Garden Classrooms

Chesapeake Montessori School

Our goal is to expand our children's knowledge of gardening and teach .them to share their work at home and in the community. They will learn where food comes from (in terms of the garden and in terms of history) understand about eating locally and seasonally and study the history of food and gardening. .Our goal includes hosting an event at the culinary center at Whole Foods Annapolis our community partner where families will sample food while learning about gardening and nutrition.

Cherry Hills Christian Preschool

Our goal is to provide preschoolers with first hand experience in growing food so that their math science literacy & nutrition knowledge grow. The preschoolers will also have opportunities to develop the character traits of cooperation enthusiasm respect & sharing. We hope to educate children and parents so they will make more nutritional food choices. Finally we hope to make a largerimpact in our community by growing partnerships with the elementary middle school & the Church.

Cherry Creek High School

The goal of our garden is to provide our campus of three schools (elementary middle and senior high) a space where students of all ages can come together to participate in all levels of gardening. The grant would allow us to provide educational experiences for our sister middle and elementary students while also providing a space for our MAL program. Such a space would provide large numbers of students in our community with a unique arena in which to learn the principles of gardening.

Cheerokee High School

The goal of this project will be to provide students with an opportunity to be involved in a cross curricular learning experience that will be conducted utilizing an outdoor classroom. This experience will be applied to all levels of the school community and will provide all learners with a hands-on learning experience. In addition by partnering with several community members it will enable Cherokee to offer our students opportunities to partner with Marlton Township through service learning.

Chee Dodge Elementary School

we would like to expand our burgeoning garden program. the grant will help bring more food into the school cafeteria and provide further opportunities for children at the school to work the land and gain a sense of ownership over the food they help produce and eat.

Chattanooga High School Center for Creative Arts

This grant will make it possible for our students to consume fresh vegetables and fruits. It provides Earth Club members with the opportunity to plan plant and harvest a garden. It beautifies our campus and provides green spaces for migrating butterflies and birds. This grant will also provide an outdoor classroom that our science language arts visual arts and communications classes can use. We have many invasive plants on our campus and these gardens will replace them.

Charles W. Eliot Middle School

Students with little or no experience of growing food will learn to prepare soil plant tend harvest and prepare or sell organic fruits and vegetables. Our garden will be a source of fresh nutritious produce for our community the basis for standards-linked hands-on lessons in science health and nutrition and the cultural and economic aspects of growing food. It will beautify our urban campus and provide a point of connection with the surrounding community.

Chapman Elementary School

The goal of the Chapman School Garden is to teach students the importance of healthy food and sustainability through hands-on experiences in the garden. We seek to integrate garden lessons into classroom curriculum allowing a first hand view into urban gardening organics the environment wellness seasonal cycles and recipes to enjoy. This grant will supply needed funds so that we do not need to rely entirely on community donations especially in these difficult economic times.

Chaparral Elementary School

To go from styrofoam cups to container beds! Instead of seedlings that never turn into beans and die at home the kids shall finally experience the full lifecycle. Plan: six 4'x8'x1.5' raised wood beds with drip irrigation. Outcomes: Students will grow & eat 2 annual crops corresponding with State Curriculum partner GrowingGreat-trained parents will teach 5 Nutrition lessons monthly food tastings Harvest Festival beautify barren concrete courtyard which is the central hub of campus.

Cesar E. Chavez Elementary School

This garden grant will provide nutrition education for kids and their parents and increase access to and consumption of local fruits and vegetables by the whole school community. Urban Grand Rapids has a large population of people with diabetes and heart disease and the children in the neighborhoods surrounding Cesar Chavez Elementary deserve the chance to learn how to grow healthy food. Gardening education will also allow school kids to have hands-on learning opportunities.

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