Garden Classrooms

STEPHEN T MATHER HIGH SCHOOL

A Whole Kids grant will help the Greenhouse Club add an outdoor raised bed garden with five 4x8' beds including at least one accessible bed suitable for motility-challenged gardeners. Goals for the project are to teach young people about gardening inspire them to grow their own food involve them in the local gardening community and teach them about food issues including food safety source and security.

Stephen F. Austin High School

Our goals is for our students to take interest in creating a better garden that will help in the needs of helping others that are in need. Also for them to learn hands on experience.

Steep Falls School

The goal of the school gardens is to teach students where their food comes from and how to grow it sustainably. The gardens serve as outdoor learning labs where students can learn through hands-on experiences that draw on a variety of subject matter. The food grown is used for taste testings in the school lunch program and in health classes thus improving the nutritional quality of the food as well as making healthy eating appealing. Produce is also donated to local food pantries.

Stanley Hupfeld Academy at Western Village

The kids loved fresh food especially if they helped grow it. We want to enlarge the garden and expand the number of students involved to include the entire school. The garden will be incorporated in methods of education for every subject. .This is a low income neighborhood and any food not used at the school will be given to the families of our students. There are already family members volunteering to help with the garden. This school supports other local programs that benefit the kids.

St. Thomas the Apostle School

It is our goal to use this grant in three ways. First we would like to switch the entryways on our two green house windows. Currently the space is wasted because the windows open the wrong way. Greenhouse windows would allow more preseason planting. Next we would use the funds to afford tools and organic materials to make our garden more productive. Finally we would like to have speakers and experts work with in areas of garden planning and a more school-wide composting effort.

St. Peter School

We want to emphasize to our students that we are all stewards of the planet and we should do our part to promote sustainable lifestyles. Part of our commitment is to grow our own food using natural methods. Through this program we will promote good nutrition habits and see real-life examples of plant growth and reproduction which will reinforce our science and health curriculums. We will share our bounty with the community through our food pantry which is run by our St. Vincent Society.

St. Pauls Elementary School

Our community though rural and farm-based has limited access to locally-grown produce and healthy food preparation. Therefore this garden team aims to expose our students to vegetables which are most likely not available in their homes. They will discover their origins of these fresh foods and learn to prepare them in healthy ways while cultivating a healthier lifestyle. We hope this dialog about healthy eating will benefit the entire community as well as our children.

St. Matthews Elementary School

The goal of this garden is to integrate school-grown vegetables into school lunch service by supplementing the district's _Farm to School

St. Luke AME Sunday School

Our goal is to improve the quality of life for neighborhood families with a strong focus on youth produce nutritious food reduce family food budgets beautify the neighborhood stimulate social interaction create income opportunities and stimulate economic development.

St. Coleman School

Our garden goals include: teaching our students where their food originates; the importance of maintaining healthy eating habits and a healthy lifestyle; and the feeling of responsibility in creating and maintaining a school garden. This grant would allow us the opportunity to educate our children on the importance of leading a healthy lifestyle and truly connecting with our environment. All of our students will take part in this special project. They will have a true connection to our garden.

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