Blair Middle and High School

The goals of our garden are multi-faceted. First, we have a Culinary Arts and Hospitality Pathway Academy for High Schoolth grade students at Blair School. Our parent volunteer will be working with the lead teacher in the academy to plan, plant and harvest edibles the students can then use in their recipes for the weekly meals served on campus through their organization, "Longboat Cafe." Our campus has a school-wide "Wellness Council" being spearheaded by our Physical Education Department Chair. As part of our school plan, we want to raise awareness within our community of healthy lifestyle choices such as good nutrition and exercise. The Blair IB Garden helps to address this goal in two ways. The 7th grade students who will be working and tending to the garden will be receiving valuable outdoor activity and the students who will be eating the food we harvest will be benefiting from fresh, organic produce. As an International Baccalaureate World School, one of our focus areas of interaction is Health and Social Education. Another is Community and Service. A goal of the garden is for our students to learn more about how healthy lifestyle choices directly impact a healthy, happy state of mind. Additionally, we plan to use the garden to have mini-farmers markets for the surrounding neighborhood thereby achieving our goal of community and service. Another goal of ours is to partner with the Arts Department at Blair to create beautiful garden art and statuary that leads to a peaceful, meditation garden where students and faculty can go to enjoy some quiet time.