Upper Elementary

Grant School

We have built a community vegetable and herb garden at Grant Elementary school, supporting a gardening and nutrition education program that began during the 2011-2012 school year. Each grade level has two 4' x 8' garden boxes and local volunteers work with each class to plant, then later harvest and taste healthy foods straight from the garden. Gardening and nutrition curriculum is delivered year after year, teaching children the importance of a healthy nutrition and healthy choices.

Grace Lutheran School

Our goals for Grace Garden are to create community service and educational opportunities and collaborative church and school relationships. This project will be service-oriented because a majority of the harvest will be donated to a local food bank. We will plant specific plants according to the needs of the food bank. As our relationship with the food bank grows, we may be able to do other service for them as a school.

Free Orchards Elementary School

We are excited to begin phase one of our garden. To start with we will need to purchase some basic tools and build two raised garden boxes. In building and celebrating our partnership within our community we hope to provide real-life opportunities for hands-on learning and then integrate our experiences into classroom content areas specifically in literacy writing mathematics science and health education. We also see this garden as a way to bring all of our school stakeholders together.

Francis Lacy Elementary School

Our mission for the vegetable garden is to create an integrated learning environment inclusive of science , math, reading, writing, social studies, healthful living, community, culture and food sovereignty/access. We have installed one 3x6, three 4x4 and three 3x8 raised beds.  Central to our mission was the formation of a Nature & Garden Club, comprised of students who meet 6-8 weeks in fall/spring to plan/manage anything connected to the garden's mission.

Forest Grove Community School

The goal of this garden is to provide a natural space for student and community learning. Outdoor activities are a crucial part of the place-based school curriculum and students practice garden design botany zoology garden maintenance and harvesting/food preparation in this space. In addition community work-parties pot-lucks and seminars occur in this space. 

Fairview Community School

The Community Roots Food Garden at Fairview Community School features 15 raised vegetable beds along with a mixed native, fruit and berry garden. Nanaimo Foodshare provides weekly garden classes for students from K-5 to learn about growing, maintaining and harvesting fresh healthy food. Students especially love to grow and eat the fresh peas and salad greens. Food from the garden is used in the school's monthly Farm 2 School salad bars and community members love munching on fresh vegetables throughout the summer months.

Eugene Field Elementary School

Our goal is to empower students to become agents of change in their communities. We believe that the experience of working in the garden and the many skills developed including problem-solving future-thinking teamwork hard work etc. are keys to breaking the cycle of poverty that exists in the communities where we work. The Whole Kids Foundation grant will continue to make our presence possible as we cultivate deeper relationships with students and parents and invite them into the garden to work learn and teach.

Edgerton Elementary School

 

Mission:

To promote education, nutrition and environmental stewardship with the Edgerton School and Neighboring Community

 

The Children’s Garden is located at Edgerton Park, which is co-owned and operated by the City of Maplewood and Edgerton Elementary School.

History of Project

Ecole Elementaire Catholique Rene-Lamoureux

Our gardening goal is to increase access to fresh healthy food food growing spaces and food education in our community. Two challenges that our partner schools face with independent gardens are teacher time and summer maintenance. By including community partners and volunteers our goal is to share the work and the reward while learning about food together. By working collectively in public spaces we will learn from our diversity get to know one another better and enjoy delicious healthy food

East Gloucester Elementary School

All K-5 students have two complete seed-to-fork experiences every year: Fall Harvest Day and spring Salad Days.

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