Garden Classrooms

Alvarado Elementary School

Our goals are to:.Educate students about healthy food choices sustainable food production and effective resource re-use and recycling;.Educate students about health threats from environmental pollution and how they can create healthy communities at school and at home;.Educate students about environmental topics such as pesticides insecticides water use and conservation and water quality protection;.Enhance our science curriculum;.Improve student test scores and student engagement.

Alternative School - Indian Oasis Baboquivari Unified School District

The Alternative School in Indian Oasis Baboquivari Unified School district is where students are sent instead of expelling them so Project Oidag members TOCA and our Food Corps members weren't sure what to expect at first. It turns out that these are the sweetest students you could find and they have really responded enthusiastically to our weekly activities. So the garden is more than a garden for these kids. It's an oasis an affirmation and a place to succeed.

Alta Vista High School

While we're elated to have our own campus space is limited and we haven't been able to create a garden. By partnering with the neighboring preschool we can build a shared garden in a plot between the two campuses. Students in our program will experience the joy and fascination of growing and harvesting their own food most for the first time. Moreover students from the shop class at Mountain View High School will help build the raised beds bridging our communities in an exciting way.

Alice Birney Elementary School

International Baccalaureate (IB) programs offer an ideal frame for school garden programs. Through learning organic gardening this midcity San Diego cluster of IB schools (Birney Einstein & Jefferson) will share resources in a 9 mo. pilot project with monthly gardening and tastings of selected harvests of the months. Students will help create harvest cards featuring the produce with a local chef's recipe. Produce will be harvested at the schools supplemented by local produce for tastings

Alfred B. Nobel Middle School

Our school is so happy since whole foods has adopted us. Our main goal is to learn about the important food crops and improve students nutrition. The lessons include vegetables fruits and nuts which are essential for meeting human nutritional needs. Crops are both studied from theperspective of commercial production and the home garden.The Horticulture classes allow the students to discover the importance of fresh food and allow them to make healthier food choices and keep the students active.

Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts

Here at Dreyfoos we see the potential of school gardens extending past merely producing food. Amongst high schoolers it will instill an appreciation for the process of plot-to-plate and encourage healthy eating habits and stewardship for the environment despite the urban surroundings. It will unite students across ages art majors and across the school district in a way that teaches skills and makes connections that will last a lifetime.

Alexander Hamilton Elementary School

The food garden at Hamilton will provide teachers the opportunity to use outdoor inquiry-based learning to teach children about: healthy eating nutrition the link between food production and the environment botany systems and cycles...In addition to academic goals the food garden at Hamilton will also provide student's the opportunity to: .a. experience accomplishment and ownership.b. gain a sense of place.c. engage in outdoor exploration .d. learn how to grow their own food

Alexander Graham Bell Elementary School

Bell has always wanted a vegetable garden to bring students and the community in touch with how the production of food and the environment are interconnected. The garden will provide an outdoor classroom and teaching tool to help our community: 1) understand in a tangible ways seasons affect vegetable growth; 2)learn the importance of taking care of the earth by showing how clean soil water and air help grow our food; and 3)stimulate a curiosity in different nutritious foods and healthy eating.

Aldo Leopold Elementary School

The vision of the Leopold School and Community Garden is to link our students families and neighbors with access to fresh food and a healthy community project. We believe that by engaging our community in this project we can improve neighborhood health relationships and school-community connections. Funds from this grant will contribute to growing a garden that will support combined educational nutritional and social programming for both our school and the community we serve.

Alamosa Elementary School

The ACG's main goal is to educate the students of Alamosa Elementary on the benefits of gardening. The free and reduced lunch rate is 82% demonstrating a need for gardening as a self-sustainable way of life. The school has committed to provide 10 hours of garden education for each of the 1043 students and the ACG is the main teacher for this curriculum. This grant will provide the capacity needed to expand our program such as tools and staff support.

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