The Classical Academy of Sarasota

The Classical Academy of Sarasota opened its doors to 185 students this academic year, beginning in August 2014. Our future school garden's goal is twofold. First, we wish to allow our students from kindergarten through 12th grade to be a part of the process of growing food in order to enrich their science, nutrition, and health educations. At our school, we encourage healthy lunches and snacks, and provide a lunch service that serves healthful lunches that include locally grown and organic items when possible. Secondly, we wish to have an outdoor classroom space that would be used by our science, literature and composition, art, history, and language classes. Here in sunny Florida, we are blessed with beautiful weather all year. Our students should have a space in the fresh air where they can read, journal, write, listen, and learn whenever a lesson permits. Already, our teachers are finding ways to bring the students outdoors but we do not have a true outdoor classroom space.