Garden Classrooms

Colonial Forge High School

We are using a new curriculum which promotes using seasonal foods in healthy recipes. By having our own garden we will have more vegetables and fruits to work with. Our collaborative effort with the Special Ed department provides addtional learning opportunities for both groups of students to work together and learn from each other. What we do not can we can sell to staff and encourage all CFHS to eat healthy.

Code Academy Alternative School

The main purpose of attaining the garden grand is to sustain and expand a project started in the fall of 2010. While the Code garden project has progressed there are certain things that could be achieved with more funding such as increased student participation better garden upkeep and environmentally friendly actions improved community outreach and involvement and enhanced curriculum initiatives involving the project.

Cochiti School

Our goal is to improve nutrition and prevent obesity by providing education about healthy affordable foods through school and community gardens. We want to see a change in students' eating habits and knowledge about healthy vs. unhealthy food. we hope to see this change by way of school gardens. With this grant we will be able to provide gardening equipment for the Cochiti school garden. We will also be ablt to support student exchange between the Cochiti garden and Santo Domingo garden.

Cobb Performance Learning Center/Marietta Performance Learning Center

Students will understand the types of plants best grown in Georgia's soil and the difference between fall and spring plants. They will learn about organic gardening and use those skills at their own homes. Students will understand the nutritional value of organic vegetables and most importantly will be involved in reducing hunger in their own community.

Coastline Christian Academy of Santa Barbara County

The goal of the CCA garden is to expose students to gardening and healthy food choices. Children are more likely to try different vegetables and fruits and develop healthy eating habits when they are part of the process. The grant funds will support expansion of the existing garden the addition of an outdoor bulletin board to post information on the garden and development of materials to better integrate the garden into class instruction.

CLS Kinder Academy

Goal: To engage students and pantry clientele in good nutrition and teach gardening skills .Objectives: .1) Teach students and pantry clientele about good nutrition and gardening skills.2) Provide fresh produce to pantry attendees..Strategies:.Education will be classroom based and hands on practical experience in the garden. .The produce from this garden will be donated to the pantry; and 25% of the harvest will be sold to sustain the garden.

Cloverdale Elementary School

The goal of the school garden is to provide a hands-on learning experience for Kindergarten through 5th grade students. Having a garden will provide students with an opportunity to put in to practice curriculum concepts and skills teachers often need textbooks to teach. For example measuring and charting growth mapping the garden layout researching animals and insects that might help or hinder the garden monitoring how weather effects plant growth and understanding where our food comes from.

Clemente Martinez Elementary

Clemente Martinez goals are to provide all students at our school and in our community with the experience in creating and maintain a garden. Enabling the youth of the community to Create a Safe Space where they are able to interact with nature in a positive environment. Create Local Sustainable food Source for area residence and Food Banks. Engage and Educate the public on Nutrition Environment Stewardship Diversity and Civic Responsibility in cooperation with local Schools and Community.

Clara Barton Open School

Our school has a vision of beautifying school grounds through gardening while providing child interaction and learning in the gardens. This grant will allow us to begin our efforts by creating a vegetable garden. This prototype garden will involve parents teachers and children in creating and maintaining the garden and developing a related school curriculum. A vegetable garden will create an accessible hands-on experience for the children and foster interest and energy to expand our garden.

Citizens Leadership Academy (CLA)

Citizens Leadership Academy is a new school in our founding year and we have a courtyard in the center of our school that would be perfect for a school garden. The garden would provide vegetables for our students and their families; about 75% of our families qualify for the U.S. Free and Reduced Meal status. The Whole Foods Garden Grant would provide us with the funding to create the raised beds and to raise the seedlings for our first planting and our first harvest.

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