Garden Classrooms

Clarkston High School

Of the nearly 3,000 refugees who arrive in Atlanta each year, 80% are resettled in Clarkston, GA. Clarkston High School (CHS) students come from more than 54 countries and speak 47 languages. The IRC has supported these youth through afterschool and summer programs since 1999, serving 170 teens a year.

KIPP Academy Lynn Collegiate

Our goal is to create personal, societal, and community-based change through the creation of a school agriculture program at KALC. KALC serves a population of students who are traditionally underserved in a public school setting, as well as following them further on in life through college. At KALC, 87% of our kids are students of color, and 84% qualify for free/reduced price meals.

Urban Garden Montessori

The goal of our garden program is to provide healthy food for our lunch program, and connect our students and school community to their food. In 2011, 30% of Arkansas children were considered overweight or obese, and our state had the third highest obesity rate in the nation. We believe that by connecting children to their food, we are taking an important step to improving those numbers.

The Next Frontier Academy

The Next Frontier Academy is planning to open up a hydroponics growing room in our school. We are an agricultural non-profit charter school that strives to provide agricultural work opportunities for our students.

We have a received donations from a partnering organization, including much of our needed hydroponic supplies for our growing room.

Shiloh Academy

Our primary goal is to create a garden that provides healthy fruit and veggies for our kids while teaching them the values of hard work, treating the earth with respect and the responsibility it requires to maintain a garden. This school garden grant will provide the opportunity for our students to learn about what fruits and veggies grow well in our climate, experience the joy of eating food they've grown and the chance to connect with community members who will participate in helping our kids with the garden.

Bozman Intermediate

We believe this grant will allow our students many opportunities that they might not be able to find in the classroom. First, we know our students will benefit from the social skills and behaviors required to interact with other students on a team. A garden will provide our students with the chance to work together to solve problems and generate ideas for a common goal.

Hathaway-Sycamores School

The Garden Program will teach youth to grow and prepare their own food while promoting healthy eating habits. The gardens will improve the overall health of the children and youth we serve by providing access to fresh vegetables, engaging them in physical activity, as well as teaching them about nutrition and healthy eating habits. The youth in our school are from urban areas that have had limited access to open spaces and the ability to garden.

White Mountains Regional High School

The White Mountains Regional High School Horticulture Program spends a great deal of class time discussing edible food gardens, permaculture, and the importance of agricultural sustainability. We have a high-tunnel greenhouse we utilize annually for vegetable and fruit production, however, we are limited to what we can grow, and the equipment we have to use for planting, harvesting, and preparing the ground. With the help of this whole foods grant we will be able to acquire the additional resources we need for a successful vegetable and fruit garden.

Our Lady of Mount Carmel

The goals of our school garden are to provide our students with the experience of planning, creating, planting, maintaining and harvesting their own vegetables as well provide them a “real life” activity to learn and practice science, health and mathematics skills and concepts. The grant will also provide an opportunity to involve members of the community through garden volunteers.

Grace School

Grace Lower School is committed to providing our students with an enriching, hands-on learning environment. A school garden will give our students opportunities for first-hand experiences, observation and experimentation. The goal for our Grace Lower School garden is to empower our second graders with the knowledge and values to make food choices that are healthy for them, their community and the environment. We hope to develop in our students a sense of curiosity, the ability to work together as a team to complete a task, and a desire to share the fruits of their labor.

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