Garden Classrooms

J.T. McWilliams

Nevada is #11 in the nation for childhood obesity and we are creating a grassroots movement to change those statistics. We enlist local businesses to invest in and sponsor a school garden while giving back to the community. Our garden curriculum is taught by volunteer retired teachers in and out of the classroom. Together we can create a movement that will help teach our next generation about taking care of themselves and eating healthier and in turn have an effect on our childhood obesity.

J. J. Hill Montessori Magnet PTO

The garden offers both students and teachers the opportunity to explore and interact with the natural environment in multiple disciplines including math social studies art and theater. Through expansion of the schoolyard vegetable beds and the addition of the potato towers more children will experience multiple lessons in the gardens (the existing six beds proved inadequate for the school community in 2011) and we will have more produce to contribute to our partnering food-shelf.

J. Allen Axson Montessori School

With the help of this grant an expanded garden could serve as a place that all (not just part) of the children could work and learn about how to grow food sustainably. Our goal is for the garden to help connect students with the larger community. By involving members of garden associations parents and master gardeners the students would learn from experienced gardeners and then carry on the work themselves. The garden will show children and their parents how useful growing food can be.

Ivy Hill Elementary School

To provide integrated engaging and meaningful learning opportunities for all children..To promote inquiry-based hands-on learning discovery and exploration. .To provide opportunities for all students to contribute and learn from working in a garden..To promote community-wide ownership and contribution for a collaborative effort..To increase environmental awareness and to promote care for living things..To encourage wellness through physical activity involved with gardening.

Islands High School

An open garden with excellent drainage good growing media developed from the existing soil and a workable system of watering that would be simple is a goal. The garden would be safe and accessible to all students and classes as well as inviting comfortable and relaxing to be enjoyed during class at lunch and during down time. Diverse varieties of easy to grow plants that you might not find at the grocery and that will taste good when cooked in class or eaten fresh will be available.

Irma C. Ruiz Elementary School

Irma C. Ruiz Elementary has a long-standing investment and interest in the landscaping gardening and maintenance of our campus at 2410 South Leavitt in Chicago's Pilsen/Little Village community. Our investments have led our Garden Team to identify four main objectives for a school garden: learning health and wellness farming and community.

Interlochen Elementary School

This grant will enable students and teachers to share food in meaningful ways that build relationships and emotional connections using garden harvested or farm-fresh local food. It will also providing increased opportunities for educators and volunteers to model healthy behaviors and to provide enhanced nutrition education in the classroom and lunchroom. Utilizing the garden more as an educational space would open up many opportunities to positively engage with the students and school community

Inter-American Magnet School

The project goal is to teach students to be environmental stewards while learning strong science skills. The project will develop native organic gardens beginning as seedlings in the classroom and then planting on school property resulting in high quality native organic gardens. Students will demonstrate the practical application of scientific techniques. Students will learn how to address the constraints of gardening on public school sites and how to work with the broader IAMS community.

Ingleside Elementary School

The program will provide a platform for developing life skills and team building. The students will enhnace self-esteem learn/practice communication skills. This program will help build gross and fine motors skills. The program will promote healthy eating habits and help decrease stress. The program will also allow the students to give back to the community and develop relationships with the elderly in their community.

Ingalls Elementary School

The Ingalls garden has been a tool for learning and interaction but one key feature it lacks is amenities to make the learning experience more fun and successful. The grant would allow us to purchase benches and tables for the children to sit eat and write on and tools -such as chalk/white boards and microscopes for the children to examine plants and insects. By providing the funding for a friendly outdoor classrom the grant will make the garden more conducive to the commmunity.

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