Garden Classrooms

Ursuline Academy of Dallas INC.

The goal of our garden is to teach girls at Ursuline about the importance of eating organic food. We want them to gain awareness about why it is so important in our lives to be as healthy as we can. Many illnesses today are because of that excess of hormones and chemicals in food. Another part of our goal is to get the girls at Ursuline involved. We want the girls to lead the project and be the ones to tend the garden. The grant would be a large help in getting the garden started and established

Upson Lee South Elementary

Our goals are to enrich the students' learning experience foster healthy habits and to imporove social skills and behavior. Through the hands-on nature of gardening students will be able to see the life cycles of plants and develop some understanding of economics. Social skills and behavior will improve as they begin to develop a sense of accomplishment and self-sufficiency that somes from harvesting the fruit of their labor. We desire for our students to watch this project come alive!

University Seventh-day Adventist School

Expanding and renovating the school garddens would allow for more participation within the school's community enabling us to share the increased harvest and to engage the community. Any produce that is not harvested by families within the community would be donated to The Love Kitchen which delivers food to the poor and elderly of Knoxville.

University Place Elementary School

Our program seeks to engage at-risk youth in science nutrition and healthy eating through participation in gardening. We are interested not only in the garden as a teaching tool but also as a source of food for our community. Our program hopes to redefine the way kids think about food and empower them to make better food choices. The grant will help us sustain and grow our program and give it the visibility it needs to garner additional support.

University of Chicago Charter School- Carter G. Woodson Campus

It is our goal to create a learning garden for our students that will teach and reinforce gardening concepts. We hope that the creation of this garden will help to bring our community together towards a common goal.

University City High School

Our garden goal is to renovate an existing greenhouse space in University High School to bolster the daytime science curriculum at the school with a hands-on learning experience and also to support the half acre outdoor school garden throughout the year. We plan to engage a dynamic team of high school students teacher university professors and students to design and implement the renovation project as well as to integrate the greenhouse into the academics of the school.

Unity Charter School

With this grant we will rebuild our garden in our new school location. We will build raised garden beds for each classroom to plant and maintain lay fencing purchase seeds and plants and build a rain garden which will prevent soil erosion. Sitting adjacent to our playground students and parents will enjoy this peaceful green space as the school is located in an industrial area.

Union Elementary School

Goals include: Sustainability; Education- Conservation and community awareness; Environment and food and eco systems; duty to serve- community awareness. Goal accomplishment includes an introduction to organic gardening. As a educational tool gardening will sprout new opportunities for students to cultivate healthy eating habits; learn about topics like sustainability and conservation food systems and community awareness and an appreciation for food from seed to plate.

Tyler Elementary School

Tyler Elementary School is very excited to continue the message of CATACH by crearing a School Garden. Many students and teachers are interested in teaching the community about increasing fruit and vegetable consumption and how to begin to grow a community garaden. CATCH promotes eating "5 a day" and just like the fruit and veggie bar at the school we couldn't think of a better way to bring fresh produce to this 70% free and reduced lunch school. Families are very supportive and excited!

Two Eagle River School

School gardens provide a place for experiential education outside the classroom. Students gain ownership and eagerly anticipate seeing how fruits and vegetables grow. The goal of the garden is to reinforce what students learn in the classroom through math science art and language. The garden will provide healthy snacks for student during the summer session and when students return in the fall.

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