Benjamin Franklin Magnet School
Program Type:
Garden Classrooms
Grade Level/Age Group:
Upper Elementary, Lower Elementary, Kindergarten
Number of Individuals Program Serves:
1,000
Year Founded:
2011
About the Program:
The Labor of Love Sustainability Curriculum Expansion (LLSCE) will introduce new hands-on education components to the SPROUTS Garden at BFEM such as:.1. Meet demand for SPROUTS by increasing student access hours x 2 per student every week.2. Directly address sustainability issues by introducing summer maintenance and stewardship of SPROUTS from seed to plate.3. Provide for a Farmer's Market deepening the involvement of our surrounding community in SPROUTS and the school.