Garden Classrooms

John Adams Middle School

Students who attend public school in LA are growing up with little knowledge as to where their food comes from or how much work it takes to produce it. This lack of connection with their food source makes it very difficult for them to care about the quality of the food they eat and the impact their food choice has on our planet and their health. Our goal is to use the garden and outdoor kitchen as an outdoor classroom to re-connect students with their environment and community.

John A Crookshank Elementary School

Currently the garden at Crookshank Elementary consists of one 8'x4' raised bed and is used by only one fourth grade class. Our goal is to expand the existing gardening space so that is it available as a teaching space for the entire fourth grade eventually involving other grade levels as well. The expansion would give all fourth grade classes the opportunity to learn about healthy and sustainable food while giving them a hands-on learning environment that can be used across the curriculum.

Joe T. Robinson Middle School

The students will learn from beginning to end about food production and reap the fruits of their labor. The garden will benefit the community and hopefully bring the community closer together.

Jewish Community Day School of Rhode Island

This grant would enable us to extend our growing season by creating cold-frames for some of our raised beds by changing the climate zone of our raised beds from 6A to 7B or 8A allowing our students to grow into the winter and to begin spring planting earlier. The grant would also allow us to create a drip irrigation system which would benefit students' time and the summer volunteers' time. Additionally the grant would help us make much needed repairs to existing beds.

Jenkins County High School

We are trying to utilize the garden space as part of our STEM program. We want to team with the math teachers to give them a hands on opportunity to determine area volume fertilizer ratios track soil temperature evapotranspiration ratio etc. In addition we will enable the produce to become available to the community to provide fresh fruits and vegetables to supplement the diets of the residents of Millen Ga.

Janney Elementary School

City Blosso's goal is to better coordinate with partnering schools to increase Latino and African American family participation reinforce healthy living strategies and engage participants in physical activity. The grant will support maintenance and expansion of new and existing school garden programs through workshops build days family nights and professional development sessions connecting participants to the garden through eco-literacy healthy living skills & artistic expression.

Jane Stenson Elementary School

The goal for our Global Garden is to become a self-sustaining yearly garden that contributes to the health of our school family and community. In order to reach this goal we will work to increase our yield use our space more effectively and create opportunities to start seedlings in the winter. These objectives will help our community to become more involved in the project and to increase access to fresh organic healthy produce and find support in using that produce in cooking at home.

James H Bilbray Elementary School

If granted this grant James Bilbray will have the opportunity to provide hands-on gardening experiences for its 610 students. Children who live in city suburbs located in a desert climate have limited experiences with gardening growing nutritious vegetables and herbs and the lesson that go along with them. Nutrition obesity environments organisms and plant growth are just a few of the topics that can be addressed while exposing children to gardening practices and the wonders of plant life

James A. Foshay Learning Center

Our goals are to:.1. Educate elementary students about the importance of fruits and vegetables.2. Energize and excite them about produce.3. Introduce fresh produce into the diets of students and their families.4. Give schools access to a variety of resources and support to help achieve Goals 1-3.This grant allows us to maintain the upkeep of the gardens (youth volunteer incentives recruitment etc.) and instruct the Teaching Gardens curriculum (teacher stipends curricular costs etc.).

Jackson-Via Elementary School

Our goal is for every Charlottesville City School student to experience garden-related programming as a part of his/her core classes tailored to meet the specific needs and interests of each school. We promote nutritional awareness help to improve student health and foster appreciation for locally grown food. This grant will enable CSG to develop schoolyard gardens in three of our city

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