Garden Classrooms

North Wood R-IV Elementary

The garden will provide an opportunity for 4th and 5th grade students to learn how to grow and prepare healthy food. The harvested produce will be utilized in the school cafeteria for school lunches where meals are prepared fresh daily. The garden will also provide a therapeutic activity for students engage parents and families in learning about gardening and sell excess produce to raise funds for the garden and other school supported projects teaching students about marketing and business

North Vancouver Outdoor School School District 44

Our goal is to produce a learning garden. This project will provide a new learning environment for the students and the teachers who visit NVOS. It will provide the opportunity for lessons to be developed which are experiential and can be used as templates for other learning gardens in the School District of North Vancouver. It will provide school aged students young adults and adults the opportunity to contribute to the production of food.

North Star Elementary School

We have never had a garden at North Star though many members of the garden committee have experience with gardening at their respective residences. We have researched other schools in our district that have successfully implemented gardens to give ourselves further background knowledge. We have also received information and guidance from the

North Miami Elementary School

My ultimate goal is to have an edible garden accessible to each grade level. We currently have an edible garden in the Pre-K courtyard. A wooden raised-bed edible garden is in process for the second grade. Using this grant I want to create several concrete block raised gardens near the Science and Math labs accessible to all other students. Working with the grade-level chairpersons as well as our Math Writing and Science coaches we will incorporate the garden into daily lessons.

North High School

In the second year of the Garden of Youth a work and life skills training program for special education students two new high schools will have the opportunity to foster valuable work and social skills by participating as paid staff responsible for the development maintenance and marketing of a new Garden of Youth. DPS has developed a collaborative community-based approach to bringing together the manpower materials and marketing resources of communities local businesses and schools.

North Fayette Middle School

The school wants to put in a garden to enhance classroom curriculum and provide families and community members with opportunities for gardening food and environmental education. We want the garden to be the subject of classroom lessons and team building skills. The school would like to conduct science experiments teach food preservation methods and promote healthy work ethics using the garden. Children will learn to start seeds plant and harvest in the greenhouse.

North Elementary School

While in Spring 2011 our goal was to begin gardening to learn about plant lives and varieties this year our goal has expanded. We want to incorporate more project-based inquiry learning into the garden. We want the children to design and conduct experiments about plant varieties soil and water conditions etc. We hope to become a model for other schools; engage parents in their children's education; and stimulate green practices in students teachers parents and the community.

North Clayton Middle School

The goal of the Learning Garden is to encourage students to learn outside.Integrating curriculum and habitat projects into an outdoor classroom is a unique and valuable approach to getting children engaged and excited about learning. The grant will provide local businesses and community members an opportunity to actively participate in their community. The school garden will bridge gaps build ties by providing a forum of community interaction. The garden will be a display of community support.

North Belmont Elementary School

This grant money will help make this school garden project possible. It will enhance the experience for the students involved and greatly expand educational opportunities related to the garden both for the students enrolled in the gardening program and the school at large because this funding will allow the school to go above and beyond building raised beds. The projects that will be undertaken with the grant money will also reach volunteers and parents strengthening the school community.

Normal Heights Elementary School

The garden goal for our school is to build an organic garden system for access by all grade levels to support academic content in the classroom to provide enrichment activities for students (90% of whom are designated low income) to enhance health and nutrition education to increase parent and community involvement at the school and to teach children about the importance of ecological responsibility and sustainability.

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