Akiva School

At Akiva School, the 5th and 6th grade students have been learning about sustainability and the environment. The goal of our school garden is to build our own sustainable microcosm. By designing, researching, planning and maintaining the garden, the 5th/6th graders, and the rest of the student body will be immersed in creating something sustainable that gives back to the community. Each student is becoming an "expert" by researching either composting, lasagna gardening, invasive species, raising chickens, and which vegetables, herbs, and plants grow well in our region. They will complete scale drawings of the raised beds that we will build. Kinders through 4th grade will work together to incorporate the garden into their study of wood and paper, air and weather, pebbles and sand, earth materials and water. We also hope to use the food we harvest in our lunch program (that is already local food and nutritionally certified).