Garden Classrooms

Hoover Elementary School

Hoover Elementary School is one of the public schools in Oakland, CA. Working with a student population that is primarily people of color and often economically disadvantaged and oppressed, our school strives to foster strong relationships between people to prepare the whole child – all our children - for future success while promoting health and wellness in and through our garden community. Essential to our core culture, we teach and model kindness, wellness, ownership, perseverance and curiosity.

Chinese Immersion School at De Avila

Chinese Immersion School at De Avila (CIS) is San Francisco'̃

Audubon Charter School

Audubon Charter School's garden was severely damaged by Hurricane Isaac in 2012. Several garden beds were bordered with untreated wood that did not hold up during intense rains. We now have only three functioning beds, and the wood borders are disintegrating. We seek to replace the damaged beds, integrate garden activities into our curriculum and educate students in Pre-K through 3rd grade about growing healthy foods and living fit lifestyles. Garden-based learning is an excellent fit with our unique Montessori and French programs.

Belleville High School

The goal is to convert an unused section of a courtyard into a fruit, herb, flowers, and vegetable garden that will use the crops for a multitude of ways including educating students in many content areas, donating food to the hungry, donating roses to the ill at the local hospital, and creating and filming a gardening and cooking show aired to over a million people in Essex County.

Chapin School

Our goal for our school garden is to allow every child in the school to experience the joy of nature, to use the garden as a learning laboratory across all disciplines and to teach the fundamentals of sustainable agriculture.
I it is hoped that students will be open to experiencing new foods when they are the ones who are planting and cultivating the crops.

Hoosic Valley Central School

>Provide education programs for more classes in elementary school in coordination with Cornell Cooporative Ext, focusing on grades 1-4 with programs led by specialized garden educators, with agricultural programs aligned with NYS learning standards. Garden educators will also help teach teachers how to use garden
>expand story hour/garden exploration program begun this past summer with Diver Library to reach preschool children & students during summer vacation
> provide training for teachers on how to use the garden to connect to their current curriculum

Magnolia Speech School

Our goal is to provide an outdoor classroom and edible schoolyard that educates Magnolia Speech School students, staff, and community about food, nutrition, and the environment. Our vision aligns closely with the MSS mission, which is to enable children with communication disorderŝ

Compadre Academy

We must meet our school's needs with an approach that is environmentally sustainable and strengthens local communities. Our garden has three aims, (1) to create an outdoor classroom where students can engage in exciting, high-quality, hands on learning in subjects including math, science, wellness, and business, (2) to foster a stronger sense of community through the creation of a green, communal space and (3) to prioritize the sustainable vision for our school where students are committed to bettering themselves, their community, and their environments.

Larkspur Elementary

If Larkspur Elementary were granted these monies, our goal would be to purchase 2-3 complete indoor hydroponic tower gardens including lights that can be rotated between grade levels during the year. Our goal is to give every student the opportunity to learn about alternative ways of gardening. Our Professional Learning Specialist is writing intro lessons for the gardens to get kids acquainted with hydroponics, aeroponics, and vertical gardening. Students will then use the inquiry process to choose seeds, plant, maintain, harvest and take home what they grow.

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