Upper Elementary

James G. Blaine Elementary Schoo

The Blaine School Strawberry Mansion Environmental Learning Center (Strawberry Mansion Childrens’ Garden or SMCG) will allow Blaine School to form a lasting partnership with Urbanstead that allows for community development and youth leadership throughout North Philadelphia through farming in the city. Both Urbanstead and Blaine School will utilize the garden as an extended classroom for Blaine students in grades K-8. In addition this project will supply fresh, locally grown produce to students and the community.

Holy Family Catholic School

As Americans statistically spend more time indoors, we see our children affected by increased feelings of isolation, inactivity and behavioral disorders (Taylor & Kuo, 2009). Our wish is reverse this trend and contribute to our children’s health and well-being by creating a safe, beautiful garden space. There are intense health and therapeutic benefits tied to early childhood exposure to gardening. We will also concretely link the growing effort to our curriculum and giving bank.

Harbor View Elementary School

Harbor View elementary school has always been committed to raising healthy kids. This year we are taking it even a step further and creating the "Fit Mind Healthy Body" initiative. As part of the initiative we as a school community want to add to the four raised beds at HV and expand our garden and get the kids involved in planting, growing, maintaining, and utilizing what they grow in the Harbor View kitchen and the curriculum. We already have a fruit cart and we want to expand our garden to grow what we sell/eat.

William S. Sutton Elementary School

Sutton Elementary School is located in a primarily low socio-economic, immigrant neighborhood in Southwest Houston. Sutton Elementary is a 100% Title 1 campus and 86% of the students are designated as at-risk of educational failure. Sutton’s student population is 1,025 across Prekindergarten through fifth grade. The students’ demographic breakdown is 77% Hispanic, 12% Asian, 8% African American, and 4% White.

Helms Elementary

Our goal, along with the Principal, is to restore our garden to its former glory. It was once a thriving symbol of nature, in the heart of Houston, TX, as well as a symbiotic and integral piece of the classroom learning at our Dual Language School. Our principal, Mr. Baker, has led schools with successful gardens in the past, and it is our goal that this garden be an outdoor classroom, and a resource for the students to learn about plants, ecology, healthy eating and supporting the community in which they live.

Montemalaga Elementary School

Montemalaga's Garden Vision Statement:
In Montemalaga's school garden, our vision is enriching, empowering and cultivating the healthy hearts, minds and bodies of our students, families and greater community.

Garden Mission/Goals:
Opening the garden gates to every child and teacher this school year will better cultivate student curiosity and exploration across the curriculum.

Through consistent exposure to garden education this school year, students, teachers and parents will have an increased ownership over their awareness of health and diet.

Thomas Page Academy

Our mission is to provide a rich and inspiring outdoor classroom in which learning comes alive. Our broad program goals are as follows :

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The WITS Tower Garden will be the primary feature of the WITS Green for Kids program, with the goal of increasing environmental awareness and develop sustainable practices in public schools. Because the Tower Gardens are mobile, students can connect to nature anywhere in their school, year-round. The Tower Gardens will be featured in the WITS Green Labs, hands-on educational classes on sustainability topics; used to support the WITS Culinary Labs; and also made available to teachers for use in their curricula.

Inez Elementary School

Inez Elementary has a 4,500 sq. ft. garden area that was established approximately 4 years ago when our garden had to be moved to accommodate the building of a new cafeteria. Our school staff would like to have the garden improved with the final goal that we have a year round outdoor teaching and learning area for students grades Upper Elementary. By integrating use of the school garden within regular classroom curriculum students will gain a better understanding proper nutrition, health education, and the importance of physical activity.

College Hill Elementary School

The College Hill Community Garden currently has four raised beds. All of the food cultivated from the garden is given to students in need at College Hill and the Kansas Food Bank. This garden provides all students an opportunity to learn about cultivating produce and gives opportunities for teachers to present lessons to their students about healthy eating.

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