CICS - Irving Park Elementary School Garden

CICS - Irving Park Elementary School is a Chicago Public School Charter School. We are located on the northwest side of Chicago in the Irving Park neighborhood. 70% of our students receive free or reduced fee lunch. Our school is 70% Latino.

Last year, parents built a raised bed school garden and wencelebrated our first harvest by making butternut squash soup for our teaching staff. This year will mark our second growing season. 

Our garden is a parent-led garden. We are slowly trying to build our garden into overall school curriculum. The garden is part of an overall "green" initiative being led by parents that includes a large-scale composting program, solar panel installation and recycling program.