Upper Elementary

Lawrence W. Pingree Primary School

The goal of our garden is to improve the health of our students, their families, and the community. In 2011 a local study showed that 38 percent of Weymouth students were obese. In light of this, we are promoting exercise and healthy eating, before, during, and after school through 2 grants. We now want to provide children with the hands-on training to plan, start and maintain a garden to foster healthy eating throughout their day and ultimately throughout their lives.

Westside Village Magnet School

Our goal is to expand and refurbish our existing 12 year old garden. With the help of many stakeholders, we raised funds and built the garden of our dreams. The garden is an outdoor classroom, and the key to integrating our health and wellness vision. Students grow vegetables that they cook in our classroom kitchen. They bake pizza and bread in the oven. They pick flowers and create bouquets to decorate the school for events.

Center City - Trinidad Campus PCS

The Center City Trinidad garden has many goals: 1- To increase student understanding and respect for the natural world. 2- To bring science, math, social studies, language and visual arts to life through hands-on learning. 3- Nurture a feeling of community among teachers, students, parents, and community members. 4-Foster a sense of responsibility and teamwork. 5- Teach about nutrition and healthy choices.

Washington Elementary School

The goal of our garden is to build awareness of the benefits of healthy lifestyles. Next year with the reintroduction of core standards into the curriculum there are so many possibilities to incorporate the garden with lesson plans. With our school being over 50% low income, many students don't have the access to information on healthy living and nutritious homegrown foods. Without the access to large yards where they live they have no chance to grow their own gardens. This garden will be the center focus of our school so it wont be left to be forgotten in forthcoming years.

Wesleyan Kiddie Kollege

Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has adult obesity in Warren County at 30.7% and for children in the Women, Infant, and Children (WIC) program obesity is 19.5%. Parents and community partners are asking for new ways to combat this epidemic. Support has emerged from our community wanting to undertake school garden programs. A trial garden with the Warren County Health Department was developed with Wesleyan Kiddie Kollege this fall. It created excitement and requests to fully implement a garden program.

Elm Street School

Our vision is for families, schools, and the Walpole Community to work collaboratively towards the shared goal of fit and healthy children. Students will have a hands-on learning experience in the school garden and will eat fresh, healthy foods.

Vida Charter School

The school garden at Vida Charter School is a place for bringing together all the pieces of our school's Healthy Lifestyle curriculum--physical activity, healthy food, global awareness, character education and safety. Through working in the garden, students learn about how to grow food, how to be responsible and work together and how to care for the environment. Through preparing and eating the food, children learn about the connection of the earth to our sustanence.

Van Buren Elementary

The goal for our garden is to use it as a learning experience for students in our elementary school and high school as well as an opportunity for community members to work side-by-side with our students and staff. Students will directly observe the life cycle of plants from seed to vegetable. Planting would take place in late fall and early spring, when school is in session. Raised beds provide a healthier environment for beneficial microorganisms and earthworms because there's no foot traffic to compact the soil.

Sayre High School

The goal of the Sayre Garden project is to promote access to healthy foods in low-income West Philadelphia neighborhoods surrounding the school. We believe that healthy, nourishing food is a basic building block of healthy communities and that schools can play a leading role in community health promotion. A grant from the Whole Kids Foundation will allow Sayre High School to develop a new and innovative food distribution program to supplement our existing weekly schoolyard youth farm stand.

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