Upper Elementary

Doyle Elementary School

The goal of our garden is to provide our students and their families with the opportunity to enjoy watching plants grow and involve them in the process of nurturing life. It's so exciting to witness the stages of life of plants! This grant would allow us to maintain our 12-bed garden. We want to buy more soil, build another bed and buy more bark mulch to keep down the weeds. This grant will also help us expand the variety of plants to represent the many cultures at our school. We plan to incorporate plants from different countries that would grow well in our climate.

Miguelito School

The goal for the Explore Ecology School Garden at Miguelito School is to become fully self-sustained and to be able to support all the students at the school. The grant would help to build another eight planter beds. All beds need irrigation, garden hoops and bird netting, with an alternate covering for frost protection for winter. With the campus located on the edge of town and near the hills,wildlife unwelcomingly “shares" in the harvest. In addition, there is a little more frost that threatens to damage our winter crops.

San Joaquin Elementary SChool

San Joaquin wants our students to be life-long learners and have an increasing awareness of buying local produce, as well as eco-fiendly gardening. We want our students to be curious and independent. We want our students to be prepared to solve problems in the real world. Teachers and students will be using the Common Core State Standards, as well as the Next Generation Science Standards to implement the teaching of science standards that will be met by the design and care of this planned garden project.

McCardle Elementary School

A school garden at McCardle Elementary will allow students to learn that eating healthy can also be fun. Although a school salad bar would be the ultimate goal, students could initially participate in weekly tasting parties where teachers may share healthy recipes using fresh ingredients from the garden. Supplemental handouts may be sent home with the kids to share the recipes with the family.

Peña Blanca Elementary

Our main goal is to begin a garden at our school. Research has shown that having a garden on campus increases students' academic achievement. Having a garden on campus increases staff, parents, community and student involvement. Once we begin our garden our goal is to grow and harvest edible plants and vegetables. This will help students appreciate the process of growing their own crops.

George Washington Elementary

At George Washington Elementary, we are inspiring a community of healthy leaders and learners. The community gardens will allow our students in grades kindergarten through fifth to take on leadership responsibilities for the care and maintenance of the gardens. We will incorporate these tasks into our already existing Positive Behavior Intervention System. The upkeep may also instill in our students a sense of excitement for nature and healthier eating as they will have a stake in the food grown.

Viejo Elementary

Our goal is to extend our garden so that our school can become a green school and not simply a school with a garden. We have seen the tremendous impact that the vegetable garden is already having and want to see that extended to include additional learning spaces around the perimeter of the school with fruit trees to create a small orchard, knowing that this will further the experiences and learning of the children. Many families at our school live in apartment dwellings where there is little to no space available for gardening of any kind.

Garfield Elementary

Garfield is a Title 1, Spanish/English dual immersion school, with 54% of students Hispanic, 43% English Language Learners, and 73% on free or reduced-price lunch. The GOALS of the Gecko Learning Garden (Huerto Educativo “Gecko”) are social, academic and health-related. COMMUNITY BUILDING: Gardening activities, during and after school, will promote cross-cultural collaborations – eroding language barriers as families work side by side.

Edgar Murray Elementary

Our goal is to use our Edible Learning Lab as a tool to promote healthy life choices. With hydroponic towers and a small greenhouse, our planting season will be extended, offering students garden based learning opportunities throughout the entire school year. 

Students will also have the opportunity to build leadership skills using The 7 Habits of Happy Kids:

1) Be Proactive: Build life skills and offer healthy food options to community members through the “Backpack Program.”

2) Begin with the End in Mind: Set goals.

David A. Ellis School

CitySprouts gardens are a vital resource for children's health and learning. When teachers bring classes to the garden, children see difficult concepts come to life in a rich sensory environment. In this way the garden promotes academic engagement across the curriculum. The garden also connects children to the food they eat and empowers them to make healthy food choices. By planting and harvesting fruits, vegetables and grains, children develop a taste and appreciation for nutritious food.

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