 1,000 pounds of food per garden, depending to some extent upon the weather. Our grant request would allow the garden to be doubled in size to 2,000 sq. ft. with an anticipated doubling of produce to 2,000 pounds.

Hillcrest Elementary School

Hillcrest School has a well established garden but we are looking to expand our garden program to include additional opportunities for our students and families to learn about healthy meal preparation and nutrition. We would like to add additional raised beds and add vegetable variety to our garden as well as an herb garden. Creating a garden oasis gives our students a chance to escape the asphalt that is all around them.

Cornerstone Charter Health High School

The purpose of the garden is to provide students with an educational experience and options for healthier lifestyle choices. Because there are two schools in our building, Madison Carver Academy and Cornerstone Charter Health High School, it will provide both groups opportunities to learn as well as facilitate mentorship opportunities where they will be able to work together. Students will learn about nutrition, gardening, leadership, and project planning. The food will be used in the school cafeteria and within the community.

Hampton Elementary School

The goal intended for the Hampton Elementary School Garden Project is that we work to develop a strong educational component aimed at increasing the children's understanding and acceptance of growing, maintaining and working in a garden and enjoying the fruits or "vegetables" of their labor by incorporating their hard work in the school lunch. We will have a committment to nutritional education and healthful foods that model positive choices to reflect their work and devotion in the school garden. Our community is a small, rural town in the quiet corner of CT.

Guadalupe Montessori School

The goal of the GMS garden is to grow fresh produce for our school's lunch program, provide educational and enrichment opportunities for the school and the community, and to market excess produce and create value added products to support the garden.

Our goal for this grant is to purchase the materials and build a production greenhouse. This project would have benefits both for the school and for the community.

Grattan Elementary

The grant will allow us to acquire seeds, seedlings, plantings and additional tools, develop curriculum resources, install signage, and build a garden workspace for a new Victory Garden Classroom, in which students will grow and harvest edible plants. When our beloved school garden was razed in an ADA renovation, the school community mobilized to plan and build a bigger, more accessible garden and permanent outdoor classroom. The irrigation and physical structures for the project have been funded with bond money, but not plantings or educational materials.

Grant Middle School

The goals of the gardening project are to expand the raised bed gardening areas; produce additional vegetables that will be used by the BIP students and in the after school Cooking Venture and grow vegetables, flowers and herbs for the Spring Growers Market. The gardening project will also serve as an outdoor classroom for the BIP and Cooking Venture students to learn about geology, water, plant life cycles, native plants, measurements, cooking and life skills such as cooperation and problem solving.

This program is supported by Youth Development, Inc - YDI.

Beechcroft High School

The mission of the community garden is: The Good Seed Community Garden is an effort put forth by both our church and the community members of Sharon Woods to unify and celebrate our neighborhood.

Since its inception, the Good Seed Community Garden has been partnering with the students at Beechcroft High School. Their service learning projects have enriched the community and the school, bringing fresh ideas and beautiful additions to the space.

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