Upper Elementary

John Muir Middle School

The goal of the Teaching Garden is to shift the way students think about food. Through interactive programing and project-based learning students will increase their appreciation and understanding of agriculture, nutrition, and the food system. Teachers will utilize garden-themed lessons to teach 180 students nutrition, science and other subjects. The school Garden Club will teach students how to plant seeds, nurture growing plants, harvest produce and understand the value of good eating habits.

Edna Maguire Elementary School

The primary goal of the Mill Valley Children's Garden is to cultivate a healthy community with our 500+ students by strengthening their connection with the food system and improving access to nutritious food. We envision a food community where all our students grow, nurture, harvest and prepare healthy food from seed to table. In doing this we hope to encourage good stewardship, a deep understanding of where all our food comes from, to make healthy food choices, cook for those in our community that area less fortunate and to participate in a vibrant local and seasonal food system.

Deerfield Run Elementary School

The goal of the garden at Deerfield Run Elementary School is to create a safe place for the students to learn and play. There is an existing school garden space that needs to be renovated and replanted. Once finished, the school's youth garden will support classroom lessons in science through hands-on activities outdoors for the entire school, which serves 549 students in grades K-5. The students will increase their knowledge of the natural world for the ultimate goal of creating the next generation of environmental stewards in our local communities.

Parkview Junior Academy

Our goal is to expand our initial implementation of the Edible Garden at Parkview Junior Academy, so that it can serve as a four-season garden that provides sufficient fresh produce to feed the Academy's students, and students' families who are in dire need, and, provide teachers with project-based learning opportunities.

This grant will allow Quench & Nourish, Inc.

Episcopal Day School

Our goal is to enhance the Episcopal Day School garden program, engage and empower our students, their families and the surrounding neighborhood in ways that will improve their overall health. We'll expand our garden program to include our younger students adding a sensory garden to the kinder natural playscape area, and we will integrate garden concepts into the curriculum to stimulate learning in all subject areas. Our community has an above normal occurance of diabetes that can be directly related to eating habits and lifestyle.

Tom Foster Elementary

The students at Foster Elementary benefit most from the hands-on learning opportunities and exposure to healthy food and fitness choices offered by the school garden. Through sensory observations and inquiry-driven methods, math, science, and other subjects come alive in the outdoors. As a result, students develop content knowledge and learning strategies for the long-term, helping them achieve far more than just passing scores on standardized tests.

Nathan Adams Elementary

The students at Nathan Adams benefit most from the hands-on learning opportunities and exposure to healthy food and fitness choices offered by the school garden. Through sensory observations and inquiry-driven methods, math, science, and other subjects come alive in the outdoors. As a result, students develop content knowledge and learning strategies for the long-term, helping them achieve far more than just passing scores on standardized tests.

Gabe P. Allen Charter School

The students at Gabe P. Allen benefit most from the hands-on learning opportunities and exposure to healthy food and fitness choices offered by the school garden. Through sensory observations and inquiry-driven methods, math, science, and other subjects come alive in the outdoors. As a result, students develop content knowledge and learning strategies for the long-term, helping them achieve far more than just passing scores on standardized tests.

Charles Rice Learning Center

The students at Charles Rice benefit most from the hands-on learning opportunities and exposure to healthy food and fitness choices offered by the school garden. Through sensory observations and inquiry-driven methods, math, science, and other subjects come alive in the outdoors. As a result, students develop content knowledge and learning strategies for the long-term, helping them achieve far more than just passing scores on standardized tests.

Crutcho Public Schools

A grant from Whole Kids Foundation would allow the Food Bank to expand its growing program by partnering with Crutcho Public Schools to establish a community garden. Nearly all of Crutcho

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