Garden Classrooms

E. A. Gibson Elementary School

The goals of the greenhouse/garden are:
- To teach students how to grow their own food
- To allow students hands-on experience with plants and the needs of plants
- To develop civic minded students by having them grow food that will be shared with community food banks
- To build up an awareness of nature and its importance in our daily lives
- To help enhance students' awareness of world needs and how we must help one another in order to survive

Harrison Primary Center

We would like to create an edible garden in our school's courtyard. The garden would be a collaboration between the school, our afterschool program (Boys & Girls Club), and volunteers from the community. The purpose of the garden has multiple layers, but the foundation is to provide another service to our local and greater community. Students will use this as a learning experience, using classroom based lessons in tandem with Boys & Girls Club curriculum based Positive Sprouts program.

Hand Middle School

Hand Middle School garden goals include:

1) To revitalize and expand the current garden space that is currently not being used due to lack of funds.

2) To cultivate children's intellectual, emotional and social engagement with things that must be measured, counted, weighed, arranged, planned and cared for.

3) To provide opportunities for hands-on, experiential learning in school curriculum subjects.

4) To create a foundation for science and biology early on to prepare students for future grades.

P.S. 40 Augustus Saint-Gaudens

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.

Ps 84 Jose De Diego

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.

belle haven elementary

This garden will mainly support science and nutrition for all of our TK-8th grade students at Belle Haven. Additionally, it will support literacy, math, art and social studies for all classroom teachers. An edible school garden will provide a place where children, and the community, can learn about and interact with nature, while learning the values of growing organic food locally. In the academic sphere, the program will incorporate science curricula, interdisciplinary studies, and gardening and maintenance activities, serving as a living laboratory and extension of the classroom.

Noble Elementary

Our goal is to inspire a personal connection between students and the plants and crops that fuel their bodies, clean the air and create a healthy environment for wild animals that live in our suburban environment. Often, children do not know where the food they eat comes from. Growing fruits, vegetables, herbs, etc, allows them to experience the magic of growing crops from seed or seedling.

PS 98

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.

Elmwood Elementary School

Elmwood’s school garden will offer a dynamic setting to integrate science, math, reading, environmental studies, art, nutrition and health, while nurturing community spirit and cultural appreciation by building connections among students, teachers, families and organizations.

New Hope Elementary

Our garden helps us achieve two important goals: education and nutrition.

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