Chaparral Elementary School

Program Type: 
Garden Classrooms
Number of Individuals Program Serves: 
1,000
Year Founded: 
2012
About the Program: 

To go from styrofoam cups to container beds! Instead of seedlings that never turn into beans and die at home the kids shall finally experience the full lifecycle. Plan: six 4'x8'x1.5' raised wood beds with drip irrigation. Outcomes: Students will grow & eat 2 annual crops corresponding with State Curriculum partner GrowingGreat-trained parents will teach 5 Nutrition lessons monthly food tastings Harvest Festival beautify barren concrete courtyard which is the central hub of campus.