Hazard Middle School

The Hazard Middle School 7 and 8th grades will utilize cross curriculum studies involving science, health, social studies, and Language arts.
Students will design and plant a vegetable garden using raised beds and trellises that incorporate their units of study. The students will use the black plastic to put down on the ground to scald out the grass that will be coming up in and around the beds in the spring. The students will build trellises for the beans to vine up on. The students will be using hoes, shovels, and wheel barrels to dig up the beds and spread the mulch in between the beds. Students will begin planting the seeds using the potting soil, trays and styrafoam cups starting the first week in April. The plants, tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, squash, will then be transplanted in the garden around the first week in May. The vegetable garden is located beside the school in an area previously used as a playground.The garden space is approximately 30x30. The students will build16 beds and trellises, plant the vegetables, and work to weed, water and eventually harvest the vegetables. Our school will strive to create a friendly atmosphere, which will give parents/students an opportunity to participate in the project and enjoy the vegetables that have been harvested. They will learn how to help improve the overall health and well-being of students, families, staff and the community through exercise and nutrition. Some students has never worked in a garden or have no idea what it take to maintain a garden. Students can learn how to grow vegetables at school and at home. The students will start seeds in the Green House then incorporate into the garden. This project will begin in March 2014 and continue through the fall. Our school plans on involving approximately 150 students in this project. i