Garden Classrooms

Eastport Elementary School

Through the creation of three 4x8 foot raised vegetable beds and expanded composting program we will: deepen and increase student's local food literacy and understanding of healthy foods; empower them with the knowledge of how to use and grow locally available foods and; provide teachers with hands-on opportunities to engage youth in all subject areas in meaningful ways while teaching them basic gardening skills.

Eastover Elementary School

The Eastover Gardens are an extension of the classroom are used to bring curriculum to life and provide a real-world context for learning. Students learn about science social studies math and language arts in the gardens. Students also learn about sustainability and nutrition. The garden serves as a place for students staff and community members to work learn and play together. It is a place for people to appreciate nature locally grown fresh produce and the spirit of cooperation

Eastern Christian High School

Our goal is to develop a protected inner courtyard to enhance student learning across many diverse disciplines. Winding paths among wildflowers will invite reflection reading writing art and music. Raised beds will provide a space for hands-on learning connections with food and raise awareness of hunger locally and abroad. Sustainability practices will promote responsibility leadership and stewardship. Visits from other schools will plant seeds of change in surrounding communities.

East Lake Elementary School

The goal of building and maintaining gardens for East Lake Elementary school is to help incorporate science waste reduction growing food for consumption and healthy eating habits. The community will benefit from eating the produce that grows in the garden the students will grow flowers for the Senior Citizen center Neighborhood Associations and for elderly/ sick parents of the staff or students families therefore benefitting people that are directly or indirectly related to the school.

East Hampton High School

The East Hampton High School Sustainable Garden will be an educational setting that provides hands-on learning to students in an outdoor environment. It will connect students to the natural world by providing them with an opportunity to grow their own food and develop an ecosystem in an effective outdoor classroom. By giving students the responsibility to grow care for examine and enjoy a garden of their own it gives them the capacity to care about their local environment.

East Gloucester Elementary School

All K-5 students have two complete seed-to-fork experiences every year: Fall Harvest Day and spring Salad Days.

East End Community School

Our goals are to intensify our use of the garden to grow more healthy food for students and to provide more students with opportunities to participate in the garden in a hands-on manner. Thus far we have concentrated on building the garden and establishing it as a key part of the school community. The project is in a prime location and moment; it could be the focal point of intergenerational and multi-cultural community activities as well as the lifeblood of interdisciplinary learning at EECS.

East Elementary School

Our goal is to strengthen our community through increased self-reliance and volunteer engagement by involving teachers students their families and community in garden food production nutrition education and food system educational activities. We will enhance and maintain two school gardens increasing production and access to local food. Infrastructure and systems will be upgraded and created. We will acquire necessary tools and supplies to increase and sustain community engagement.

East Cobb Christian School

Our goals are to: (1) instill a love of nature through active discovery and interdisciplinary learning; (2) impact nutritional and environmental attitudes by planting tending harvesting and eating flowers and vegetables; (3) identify plants and harmful and helpful insects; (4) share our harvest in our community. ECCS students participate in service learning projects in our community and help Must Ministry Cobb Pregnancy Center Summerhill Ministry and Project Mail Call.

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