Upper Elementary

Yavapai Seasonal Harvest

In-classroom and after-school lessons are facilitated by FoodCorps and the Yavapai County -Community Health Services Department. Garden education is intermixed with nutrition education and presented in a fun, engaging, hands-on way. We support quarterly school-wide taste-tests of local produce as well as healthy eating at school-wide events, such as bake sales. Currently, we work every week with K-2 grade in after-school garden club as well as 2nd grade in-classroom gardening and nutrition lessons twice per month.

Cultivating Community - Riverton Elementary School

We teach garden classes in the school garden in the Fall and Spring and cooking/ nutrition classes in the winter.

Cultivating Community - East End Elementary School

We run garden classes in the school garden in the Fall and Spring, and cooking/ nutrition classes in the winter

Bartlett Courtyard Garden

Built in the spring of 2015, this garden is literally in the center of the school in their courtyard. It is surrounded by all the classrooms and even the cafeteria so the students can always see it. It has become a big part of the culture in the school and on any given day you will see classrooms out there exploring. 

Robinson & McAuliffe School Garden

This garden is in the middle of a campus style school where it serves both elementary and middle school students. The garden has gained a lot of traction of the past year and it has become a huge resource for both schools. 

Miller Elementary Garden

Miller Elementary school is currently building a small school greenhouse and garden.

Eli's House Port Salerno Elementary School Garden

The Eli's House Port Salerno Elementary (PSE) School Garden is a multi-bed garden that serves the students of PSE, a K-5 grade school in Stuart, FL.  Started in 2014, the PSE Garden provides each grade with its own raised bed and the students are able to choose what to grow from an extensive approved list of fruits, vegetables and herbs.  PSE also hosts a Garden Club for students.

Maple Gardens

We have an outdoor classroom with many learning opportunities for our students. We have raised vegetable beds, herb, shade, butterfly and bird gardens, fruit trees, blueberries and raspberries. We have two areas for classrooms to gather, one with picnic tables and the other is a half circle of granite seats. In the Spring of 2016 we got 12 chicks and a coop. The girls started laying at 18 weeks old and everyday we get 8-11 eggs. We have students involved in data collection on egg production, pre-vocational activities in the daily care and maintenance of the gardens and chickens.

Collicot School Garden

Our school garden sprouted in the Spring of 2015 with the help of curious students, interested parents, and supportive administration. It's been great to watch students explore and learn in the new garden space.

Growing STEAM Entrepreneurship in the Urban Community

The Partnership for Innovation in Education (www.piemedia.org) develops transformational, scalable, vertically integrated K-12 STEM Curriculum with community leaders, educators, business executives, university faculty, students, legislators and land, food, energy and technology entrepreneurs.  PIE Curriculum, first pioneered using the Socratic "case method" from Harvard University, features experiential "challenges" allowing students to devleop new career pathway opportunities and learning experiences offering real world learning.

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