Garden Classrooms

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

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.

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