Garden Classrooms

Southwest Detroit Lighthouse Charter Academy

The Lighthouse Garden seeks to complement and enhance the educational and social experience of our students. At SDLCA, we not only focus on rigorous academics but also employ a strong social curriculum. Project-based learning, such as the school garden, supports student learning and helps bridge the socio-economic and cultural divides experienced by our students. (Our student population is approximately 53% Latino, 23% White, 21% African American, and 3% Multi-racial/ Other.

Santa Fe South Schools

The goal of the school's garden is to provide a space for education both to supplement existing courses as well as facilitate the creation of additional opportunities for students and their families. Initially the garden will supplement science courses providing additional avenues of study. An after school garden club will be established to give students an opportunity to interact with the garden more intensively. This will enable students to pursue personal projects while learning alongside others.

Newport Mill Middle

Our goal is to develop an interactive outdoor garden that will provide: a meaningful nutritional education for our students with the outcome of encouraging more healthful food choices and healthful habits, a space for students to develop a connection to nature, a focus on building an environmental stewardship ethic , as well as an increased appreciation of certain academic disciplines.

The Leake & Watts Biondi School

The Leake & Watts and Food Bank for Westchester Youth Gardening Program maintains two gardens at Leake & Watts

Texas School for the Deaf

Our goal is to involve our students in learning the lifetime love of gardening, the environmental impact and the

Jeffrey Trail Middle School

1. Goal: To establish student and community interest about the benefits of growing their own fruits and vegetables (i.e. environmental stewardship, improved nutrition, teamwork, and community cohesiveness).
a. Objective: Develop a garden space for students and community members to gain exposure to growing fruits and vegetables.
b. Objective: Cultivate partnerships with businesses and area residents to build community cohesiveness and a joint vision of health and well-being through gardening.

Polaris K-12

Our goal for the garden is to make it an aesthetically exciting and interactive extension to the classroom. We want to add apple trees and honey bees to provide a more interactive garden. Over the years, our students, teachers, and parents have slowly added to the garden. We want to ultimately expand our greenhouse and grow food year-round which would be served in the lunchroom. Our greenhouse would be heated and large enough for a class to be inside working comfortably.

MUSE School

Our garden has two main goals. The first is to educate and inspire our students to grow food and embrace a healthy lifestyle through proper nutrition. The second is to act as a resource for our community by providing access to free vegetables and knowledge to grow gardens. Our resident expert will teach and inspire our students to grow their own food. This will all be done with education intentionally built in to each step of the project. Building and supporting community is key to the success of our program.

Village Charter School

Our goal is to provide a fun and engaging outdoor space for students to learn about gardening, sustainable agriculture, nutrition, and cooking, through hands-on activities. The garden is used as a learning laboratory, where we use every opportunity we have to help students understand where their food comes from and why it is so important for us to protect our environment and our bodies by choosing healthy foods. This grant will allow us to expand upon our current curriculum of garden education by creating a formal nutrition and cooking component.

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