Eliot K-8

Goals of the Eliot garden program are to promote health and wellness and decrease obesity, decrease the academic achievement gap, and build connections between the Eliot school families and neighborhood community. We aim to decrease obesity among Eliot students and staff by increasing fruit and vegetable consumption, increasing awareness of the relationship of fresh, local produce and health, and increasing awareness of sustainable agriculture and local production of food. We aim to decrease the academic achievement gap by incorporating equitable experiential learning into core subjects. We aim to build community by facilitating collaborative student, family, and surrounding neighborhood efforts in building, programming, and maintaining the garden. By providing financial means to develop our school garden, the Whole Kids Foundation grant is helping us to realize the above goals of supporting a strong community and of the development of healthy eating habits and equitable educational opportunities.