Upper Elementary

Cornelius Hedges School

Last April, 2014, we built our garden with the help of community volunteers, Montana Conservation Corps volunteers, teachers, and students. We fundraised to be able to purchase lumber, soil, and a fence for our 25ft x 35ft garden, which includes 6 raised beds, 1 for each grade level.

We are requesting additional grant funds through the Whole Kids Foundation, so that we can transform our garden from merely beds of dirt, to an interactive, fully-functioning outdoor classroom to be utilized by all teachers and students at Cornelius Hedges Elementary.

Higginson/Lewis K-8 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.

Sequoia Elementary

We plan to continue to deepen children's understanding of where our food comes from, develop healthy eating patterns, and grow our understanding of plant life cycles. We will create an opportunity for student understanding of the systems that support all life, including watersheds and their effects on the food we grow and depend upon; the importance of building healthy soil; and establishing a sense of ownership and responsibility toward a sustainable ecology where students can continue to enjoy healthy and delicious fresh fruits and vegetables they grow themselves.

Summerfield Waldorf School and Farm

Summerfield Waldorf School and Farm (SWSF) is a not-for-profit, preschool through 12th grade school in Sonoma County, California. We are one of the only schools in the U.S. with a working Biodynamic farm that is integrated into the curriculum (preK-12). At the farm, students have the opportunity to learn many basic skills that are rapidly becoming lost in today's industrialized society.

Hickory Grove/Sharon Elementary

Our garden goal is working with the community to create an exploratory garden where hands on activities, exploration and observation by our students results in learning opportunities in math, science, reading, social studies, and the arts. This grant will make it possible for the children of our school to interact with the community. Students will be not only be learning to grow and nurture seeds into flowers and food, but will also learn the importance of teamwork and sharing.

Leschi Elementary

A main objective of Leschi’s school edible garden is to instill a love of learning by inspiring students to be creative, observant and collaborative. Each plant in our garden plus the insects that reside in it provides a powerful dynamic laboratory full of hands on learning opportunities. Our goal is to enhance science and language arts education in the classroom by connecting them to lessons in Leschi’s edible garden. Students, through employing all their senses, will learn and connect meaningful experiences to what they must achieve in academics by the end of the school year.

Fairmount Elementary

With the Whole Foods Grant, our school will build additional garden areas to teach children to: 1- eat healthy foods through the garden; 2-make responsible choices for their own nutrition and to protect the planet; 3-increase their science literacy (as little science time is allocated in a Spanish Immersion school); and 4-involve parents with their children’s education.

Seatack Elementary

Our community garden project will focus on the essential question, "How do we empower children and adults to live sustainably in order to positively affect the world?” A variety of organic vegetable gardens and fruit trees/bushes will be planted and maintained on underutilized school grounds to be used as educational tools as well as a source of food for our school community. We will plant vegetables, herbs and fruits trees that are accessible to the students, allowing them to learn about where food comes from while also providing healthy snacks.

Free Horizon Montessori

Free Horizon Montessori school will be "growing" an adopt-a-plot program this fall where each classroom will take lead on a establishing and maintaining a garden bed under the guidance of our lead teachers and a cadre of dedicated parent and faculty volunteers. This gardening program will consist of approximately 14 raised beds distributed around the school's 4.8 acre property. Each garden bed will have at least one dedicated adult sponsor who takes the lead on its cultivation and works with our students (preschool through 8th grade) to provide the plot with the TLC it needs to thrive.

Ampark PS 344X (PS/MS 95X) Neighborhood

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.

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