Garden Classrooms

Free Orchards Elementary School

We are excited to begin phase one of our garden. To start with we will need to purchase some basic tools and build two raised garden boxes. In building and celebrating our partnership within our community we hope to provide real-life opportunities for hands-on learning and then integrate our experiences into classroom content areas specifically in literacy writing mathematics science and health education. We also see this garden as a way to bring all of our school stakeholders together.

Free Home Elementary School

Our goal of a school garden is students will learn where foods really come from and all the elements involved in raising a productive crop. Hydroponics can teach students to grow plants in small spaces using no soil. Students can experience real world applications of the math and science skills they learn about in class. THe community of teachers parents teachers and local farmers will have the opportunity to work together to develop responsibility teamwork and environmental stewardship.

Fred T. Korematsu Discovery Academy

The Stonehurst Edible Schoolyard will serve as a living laboratory for school-age children and their parents on the Stonehurst campus. It will feature a food forest planting beds medicinal and culinary herb spirals fruit tree guilds living fences a teaching area and a state-of-the art composting/vermiculture system. This living laboratory will teach children about the science of soil the food cycle and their place in the web of life. The grant will fund plants and irrigation supplies.

Fred Newhart Middle School

The goal of this project is to provide students with an outdoor classroom that will allow all students an opportunity of hands-on and "real life" experiences. The garden will support learning and improve student outcomes in the following areas: math (measuring and graphing) science (soil and plant characteristics and life cycles) language arts (descriptive writing) health (healthy eating) art (landscapes) and home economics (harvesting and cooking with fresh vegetables).

Fred A. Anderson Elementary School

The garden will provide hands on experience with meeting the current standard course of study in the area of plants and soils. It will also allow students to develop decision making planning executing and goal setting skills. It will also assist with teamwork patience and will allow students to learn skills that they will be able to use throughout their lives. An ultimate goal is for family and community involvement and to increase the amounts of fresh fruits and vegetables consumed.

Franklin Middle School

The main goal of this garden is to give students of many ages the opportunity to work hands on with plants and soil. This opportunity will allow them real life learning where they can gain a better understanding of how plants grow and the many different forces behind growth (sun soil insects water etc.) Another goal of this project is to support the NH Children in Nature movement to bring students outdoors more frequently. Also students will gain information on healthy eating.

Franklin Elementary School

Students live in urban area. 59% are English learners parents have limited English. School is 100% free breakfast and lunch. Poor nutrition affordable food are concerns. By growing own food we want to incorporate health nutrition curriculum in science math English science art journaling support for environment and sustainability. Building community between different ethnic groups through sharing favorite foods is key. We want this to be an extended community focus.

Frank Del Olmo Elementary School

The goal of our garden project is to foster the reconnection of our students to the land as the source of their food. We will teach our students to be advocates for healthy eating by learning to prepare the foods they grow through first-hand gardening experience. Families in our community do not have access to affordable fresh produce and this project will not only be able to provide this for them but will also help to foster a deeper sense of community connectedness to each other and nature.

Francis S. DeMasi Elementary School

The DeMasi family would like to create a school garden where all of our children and their families can participate in learning how to build plant care for and harvest fruits and vegetables in a safe organic sustainable way. This grant would enable DeMasi to develop a raised bed garden that would not only help children see where food comes from but also appreciate the outdoors and make a lifelong connection with nature. This grant will allow us to educate the next generation on gardening.

Francis Lacy Elementary School

Our mission for the vegetable garden is to create an integrated learning environment inclusive of science , math, reading, writing, social studies, healthful living, community, culture and food sovereignty/access. We have installed one 3x6, three 4x4 and three 3x8 raised beds.  Central to our mission was the formation of a Nature & Garden Club, comprised of students who meet 6-8 weeks in fall/spring to plan/manage anything connected to the garden's mission.

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