Blackshear Elementary School

Program Type: 
Garden Classrooms
Grade Level/Age Group: 
Kindergarten, Lower Elementary
Number of Individuals Program Serves: 
500
Year Founded: 
2014
About the Program: 

The goals of Blackshear Bridge and the Campus Green Team are: Empower and inspire students to learn through play-based discovery in the school garden and grounds and on field trips; Increase nutritional intake in our students who are 97% on the free and reduced lunch program; Empower students to collaborate with each other in feeding themselves through learning organic vegetable, fruit, and herb gardening and soon, egg production; Provide Curriculum Road Map-aligned lessons to help teachers increase time teaching outdoors; Go beyond the School Garden by following AISD