Garden Classrooms

St. Martin de Porres Academy

St. Martin de Porres Academy instills the values of hard-work and service into all of its students. The existence of an active community gardening program is an incredible addition to those efforts, as well as curriculum enhancement. While our garden has been modest, we are currently providing the framework that will improve our past efforts, and ensure the continuing success and sustainability of the program.

Next Wave Junior High

Our goal is to provide an active growing space and on-site learning lab for Somerville's only alternative middle school. The school is designed to meet the special academic, social, emotional, and behavioral needs of adolescents who, for many reasons, have experienced difficulty in the traditional education settings. Though a garden infrastructure exists, it was built when the school was a temporary elementary school, and the growing space itself has been fallow for several years. In a significant way, this is a new garden for a new group of students.

Nightingale Montessori

Nightingale Montessori has an established cooking program with student participation that is part of our National Lunch and Breakfast Program. We have found that when children participate in the preparation of healthy food, they eat healthy food. We would like to expand this experience and include vegetables from a school garden into the cooking program. We have initiated plans to grow food to be utilized in this cooking program. We plan to expand to grow tomatoes and green beans with students.

Galatas Elementary

A Whole Foods Garden Grant will afford our students, faculty and community an opportunity to build a raised garden bed and to purchase garden supplies. The garden will be maintained by our students through a garden club. The club will be comprised of 25 third and fourth grade students that have an interest in learning about and caring for a sustainable garden. The vegetables and herbs that are grown in the garden will be used in our classrooms for science, math and writing lessons that support the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS).

St. Joseph Catholic School

Last year, the 6th grade class began a garden project in response to a unit on Environmental Science. This year, with help of the school and private donations, our (now 7th grade) class has a dedicated garden spot and a compost machine. The 7th grade students went to all of the other grades (pre-k to 8th) and presented information on what could and could not be composted and set up buckets around the lunch ramadas to be collected everyday and added to our compost machine. We have gone out and tilled the area and have some donated seeds. The students want to donate the food to the St.

Columbus Alternative High School

Our goal is to create a long-term, sustainable garden for CAHS to use for educational enrichment, the development of healthy eating habits and community connections, and as a catalyst for environmental awareness. As the school is located in an urban area, students have no green space for classroom activities, such as lab experiments, on the school property. Vegetables, herbs and fruit raised in the garden can be taken home to eat by CAHS students and members of the neighborhood who lack access to fresh produce.

Milford High School

The Greenhouse Initiative at Milford High School will entail the construction of a school garden using non-functional space at Milford High School and will: provide Milford High School students with the opportunity to engage in hands-on learning as architects, engineers, horticulturists, and greenhouse managers; Expand teaching and learning opportunities for staff and students by allowing for the expansion of high school course offerings, helping students to identify potential career opportunities or vocational pathways; Better link the Milford Public Schools with local agriculture schools

Prospect Mountain High School

The goal of the Prospect Mountain High School (PMHS) garden is to provide learning opportunities for students that enhance and expand the current curriculum, develop healthy living and sustainability practices, and provide opportunities for student leadership and community service.
If awarded this grant we would be able to implement our first year plan, which includes the installation of our on campus garden including five cedar raised beds to grow herbs and vegetables.

Fort Collins High School

Our goal is to increase the vocational skills and broaden abilities for our students with disabilities. Our school has center based programs for students with severe autism, and severe emotional disabilities. Additionally, we provide academic programming for students with a variety of disabilities to include learning disabilities, communication disorders, and physical disabilities, and a diverse population and severity within those contexts.

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