Upper Elementary

Good Food for Oxford Schools

Good Food for Oxford Schools (GFOS) is an initiative of the Oxford School District in Oxford, Mississippi to improve cafeteria menus and simultaneously educate students and their families.

Overseen by the Food Services Department of the Oxford School System, GFOS leverages “farm to school” principles to bring local farm produce into school cafeterias that serve more cooked-from-scratch and fresh menu items.

Working in the classroom with students, and with families after school, GFOS teaches the importance of a nutrient-rich diet that utilizes local foods when available.

"Growing Your Own Produce" - Our Community, Our commitment

 At Chad Varah Primary School all our teaching and learning is project-based and from February to June 2013 the topic in our Year 6 class is based on growing your own produce. Everything we are learning about is focused around this topic whether it has a maths focus to an art focus. We are aiming to grow our own fruit and vegetables to harvest in June as we are planning on entering a local school's challenge set by organisers of the Lincolnshire Show.

CPCS School Garden

 We have a school garden with a greenhouse and several raised beds for growing produce. Our produce is used to supplement our cafeteria salad bar. We also have two chickens Sunshine and Comet who eat some of our lunch scraps and help us put eggs on our salad bar.

Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind CROPS Project

VSDB provides an environment which fosters self-confident students who are contributing citizens and life-long learners and to be a resource of excellence for the communities of Virginia who serve students who are deaf/hard of hearing, blind/vision impaired and deafblind.  In 2012 the CROPS Project was founded.  CROPS stands for Cooperation, Respect, Opportunity, Perserverance, Skills and uses horticulture and gardening to reinforce academic learning, provide a fun recreational activity, and underscore the importance of making healthy food choices.

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