Happy Valley Elementary

•CREATE AND SUSTAIN RICH REAL-WORLD LEARNING ACROSS THE CURRICULUM, serving as an

extension of our classrooms – a place to “dig in” to math, life and earth science, language arts, history,

geography, economics, nutrition and more.

•CULTIVATE POSITIVE LIFE-LONG EATING ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIORS, helping students fall in love with

good food, with all of their senses. The carrot that a child pulls out of the ground or the spinach that

a child plants and tends is more likely to be joyfully eaten than the spinach or carrot that a child first

meets on a plate.

•BUILD COMMUNITY by fostering patience, teamwork, careful observation, and pride. Our garden will

be a place of welcome for parents and community members

•PROMOTE ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP. Our garden will provide our students with the invaluable

opportunity to tend and interact with living things through the cycles of the seasons.