Garden Classrooms

Stanton Elementary School

Stanton's garden is 6 years old. We wish to partner with CNGF/ the ELSEE model so we can effectively teach urban farming, and nutrition education in the garden. Working with CNGF/ELSEE will assure our garden's future as a eco-teaching laboratory and a source of healthy food. The lesson plans CNGF/ELSEE has developed cover the California science standards by grade and the Environmental Education Initiative that will take effect in California schools in 2014.

Downtown College Prep

80% of our student at Downtown College Prep qualify for free or reduced lunch programs. We have started an environmental science program at DCP with help from CNGF. We plan on collaborating with CNGF on our senior projects for our new environmental science class. We have already started a garden project this year and hope to expand the number of beds available for planting. We also have a garden club. We need more beds to support the maximum numbers of students in the club. This grant will fund new garden plants, mulch and materials.

Ruby Bridges Elementary School

Ruby Bridges's garden is 6 years old. We wish to partner with CNGF/ the ELSEE model so we can effectively teach urban farming, and nutrition education in the garden. Working with CNGF/ELSEE will assure our garden's future as a eco-teaching laboratory and a source of healthy food. The lesson plans CNGF/ELSEE has developed cover the California science standards by grade and the Environmental Education Initiative that will take effect in California schools in 2014.

McKinley Elementary School

The school garden program at McKinley officially began in 2010 with the construction of raised beds and the  development of a standards based garden curriculum. Since then, the garden has served as an outdoor classroom and living laboratory for 3rd-6th grade students emphasizing science, english, nutrition, and environmental stewardship.

P.S. 152, The Dyckman Valley School

Our main goal is to increase plant-based foods in children

William Dick School

Communities In Schools of Philadelphia proposes to establish an urban garden at William Dick School. Urban gardens provide fresh produce and plants as well as satisfying labor, neighborhood improvement, sense of community and connection to the environment.

June Jordan School for Equity

June Jordan School for Equity has an existing but underutilized garden. This funding will enable the school to continue its participation in the Schoolyard to Market program and thus ensure fuller use of their site. They will perform hands-on work in the school garden, take field trips to the farmers market and local farms, learn from market experts, and sell their produce at the San Francisco Ferry Plaza Farmers Market.

Glassel Park Elementary School

We built this garden in the spring of 2012. It includes an outdoor kitchen. The goal of this garden is to have it be the center of the existing program that teaches environmental stewardship, social awareness, wellness, nutrition and ecology. The greatest achievement in the program thus far has been getting students involved in their school garden and is an integral part of their academic curriculum. The students have been exposed to where their food comes and have been able to plant, tend to the garden and watch it grow and finally learn to make healthy food by utilizing the crops.

Delevan Drive Elementary

The original garden at Delevan Drive Elementary was meant to be a part of an old horticultural program at the school. Sadly, LAUSD eliminated various garden programs a long time ago. The unused and deteriorated nursery, chick coop, and garden shed was a gloomy sight. Last June, Enrich LA was solicited to renovate the mini farm so that it can flourish again. The school pledged $1500 and the parent group, Friends of Delevan, raised an additional $5000.

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