Randy Smith Middle School

The goal of the Randy Smith Middle School Garden is to teach students where food comes from, and to encourage personal gardens, healthy eating, and being outdoors. It also strives to be an additional classroom resource for teachers throughout the year, offer activities for youth throughout the summer months, and serve as a source of food for the neighborhood. The newest goal is to allow the neighboring Ann Wien Elementary School to use the garden.
This grant will allow Calypso to provide more facilitated tours to classes at both schools as well as provide more curriculum and lesson ideas to the teachers. This would expand our available curriculum for all K-8 classes.
This spring the schools started sharing the garden with some success. Additional funding will help with training, scheduling, and getting more students in the garden. The garden committee is already considering trying to expand the current garden space, adding benches and other amenities.